Technical Sales, Abrasives & Specialty Tapes

Chase-Corporation; Waterford (MN); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Chase Corporation and Sheldahl seek a technically oriented sales professional to accelerate growth in abrasives, industrial manufacturing, converting, and specialty materials markets. You will serve as a key technical and commercial resource for tape systems, adhesives, films, and related engineered materials.

The role involves expanding relationships with strategic accounts, guiding product development, and supporting qualification programs, trials, and launches across North America.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years in technical sales or related commercial role.
• Experience selling to industrial manufacturing, abrasives, tapes, or coatings.
• Ability to manage long-cycle, qualification-driven opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute growth strategies for abrasive manufacturers and industrial OEMs.
• Build relationships across engineering, operations, product development, procurement, and leadership.
• Identify new customers, applications, and market segments.
• Manage opportunities from early technical engagement through production adoption.
• Lead consultative technical and commercial discussions on performance and cost reduction.
• Expand Sheldahl and Chase capabilities across tapes, adhesives, films, and backing materials.

Skills

5+ years experience

Technical sales

Industrial markets

Cross-functional collaboration

Negotiation

Travel 40-60%

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Materials/Cchem

Job description

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Technical Sales, Abrasives & Specialty Tapes

Full Time Northfield, MN, US

5 days ago Requisition ID: 1107

Salary Range: $100,000.00 To $140,000.00 Annually

About Chase Corporation

Chase Corporation, headquartered in Westwood, Massachusetts, USA, is a global specialty materials company delivering advanced protective solutions that help ensure reliability and performance in the world’s most demanding environments. Founded in 1946, we have grown from a legacy of engineering expertise into a diversified platform serving high-reliability markets including electronics, industrial, aerospace, infrastructure, and beyond. Through a culture rooted in continuous improvement and application-driven innovation, we combine organic growth with strategic acquisitions to strengthen our capabilities, expand our global reach, and help customers solve complex challenges with confidence.

About Sheldahl

Sheldahl, a Chase Corporation company (acquired June 2026), is a leading designer, developer, and manufacturer of advanced thin-film technologies that enable innovation at the intersection of materials science and next-generation engineering. For more than 70 years, we have pushed the boundaries of what’s possible in coated films, laminates, and flexible circuit technologies—partnering with leading original equipment manufacturers across aerospace, automotive, industrial, and medical markets to bring high-performance ideas to life. From Apollo 11 to the James Webb Space Telescope, our legacy is defined by innovation that reaches beyond Earth—and continues to shape what comes next.

Role Overview

Chase Corporation and Sheldahl are seeking a highly motivated Technical Sales professional to accelerate growth across the Abrasives, Industrial Manufacturing, Converting, and Specialty Materials markets.

This role will serve as a key commercial and technical resource for Sheldahl’s proprietary unidirectional tape systems, abrasive belt splicing tapes, functional adhesives, backing films, and related engineered material technologies. Working directly with product development, manufacturing, process engineering, operations, and procurement teams, this individual will identify and develop solutions that improve product durability, manufacturing efficiency, throughput, and total cost of ownership.

A central focus of the role will be expanding Sheldahl’s position within strategic abrasive and industrial accounts while using these relationships as a platform to introduce broader Chase specialty tapes, adhesives, films, coatings, and engineered material solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Account & Market Growth

• Develop and execute growth strategies for priority abrasive manufacturers, industrial OEMs, converters, and engineered-material customers.


• Build relationships across engineering, operations, product development, procurement, and commercial leadership to identify new applications and specification opportunities.


• Identify new customers, applications, and market segments that expand Chase and Sheldahl’s presence across abrasive, converting, and industrial-manufacturing markets.


• Manage opportunities from early technical engagement through evaluation, qualification, specification, commercial launch, and production adoption.

Technical Sales & Application Development

• Lead consultative technical and commercial discussions focused on product performance, durability, manufacturing efficiency, throughput, and cost reduction.


• Position Sheldahl technologies across abrasive belt splicing, coated abrasives, sanding belts, grinding systems, surface finishing, and other engineered industrial applications.


• Develop differentiated value propositions around belt strength, joint durability, flexibility, productivity, manufacturing consistency, and lifecycle performance.


• Serve as the primary commercial resource for Sheldahl’s proprietary tape, adhesive, film, and backing-material technologies.


• Partner with customer engineering and product-development teams to support material evaluations, product trials, qualification programs, and commercial launches.


• Translate Voice of Customer insights into actionable opportunities for R&D, Product Management, Manufacturing, Quality, and Operations.


• Leverage core Sheldahl applications to introduce broader Chase specialty tapes, adhesives, functional films, coatings, protective materials, laminates, and converting solutions.


• Increase share of wallet across strategic accounts by identifying adjacent applications and cross-portfolio opportunities.

Channel & Market Development

• Evaluate and develop selective industrial distribution and channel partnerships to support market expansion.


• Train distributor sales and technical teams and build focused growth programs with key channel partners.


• Develop application guides, product-positioning tools, and value-selling resources that improve commercial effectiveness.


• Monitor market, technology, and competitive trends and provide actionable customer and market intelligence to Sales, Marketing, Product Management, and R&D.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in technical sales, applications engineering, product management, business development, or a related commercial role.


• Demonstrated success selling technically complex or value-added solutions into industrial manufacturing, abrasives, converting, tapes, adhesives, coatings, specialty materials, or engineered-products markets.


• Experience managing long-cycle, specification- and qualification-driven opportunities from early technical engagement through production adoption.


• Strong understanding of manufacturing environments and the ability to engage effectively with engineering, operations, product-development, and procurement stakeholders.


• Working knowledge of relevant technologies such as industrial tapes, adhesives, specialty films, coated abrasives, converting materials, coatings, polymer systems, or engineered materials.


• Strong consultative and specification-selling skills with the ability to translate customer process and performance requirements into compelling commercial solutions.


• Excellent communication, negotiation, project-management, and cross-functional leadership skills, with the ability to operate effectively across direct customers and channel partners.


• 40–60% travel throughout North America to support customer visits, technical and qualification reviews, strategic account meetings, and industry events.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Materials Science, Chemistry, Polymer Science, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline; MBA preferred.

Travel & Location

This position requires approximately 40–60% travel to support customer visits, product trials, qualification programs, distributor engagement, industry events, and strategic account meetings.

The role offers geographic flexibility, with preference for candidates located near major industrial manufacturing, converting, or abrasives markets.

Why Join Chase & Sheldahl

Sheldahl brings differentiated expertise in engineered tapes, adhesive systems, films, and specialty material technologies used in demanding industrial applications. Combined with Chase Corporation’s broader portfolio of specialty tapes, adhesives, coatings, protective materials, and engineered solutions, the business is positioned to address a broad range of customer performance and manufacturing challenges.

This role offers the opportunity to work directly with leading industrial manufacturers, influence product and process decisions early in the development cycle, and convert differentiated material technologies into sustained commercial growth.