Sales Executive Canada East

Buckman; Memphis (TN); Remoto; CAD 90.000 - 120.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Buckman Canada East is seeking a Sales Executive to drive profitable growth in the pulp and paper industry from a remote base in Canada. You will leverage technical papermaking chemistry applications, manage key accounts, and identify new opportunities while ensuring customer retention.

You will collaborate with service, planning, R&D, and supply chain teams, report forecasts, and lead strategic reviews with customers to maximize value and ensure alignment with Buckman’s objectives.

Competenze

• Bachelor's Degree required in Chemistry or Engineering or Business Administration.
• 5+ years of experience in sales and application of chemical products.
• Knowledge of Pulp and Paper industry processes and chemistry applications.
• Experience in sales within Pulp and Paper industry preferred.

Mansioni

• Drive year-over-year revenue growth through cross-selling and upselling.
• Identify and commercialize new applications within existing and new customers.
• Maintain retention and strengthen relationships for long-term growth.
• Report sales forecasts and manage opportunities in CRM systems.
• Coordinate with service, planning, lab, R&D and supply chain to align goals.

Conoscenze

Drives Results

Plans and Aligns

Collaborates

Customer Focus

Nimble Learning

Formazione

Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry or Engineering or Business Administration

Descrizione del lavoro

Sales Executive

Buckman–Canada East

Location: Remote

Language:English

Travel: up to 50%

Buckman is a privately held, global specialty chemical company with headquarters in Memphis, TN, USA, committed to safeguarding the environment, maintaining safety in the workplace, and promoting sustainable development. Buckman delivers exceptional service and innovative solutions to our customers globally in the pulp and paper, leather, and water treatment sectors to help boost productivity, reduce risk, improve product quality, and provide a measurable return on investment.

Position Summary

The purpose of this role is to drive profitable growth within the pulp and paper industry by leveraging technical expertise in papermaking chemistry applications, including sizing, retention, strength, microbiological control, deposit control, defoamers, and/or knowledge of pulp mill processes and chemistries. The role is responsible for ensuring customer retention, strengthening relationships within assigned accounts, and identifying new business opportunities. This position serves as the primary point of contact for customers, providing strategic guidance, technical sales support, and application expertise while ensuring operational and financial performance aligns with company objectives and delivers long-term account growth.

Key Outcomes/Responsibilities

Outcome: Revenue Growth & Account Expansion

• Drive year-over-year revenue growth through cross-selling and upselling.
• Handler orders and other requirements by communicating effectively with customers or distributors.
• Identify and commercialize new applications within existing and new customers.
• Prevent attrition and actively maintain relationships to support long-term retention.
• Report sales forecasts using Connected Planning (Ackumen) and manage opportunities in Dynamics.
• Monitor and manage pipeline health, including tracking the number and size of opportunities, conversion rates, and time spent at each stage.
• Drive acquisition of new applications by identifying and securing wins.
• Increase share of wallet across accounts within the region through strategic account development and relationship management.

Outcome: Profitability Optimization

• Optimize product mix aligned with customer needs and profitability goals together with technical and functional teams.
• Identify profitability improvement opportunities.
• Execute timely and strategic price adjustments as required by operating company pricing plan.
• Coordinate with other functional teams to substitute or rationalize products to improve cost-efficiency and profitability.

Outcome: Account Retention and Relationship Management

• Develop and maintain relationships with key decision makers to enable account penetration.
• Maintain retention rate across assigned accounts, proactively addressing potential attrition risks.
• Conduct regular strategic reviewswith key stakeholders to ensure alignment and satisfaction.
• Lead business reviews with customers to assess value delivered and identify opportunities to ensure alignment and satisfaction.

Outcome: Strategic Account Ownership

• Implement the 8 Business Management Standards (8BMSs) where applicable
• Act as the key point of contact for customer accounts.
• Build multi-level relationships across customer functions (operations, purchasing, etc.).
• Resolve issues promptly and proactively manage account satisfaction.

Outcome: Financial & Operational Accountability (P&L, MPC, AR)

• Meet or exceed sales, GP, and MPC budgets for the assigned area.
• Suggest and manage customer credit limits and oversee receivables.
• Ensure overdue receivables is below the target defined by OpCo management year over year and are resolved as planned.
• Manage costs in line with account profitability and resource allocation plans.
• Support inventory turnover by promoting and selling aged inventory through targeted customer outreach and strategic sales efforts.
• Ensure alignment with contractual obligations.

Outcome: Internal Collaboration

• Partner with customer service, planning, lab, R&D, and supply chain to align on goals.
• Collaborate with field service teams to ensure high service standards without owning daily execution where applicable.
• Align internally to support commercial strategies and customer needs.
• Implement and adopt Digital enabling tools (Ackumen and Dynamics)

Outcome: Application Reliability & Service Oversight

• Monitor application results and conduct tests for optimal performance.
• Troubleshoot and resolve process issues quickly.
• Write and maintain accurate service reports.
• Maintain and manage customer equipment to ensure uptime and reliability.

Outcome: Safety & Risk Mitigation

• Adhere to Buckman and customer safety policies, including HCAS and stewardship standards.
• Complete Behavior-Based Safety (BBS) to encourage a culture of safety awareness and accountability.
• Promote and facilitate Behavior-Based Safety (BBS) programs to encourage a culture of safety awareness and accountability.
• Conduct Job Safety Analysis (JSA) to proactively identify and mitigate workplace hazards.

Basic Qualifications

• Education Requirements: Bachelor's Degreein Chemistry or any Engineering area or Business Administration
• Job Experience: 5 years or more
• Knowledge of Pulp and Paper Industry processes and specifically applicable chemistry applications
• Experience in Sales and application of chemical products in Pulp and Paper industry

Competencies

• Drives Results - Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances
• Plans and Aligns - Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals
• Collaborates - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
• Customer Focus - Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions
• Nimble Learning - Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder