Technical Sales – Recent Graduate Position - Midlands

Whitehall Recruitment Ltd; Tamworth; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

Job summary

Whitehall Recruitment Ltd is helping a specialist chemical distributor recruit a Technical Sales graduate to join their Midlands team. The role will involve applying your chemistry background to identify new business in Health & Nutrition, Household, and Agrochemical sectors, and to build lasting partner relationships.

After a comprehensive training programme, you will travel extensively within the UK and some international travel, coordinating with internal support and sales colleagues to

Qualifications

• Science graduate with chemistry or related subject (2:1 minimum and/or MSc/PhD).
• Willingness to apply technical training in a commercial environment.
• Strong communication and relationship-building abilities.

Responsibilities

• Identify and win new business in Health & Nutrition, Household and Agrochemical units.
• Maintain and develop relationships with business partners.
• Set priorities and track customer projects.
• Collaborate with Internal Support and Sales Team.

Skills

Commercial awareness

Relationship building

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemistry (2:1 minimum)

Job description

Technical Sales – Recent Graduate Position - Midlands

Our client is a successful, specialist chemical distribution company representing a range of leading chemical companies from across Europe, the US and Asia. They market and supply chemicals ranging from catalysts and molecular sieves to polymers, rheology modifiers and special effect pigments. Their customer base comprises of manufacturers of coatings, construction chemicals and polymers as well as producers of cosmetics, toiletries and agrochemicals.

For this challenging and rewarding position they are looking to recruit a science graduate with a background in chemistry or a related subject (2:1 minimum and/or MSc or PhD) who would like to apply their technical training and laboratory background in a commercial environment.

Following comprehensive training in the technical as well as commercial aspects of the role the main responsibilities will be:

• Identifying and gaining new business in their Health & Nutrition, Household and Agrochemical Business Unit
• Maintaining and developing strong relationships with our business partners
• Setting priorities and keeping track of customer projects
• Working closely with Internal Support and other members of the Sales Team

Our client has an outstanding track record of training and developing their employees. The position will be based at their Midlands office but will ultimately involve extensive UK and some international travel.

This is an excellent career opportunity for the right candidate with an attractive salary and benefit package including a company car.