Remote Sales Manager – Advanced Materials & Composites

German American Chambers of Commerce; Akron (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% employer-paid medical coverage

Dental and vision coverage

Life, disability insurance

Retirement savings with company match

Holidays and paid time off

Job summary

German American Chambers of Commerce in the United States is seeking a Sales Manager – Advanced Materials and Composites to drive new business across North America. This remote U.S.-based role focuses on mobility, automotive and industrial markets, identifying OEMs, manufacturers, and distributors, and turning technical applications into sustainable revenue.

You will own the opportunity lifecycle from outreach to launch, build a qualified pipeline, and collaborate with engineering, product

Qualifications

• Experience developing new B2B customers, territories, applications, or market segments.
• Background in engineered materials, composites, plastics, insulation, or industrial manufacturing.
• Ability to engage engineering, procurement, operations, and commercial stakeholders.
• Willingness to travel 50–70% across North America.

Responsibilities

• Identify, prospect, and develop new OEM, manufacturer, fabricator, converter, and distributor relationships across North America.
• Build a qualified pipeline of new customers, applications, and market opportunities.
• Own opportunities from initial outreach and discovery through qualification, proposal development, pricing, negotiation, closing, and commercial launch.
• Identify applications where high-performance materials can solve customer performance, manufacturing, cost, or supply-chain challenges.
• Develop new territories and market segments rather than primarily maintaining an established book of business.
• Build relationships across engineering, procurement, operations, product development, and executive leadership.
• Work closely with engineering, product management, manufacturing, and commercial teams to advance technically complex opportunities.
• Coordinate customer and business-development activities with colleagues across the United States, Mexico, and Europe.
• Represent the company at customer visits, trade shows, conferences, and other industry events.

Skills

New business development

B2B sales

Technical sales

Market development

Job description

German American Chambers of Commerce in the United States is seeking a Sales Manager – Advanced Materials and Composites to drive new business across North America. This remote U.S.-based role focuses on mobility, automotive and industrial markets, identifying OEMs, manufacturers, and distributors, and turning technical applications into sustainable revenue.

You will own the opportunity lifecycle from outreach to launch, build a qualified pipeline, and collaborate with engineering, product