Remote Business Development Lead - Polymers & Coatings

Plastic Executive Recruiters; Wisconsin; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Plastic Executive Recruiters seeks a Business Development Manager for polymers, coatings and extrusion technologies. The role combines business development with deep technical knowledge and requires collaboration with engineers, R&D teams, converters, and manufacturing operations. The position is remote within the United States and covers North, Central, and South America, with travel and regional time-zone preferences.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical sales or business development in polymers and coatings
• Degree in Chemical Engineering, Polymer Science, Materials Science, Chemistry or related
• Strong extrusion and polymer processing knowledge
• Experience with coatings, extrusion coatings, paper coatings, lamination or adhesives
• Experience supporting trials and product commercialization
• Salesforce CRM experience
• Willingness to travel ~75%

Responsibilities

• Develop new business opportunities across coatings, extrusion coatings, paper applications, adhesives, laminations, polymers, and related engineered material applications.
• Identify new markets and customers for existing and newly introduced polymer technologies.
• Work directly with customers at manufacturing facilities to understand equipment, extrusion processes, application requirements, and technical challenges.
• Lead technical and commercial discussions with engineering, R&D, operations, procurement, and executive decision-makers.
• Support customer trials, product qualification, application development, and commercialization.
• Build relationships throughout the value chain and develop opportunities from initial concept through commercial agreement.
• Partner with internal Technology, R&D, Manufacturing, Marketing, and Product Development teams.
• Manage pipeline, opportunities, customer activity, and forecasting through Salesforce.
• Travel approximately 50% throughout the Americas.

Skills

Technical sales

Business development

Market development

Customer relationships

Sales strategy

Education

Chemical Engineering

Polymer Science

Materials Science

Chemistry

Packaging Engineering

Tools

Salesforce CRM

Job description

Plastic Executive Recruiters seeks a Business Development Manager for polymers, coatings and extrusion technologies. The role combines business development with deep technical knowledge and requires collaboration with engineers, R&D teams, converters, and manufacturing operations. The position is remote within the United States and covers North, Central, and South America, with travel and regional time-zone preferences.