Key Account Manager – Industry & Consumer (m / f / d)

SIMPLEX Recruitment Ltd; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm seeks a Key Account Manager in the UK and Scandinavia to expand the international customer base in high-performance polymers. Candidates should have an engineering degree, strong sales skills, and a commitment to achieving corporate goals. Responsibilities include international project management and substantial travel (up to 80%). The role offers competitive compensation, including a company pension scheme and car.

Benefits

Company car

Pension scheme

Attractive remuneration

Qualifications

• Possess an engineering degree and relevant market expertise.
• Demonstrable ability to develop new applications.
• Commitment to corporate goals and results-oriented communication.

Responsibilities

• Expand the international customer base in the Industry and Consumer sector.
• Provide technical and commercial customer support.
• Create and implement corporate strategies.

Skills

Strong sales skills

Results-oriented thinking

Excellent negotiation skills

Commitment to corporate goals

Good knowledge of English

Education

Engineering degree in plastics technology, mechanical engineering, or economics

Job description

Overview

The Key Account Manager for Industry & Consumer in the UK and Scandinavia will focus on expanding the international customer base, developing new applications using high-performance polymers, and managing technical and commercial support for international projects. Candidates should possess an engineering degree, relevant market expertise, and strong sales skills, along with a commitment to meeting corporate goals. The role involves significant travel (up to 80%) and offers competitive remuneration, including benefits like a company car and pension scheme.

Your Tasks

• Expansion of our international customer base in the Industry and Consumer sector.
• Realization of new applications with the company’s high-performance polymers.
• Technical and commercial customer support, management of international projects.
• Creation and implementation of short, medium and long-term plans.
• Realization of corporate goals.

Your Profile

• Engineering degree in plastics technology, mechanical engineering, economics or a comparable technical education.
• Relevant market and technical expertise combined with business acumen.
• Demonstrable ability to develop new applications at new and existing customers.
• Knowledge of Industry and Consumer markets in the region, especially Healthcare.
• Experience in injection moulding and the design of plastic components is an advantage.
• High degree of initiative, commitment and an independent, structured way of working.
• Results-oriented thinking and acting, as well as resilience and assertiveness.
• Committed, goal-oriented communication.
• Good knowledge of English, other languages an advantage.
• Travel activity up to 80%.
• Excellent sales and negotiation skills

Offer

• Exciting and responsible tasks in a market-leading, innovative company with an international focus.
• Attractive remuneration and a company pension scheme.
• Company car.