Sales Manager - Advanced Materials & Composites (Remote)

GACC Midwest - German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest, Inc.; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental & Vision coverage

Disability insurance

401(k) retirement plan with company  +

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Mentorship onboarding

Job summary

GACC Midwest - German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest, Inc. seeks a Sales Manager – Advanced Materials and Composites to drive new business across North America, focusing on mobility, automotive, and industrial markets with high-performance materials.

This remote, U.S.-based position requires building relationships with OEMs, manufacturers, and distributors, owning opportunities from discovery to launch, and traveling 50–70% to develop strategic accounts with engineering and

Qualifications

• Proven track record in developing new B2B customers, territories, or market segments.
• Experience in engineered materials, composites, plastics, insulation, or industrial manufacturing.
• Ability to prospect and develop opportunities independently.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration with engineering, procurement, and commercial teams.
• Willingness to travel 50–70% across North America.

Responsibilities

• Identify and develop OEMs, manufacturers, fabricators, distributors in North America.
• Build a pipeline of new customers, applications, opportunities.
• Own opportunities from outreach through qualification, proposal, pricing, negotiation, closing, and launch.
• Identify applications where high-performance materials solve performance, manufacturing, cost, or supply-chain challenges.
• Develop new territories and market segments beyond an established book.
• Build relationships across engineering, procurement, operations, and leadership.
• Collaborate with engineering, product management, manufacturing, and commercial teams.
• Coordinate activities with teams in the United States, Mexico, and Europe.
• Represent the company at customer visits, trade shows, conferences, and industry events.

Skills

New business development

Territory sales

Technical sales

Account development

Cross-functional collaboration

Consultative selling

Travel readiness

Commercial judgment

Engagement with engineering

Job description

GACC Midwest - German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest, Inc. seeks a Sales Manager – Advanced Materials and Composites to drive new business across North America, focusing on mobility, automotive, and industrial markets with high-performance materials.

This remote, U.S.-based position requires building relationships with OEMs, manufacturers, and distributors, owning opportunities from discovery to launch, and traveling 50–70% to develop strategic accounts with engineering and