Benelux Account Manager — Polymers & Specialty Materials

Vivid Resourcing; Brussel Hoofdstad; Sur place; EUR 55 000 - 75 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

International environment

BENELUX portfolio ownership

Career development

Competitive salary and benefits

Résumé du poste

Vivid Resourcing supports a global leader in specialty materials to recruit an Account Manager for the BENELUX market. The role blends technical insight with commercial account management across polymers, plastics, coatings and adhesives.

You’ll own the BENELUX portfolio, grow key accounts, identify opportunities, and present technical and commercial solutions to customers and stakeholders. Travel within BENELUX and industry events are expected.

Qualifications

• Technical degree related to polymers or chemicals is highly desirable.
• Strong understanding of materials and applications in polymers, plastics, coatings and adhesives.
• Proven commercial experience or potential in technical sales and key account management.

Responsabilités

• Managing and growing key customer accounts
• Identifying new business opportunities
• Understanding customer applications and recommending suitable material solutions
• Presenting technical and commercial solutions to customers
• Managing pricing, quotations and negotiations
• Developing long-term relationships with technical and purchasing stakeholders
• Managing projects from initial enquiry through to implementation
• Working closely with Technical Service, Marketing, Customer Service and Logistics
• Maintaining your pipeline and projects through Salesforce
• Visiting customers across the BENELUX and attending relevant industry events

Connaissances

Materials Science

Chemical Engineering

Specialty Chemicals

Technical Sales

Formation

Chemistry

Chemical Engineering

Materials Science

Polymer Science

Description du poste

Are you a commercially driven sales professional with a strong background in polymers, plastics or specialty chemicals?

I’m working with a global leader in industrial minerals and specialty materials on a newly created Account Manager position covering the Benelux polymers market.

This is a great opportunity for someone who knows the polymers distribution world and wants genuine ownership of their market, customers and growth strategy.

What you’ll be doing

• Managing and growing a portfolio of customers across plastics, compounds, masterbatches, PVC pipes and PVC window profiles
• Identifying and winning new customers, applications and opportunities within the polymers market
• Taking full ownership of your territory, from pricing and planning through to pipeline and closing
• Building long-term customer relationships and acting as a technical-commercial partner
• Developing and growing a new area of the business across Belgium and the Netherlands

What we’re looking for

• 5+ years’ commercial experience within polymers, plastics or specialty chemicals
• Experience within distribution is highly desirable. Backgrounds with Safic-Alcan, Univar, IMCD, Brenntag or similar businesses would be particularly relevant
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Chemistry or a related scientific field
• Fluent Dutch and English. French would be a strong advantage
• A genuine hunter mentality with the drive to win new business
• Someone who enjoys having ownership of the full sales cycle
• Full driving licence and willingness to travel across the Benelux

Why consider it?

This is a newly created, standalone position, giving you the opportunity to genuinely shape and grow the polymers business across the Benelux.

🏠 Home-based, with flexibility to be located in Belgium or the Netherlands

🌍 Full Benelux responsibility with regular customer travel

📈 Opportunity to build your own market and customer portfolio

🤝 Join a well-established global organisation with a strong entrepreneurial culture

🔬 Work with a technically focused business and high-quality specialty materials

💰 Competitive salary and benefits package

If you're currently working in polymers, plastics or specialty chemical distribution and you're looking for more ownership, autonomy and the opportunity to build something, I'd love to hear from you.

📩 Interested or know someone who could be a good fit? Send me a message for a confidential conversation.