Sales Executive

Listgrove Ltd; Udine; In loco; EUR 55.000 - 85.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Listgrove Ltd is seeking a Sales Executive / Area Manager for Polymer Materials in Italy. You will own the Italian markets, developing new business and growing existing customer relationships across the plastics industry.

Reporting to the Sales Director, you will collaborate with technical and production teams to tailor solutions, build partnerships with compounders and processors, and represent the company at industry events across Europe.

Competenze

• Proven sales experience in plastics, polymers, masterbatch or related materials.
• Strong track record of new business development and key account management.
• Fluent in English and Italian; additional languages a plus.

Mansioni

• Analyze opportunities within the Italian catchment; contact and develop new prospects.
• Maintain and grow active client portfolio; drive account growth.
• Build relationships with compounders, masterbatch manufacturers, processors and plastics converters.
• Identify market trends, competitor activity and new commercial opportunities.
• Provide regular sales forecasts, activity reports and market intelligence.
• Collaborate with technical, production and customer service teams to ensure excellent support.
• Maintain CRM records and monitor customer payment performance.
• Represent the business at customer meetings, industry exhibitions and trade fairs across Europe.

Conoscenze

Sales experience in plastics

Account management

New business development

Negotiation skills

English proficiency

Italian language

Willing to travel

Descrizione del lavoro

Sales Executive / Area Manager – Polymer Materials, Italy

Job ref: AZ/65089

Client Overview

Our client is a well-established manufacturer with an excellent reputation within the plastics industry. As a pioneer, the business has been supplying innovative solutions to polymer processors for decades and continues to enjoy strong growth across Europe and as a result is looking to strengthen its commercial presence across Italy.

Role Overview

Reporting to the Sales Director, you will take ownership of the Italian markets, driving both new business development and the growth of existing customer relationships.

This is a strategic yet hands-on commercial role, suited to someone who enjoys developing long-term partnerships while identifying new market opportunities. You will work closely with internal technical and production teams to deliver tailored solutions to customers across the plastics industry.

Responsibilities

• Analysing and identifying opportunities within the established catchment area, as well as contacting and acquiring new prospects to open and develop the market.
• Carrying out maintenance and loyalty-building work for the active client portfolio, as well as driving the growth of these accounts.
• Build strong relationships with compounders, masterbatch manufacturers, polymer processors, film producers and other plastics converters.
• Identify market trends, competitor activity and new commercial opportunities.
• Deliver regular sales forecasts, activity reports and market intelligence.
• Work collaboratively with technical, production and customer service teams to ensure excellent customer support.
• Maintain accurate CRM records and manage customer payment performance.
• Represent the business at customer meetings, industry exhibitions and trade fairs throughout Europe.

Person Specification

• Proven sales experience within the plastics, polymers, additives, masterbatch, compounding or related materials industries.
• Strong track record of developing new business whilst managing strategic customer relationships.
• Experience selling technical raw materials, compounds, concentrates or additives into plastics processing markets would be highly advantageous.
• Commercially driven with excellent relationship-building and negotiation skills.
• Fluent English is essential together with Italian. (other languages useful)
• Comfortable traveling.

Applicants must have the legal right to work in the country where the role is located. Evidence of the right to work may be required during the recruitment process.

For reasons of readability, gender-specific language has been simplified. All references to individuals apply equally to people of all genders.