Account Manager (Metalworking Fluids) - North & West Italy

Quaker Houghton; Montà; Ibrido; EUR 35.000 - 50.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

A global leader in industrial chemicals is seeking a Technical Sales Representative to develop business in Northern and Western Italy. This field-based role aims to build strong customer relationships and achieve sales targets, requiring technical sales experience, an engineering degree, and bilingual proficiency in Italian and English. Competitive compensation and benefits are offered.

Servizi

Competitive pay + bonus program

Company car

Meal tickets + Health insurance

2 annual days paid volunteering leave

Access to career growth opportunities

Competenze

• 1 to 3 years technical sales experience in a B2B environment.
• Bilingual in Italian and professional level in English required.
• Experience with metalworking fluids, lubricants, or similar markets.

Mansioni

• Develop business growth in North and West Italy region.
• Create relationships with key customer contacts.
• Prepare presentations and proposals for customers.
• Deliver technical advice and implement new solutions.
• Collaborate with various teams for customer service.

Conoscenze

Technical sales experience

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Customer focus

Formazione

Engineering degree (mechanical, chemical, industrial or similar)

Strumenti

CRM

Excel

Descrizione del lavoro

At Quaker Houghton, we are experts in the development, production and application of chemical specialties, process fluids, lubricants, and coatings for the manufacturing industry. We have been an integral part in the growth of the world's largest industrial companies and to this day our experience and expertise show in the actions and dedication of our Associates worldwide. Today, we have a global presence, with our corporate headquarters located in Conshohocken, PA. Quaker Houghton is a global publicly traded company with a unique collaborative culture that supports career growth for its associates and offers competitive compensation and benefit programs.

What do we offer?

Competitive pay + bonus program

Company car

Meal tickets + Health insurance

2 annual days paid volunteering leave

Access to real career growth opportunities in the commercial or other related areas of interest

Online continuous training tool for all seniority levels

Attractive Wellbeing, Mental Health, Women Inclusion & DEI programs

What will you do?

Develop business growth in the North and West Italian region to achieve company sales and gross margin targets by regularly visiting customer sites.

Create strong relationships with key customer contacts across all levels, both existing and prospective, to both increase customer satisfaction and cross‑selling success.

Prepare and create customer presentations, proposals, commercial offers and value‑selling plans that demonstrate the benefits and value Quaker Houghton can offer.

Deliver sound technical advice to the customer, working closely with our Product Application team to implement and offer new solutions.

Communicate directly with the KAM team for alignment with the account strategy to achieve maximum business potential and aim to exceed customer expectations.

Collaborate with the QH Fluid Intelligence Solutions team regarding our range of equipment sales.

Coordinate with the Customer Service and Technical Service teams to make sure we meet overall customer expectations.

Regularly report to management to analyze sales targets, budgets and forecast, mainly using CRM, Excel and other IT tools available.

Attend and participate in conferences and industry trade shows.

Monitor the competitors' activities, industry trends & regional regulations to give feedback to management and KAM team that is useful for innovation and market development.

What are we looking for?

The ideal candidate will have from 1 to 3 years technical sales experience in a B2B environment, ideally in contact with the metalworking process and the automotive sector. Having managed both end‑user and distributor accounts is an advantage.

• Education: Engineering degree (mechanical, chemical, industrial or similar)
• Languages: Italian bilingual level and English professional level written & spoken are a must.
• Previous work experience: metalworking fluids, lubricants, grease, coolants or any other similar industrial chemical market.
• Profile: A dynamic professional with excellent communication and presentation skills to be able to build strong trust‑based relationships with the key stakeholders.
• Location: This is a field‑based role in the West and North Italy territory (Piedmont and Liguria).
• Soft skills: Safety Conscious – Safety is the core of our culture. Team worker, Autonomous, Results Driven, Analytical & Problem Solver, Customer Focus.

About Us

We are the global leader in industrial process fluids present in 40+ countries continually improving and innovating so the world's steel, aluminum, automotive, aircraft, machinery and industrial parts manufacturers can stay ahead in a changing world. Throughout our 100+ locations, our chemists, engineers and industry experts partner with our customers to continually improve their operations so they can run even more efficiently, even more effectively, whatever comes next.

Our values

Live Safe, Exceed Customer Expectations, Drive Results, Embrace Diversity, Do Great Things Together, Act with Integrity.