The Company
The world’s leading supplier of mineral-based specialty solutions for industry with 14,000 employees, operations in more than 40 countries, and €4.3 billion in revenue in 2022.
Imerys delivers high-value-added, functional solutions to a great number of sectors, from processing industries to consumer goods. The Group draws on its understanding of applications, technological knowledge and expertise in material science to deliver solutions by beneficiating its mineral resources, synthetic minerals and formulations. Imerys’ solutions contribute essential properties to customers’ products and their performance, including heat resistance, hardness, conductivity, opacity, durability, purity, lightness, filtration, absorption and water repellency. Imerys is determined to develop responsibly, in particular by fostering the emergence of environmentally-friendly products and processes.
If you want to grow your skills and develop your career, find out more at
www.imerys.com
The Position
Junior Account/Sales Manager
Job Summary
As a Junior account/sales manager for North America, your role is to:
Lead the commercial segment for the Tiles, Sealer and bricks markets
Prepare customer and market analysis
Support price management and customer communications
Participate in the development of the commercial strategy for the sales area
Contribute to the commercial development and the profitability of the activity on all the markets present in the scope
Take over a certain group of customers directly over time and manage and develop customer relations
KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
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Commercial support, plan building, execution & monitoring
Participate to the building of the annual sales plan/ budget forecast and mid-term plan
Support sales forecasting activities
Execute the commercial roadmaps developed for your segment or products or geography
Analyses sales trends/preparation of reports for sales management/advise on the business
Contribute to projects with customers
Review and analyze performances against programs, quote and plan to determine effectiveness
Ensure business is servicing existing customer base at (or surpassing) expectations and developing new growth opportunities in each circuit and market segment.
Develop plans and strategies for developing new commercial opportunities and achieving the sales goals with strong ability to build both internal and external relationships
Account management at small/medium accounts over time
Support sales manager with implementation of pricing policy and work on new offers
Contribute to the conclusion of annual contracts for the area
Coordination of various credit management activities
Manage various customer communications
Identify sales development targets, elaborate and implement appropriate development strategy
Ensure forecast accuracy and jointly manage customer relationship with Customer Service Team
Handling of customer complaints
Coordination of various commercial and technical tasks between the plants
JOB SPECIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering and/or Business related field or with equivalent experience
Minimum 2 years experience
Business acumen and Technical appetite
Strong interpersonal and communication (including negotiation) skills; value-added solution selling
Position Type
Full time
and
Permanent
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