Senior Sales & Business Development Specialist

Dow; Seneffe; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equitable base pay

Bonus opportunity

Comprehensive health coverage

Pension plans

Employee discounts

Job summary

Dow seeks a Senior Sales & Business Development Specialist to expand its presence across the European coatings market. You will identify growth opportunities, engage customers, and convert opportunities into profitable business, with Terneuzen, The Netherlands as the preferred location.

We welcome candidates from other European locations and require willingness to travel regularly across Europe. Fluency in English is required; German and French are assets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, chemistry, chemical engineering, or a related discipline.
• Experience in sales, business development, or account management.
• Industry experience in coatings or related markets.
• Fluency in English; additional German or French is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Identify, develop, and convert new business opportunities across Europe.
• Build and strengthen relationships with key decision-makers.
• Lead customer engagements and negotiations to drive profitable growth.
• Develop and execute a robust sales pipeline and territory plan.
• Monitor market trends and identify new growth opportunities.
• Collaborate with Technical Service, Marketing, Product Management, and Supply Chain.

Skills

Hunter Mindset

Commercial Drive

Relationship Building

Communication & Value Selling

Negotiation & Closing

Resilience & Ownership

Market Insight & Cross-Functional

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or related discipline

Job description

At Dow, we believe in putting people first and we’re passionate about delivering integrity, respect and safety to our customers, our employees and the planet. Our people are at the heart of our solutions. They reflect the communities we live in and the world where we do business. Their diversity is our strength. We’re a community of relentless problem solvers that offers the daily opportunity to contribute with your perspective, transform industries and shape the future. Our purpose is simple - to deliver a sustainable future for the world through science and collaboration. If you’re looking for a challenge and meaningful role, you’re in the right place.

About You And This Role

Build Relationships. Create Opportunities. Win New Business.

You are an experienced sales professional who thrives on opening doors, building relationships, and winning new business. As a Senior Sales & Business Development Specialist, you will help expand Dow Coating Materials' presence across the European coatings market by identifying growth opportunities, engaging customers, and converting opportunities into profitable business. The preferred location for this role is Terneuzen, The Netherlands. We are also open to considering candidates based in other European locations, including Wiesbaden, Böhlen, and Schkopau (Germany) and Antwerp and Seneffe (Belgium). If you are energized by customer engagement, commercial success, and delivering measurable results, this is an opportunity to make a direct impact on business growth across Europe.

Responsibilities

• Identify, develop, and convert new business opportunities across the European coatings market while expanding Dow's presence within existing accounts.
• Build and strengthen relationships with key decisionmakers across commercial, technical, procurement, and leadership functions to create long-term customer value.
• Lead customer engagements, value-selling discussions, and commercial negotiations to support profitable business growth.
• Develop, maintain, and execute a robust sales pipeline and territory growth plan to deliver against business objectives.
• Monitor market trends, competitive activity, emerging technologies, and customer needs to identify new growth opportunities and provide actionable market intelligence.
• Collaborate closely with Technical Service and Development, Marketing, Product Management, and Supply Chain to accelerate customer adoption and deliver differentiated solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related discipline.
• Experience in sales, business development, account management, technical sales, or other customer-facing commercial roles.
• Industry experience within coatings, specialty chemicals, polymers, resins and additives, construction materials, adhesives and sealants, or related industrial markets.
• Demonstrated success in developing customers, expanding business, or identifying growth opportunities.
• Fluency in English is required; German language skills are an advantage, and French would be an additional asset.
• Willingness to travel regularly within Europe.

Your Skills

• Hunter Mindset: You actively pursue new business opportunities, uncover unmet customer needs, and are motivated by creating value and winning business.
• Commercial Drive & Opportunity Identification: You proactively identify, prioritize, and pursue growth opportunities with the highest commercial impact and business value.
• Relationship Building & Influence: You quickly establish credibility with customers, prospects, and decisionmakers and build trusted relationships that create long-term value.
• Communication & Value Selling: You ask impactful questions, communicate with clarity, and translate customer needs into compelling business opportunities and differentiated solutions.
• Negotiation & Closing Skills: You confidently lead commercial discussions and negotiations to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes and profitable growth.
• Resilience & Ownership: You demonstrate determination, accountability, and persistence, maintaining momentum through challenges and staying focused on delivering results.
• Market Insight & Cross-Functional Collaboration: You stay curious about customers, technologies, market trends, and industry developments while effectively leveraging internal resources to accelerate customer adoption and business growth.

Additional Information

• Relocation, visa, and immigration assistance are not available for this position.
• Please provide your application in English.

Benefits – What Dow Offers You

We invest in you.

Dow invests in total rewards programs to help you manage all aspects of you: your pay, your health, your life, your future, and your career.You bring your background, talent, and perspective to work every day. Dow rewards that commitment by investing in your total wellbeing.

Here are just a few highlights of what you would be offered as a Dow employee:

• Equitable and market-competitive base pay and bonus opportunity across our global markets, along with locally relevant incentives.
• Benefits and programs to support your physical, mental, financial, and social well-being, to help you get the care you need...when you need it.
• Competitive retirement program that may include company-provided benefits, savings opportunities, financial planning, and educational resources to help you achieve your long term financial-goals.
• Employee stock purchase programs (availability varies depending on location).
• Student Debt Retirement Savings Match Program (U.S. only).
• Dow will take the value of monthly student debt payments and apply them as if they are contributions to the Employees’ Savings Plan (401(k)), helping employees reach the Company match.
• Robust medical and life insurance packages that offer a variety of coverage options to meet your individual needs. Travel insurance is also available in certain countries/locations.
• Opportunities to learn and grow through training and mentoring, work experiences, community involvement and team building.
• Workplace culture empowering role-based flexibility to maximize personal productivity and balance personal needs.
• Competitive yearly vacation allowance.
• Paid time off for new parents (birthing and non-birthing, including adoptive and foster parents).
• Paid time off to care for family members who are sick or injured.
• Paid time off to support volunteering and Employee Resource Group’s (ERG) participation.
• Wellbeing Portal for all Dow employees, our one-stop shop to promote wellbeing, empowering employees to take ownership of their entire wellbeing journey.
• On-site fitness facilities to help stay healthy and active (availability varies depending on location).
• Employee discounts for online shopping, cinema tickets, gym memberships and more.
• Additionally, some of our locations might offer:
• Transportation allowance (availability varies depending on location)
• Meal subsidiaries/vouchers (availability varies depending on location)
• Carbon-neutral transportation incentives e.g. bike to work (availability varies depending on location)

Join our team, we can make a difference together.

About Dow

Dow (NYSE: DOW) is one of the world’s leading materials science companies, serving customers in high-growth markets such as packaging, infrastructure, mobility and consumer applications. Our global breadth, asset integration and scale, focused innovation, leading business positions and commitment to sustainability enable us to achieve profitable growth and help deliver a sustainable future. We operate manufacturing sites in 30 countries and employ approximately 36,000 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $43 billion in 2024. References to Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its subsidiaries. Learn more about us and our ambition to be the most innovative, customer-centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company in the world by visiting www.dow.com.

As part of our dedication to inclusion, Dow is committed to equal opportunities in employment. We encourage every employee to bring their whole self to work each day to not only deliver more value, but also have a more fulfilling career. Further information regarding Dow's equal opportunities is available on www.dow.com.