Sales Executive

Buckman; Canada; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global specialty chemical company is seeking a Sales Executive in British Columbia to develop new business and maintain existing customer relationships. The ideal candidate should have a Bachelor's degree in a related field, 5+ years of sales experience, and be fluent in French with functional English. Responsibilities include utilizing digital technologies to enhance relationships and coaching team members. This role involves 50%-60% travel.

Qualifications

• Fluent French with functional English is required.
• 5+ years of proven sales record in chemical sales preferred.
• Valid Driver's License is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Develop new business while maintaining existing customers.
• Utilize digital technologies to grow business relationships.
• Support team members technically and coach them.

Skills

Sales skills

Customer relationship management

Technical support skills

Results-focused mindset

Ability to coach teammates

Education

Bachelor's degree in Pulp & Paper, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry or Biology

Job description

Sales Executive, Paper Technologies

Location

British Columbia - Canada

Language

Fluent French with functional English

Travel

50% - 60%

Buckman Canada is a privately held, global specialty chemical company with headquarters in Memphis, TN, USA, committed to safeguarding the environment, maintaining safety in the workplace, and promoting sustainable development. Buckman delivers exceptional service and innovative solutions to our customers globally in the pulp and paper, leather, and water treatment sectors to help boost productivity, reduce risk, improve product quality, and provide a measurable return on investment. Buckman prioritizes digital transformation of its businesses to help build the capabilities and tools in support of this.

Position Summary

The Sales Executives will focus primarily on developing new business while maintaining existing customers in their region or strategic business unit to drive new sales. Utilize Buckman’s unique smart digital technologies and customer relationship management programs to grow business and customer relationships. Help to technically support team members as needed. This position is critical to diversifying the customer base of the region while actively focused on MPC generation sales projects. Coaching the personnel around them is a very important task as we strive for knowledge sharing with people who can make their whole team stronger.

Main Success Metrics

• MPC generation at new customer accounts
• MPC metrics in KPM tracked quarterly
• Safety Leader
• Successful trial/business conversions
• New accounts/ programs gained in KPMs, tracked quarterly
• Highly involved with sales funnel planning and tracking with Sales Manager or Strategic Account Leader

Competencies Needed for Success

• Job Competencies – ResultsLeadership:
  • Focus on Results- Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
  • Plans and AlignsPlanning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.
  • Ensures Accountability -Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.
• Job Competencies – PeopleLeadership:
  • Collaborates- Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
  • Engages & Inspires - Creating a climate where people are motivated to do their best tohelp the organization achieve its objectives.
• Job Competencies– Leadership:
  • Decision Quality - Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.
  • Possibility Thinking -Creating new and better ways for the organization to be successful.
  • Customer Focus -Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
  • Technical Job Knowledge - Applying specialized, technicaljob knowledge that is needed to perform the job successfully.
• Job Competencies – Self:
  • Manages Ambiguity-Operating effectively, even when things are notcertain,or the way forward is not clear.
  • Nimble Learning - Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder.

Minimum Requirements to Apply

• Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) from four-year college or university
• Pulp & Paper, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, or Biology.
• 5 years + proven sales record and or years related experience and/or training, or
• 5 years + of experience working in related industries.
• Successful selling record, preferably in chemical sales.
• Valid Driver's License

Preferred Qualifications

• 10 years + proven sales record and or years related experience and/or training
• Large account management experience – 3+ MM sales/year
• Consignment inventory and billing experience
• Solid understanding of smart digital solutions and can identify customer opportunities.
• Demonstrated understanding of business/finance and terminology desirable.

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