Sales Representative

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Date: 9 Oct 2024

Location: Kryoneri, GR

Company: AkzoNobel

About AkzoNobel

Since 1792, we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people’s lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today – while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together.

For more information please visit www.akzonobel.com

Job Purpose

To ensure that adequate resources and capability (people and processes) reside within the business to deliver on the financial and non financial targets by managing business relationships with customers / accounts (current customers and new prospects) especially strategic customers in own portfolio and by providing expert knowledge and input for the particular market segment on cluster and regional level.

Position is based at Kryoneri Attikis with main customer activities area coverage.

Internal/External Collaborations initiatives

Collaborate with cross functional teams including relevant teams at the key accounts to prioritize new

developments and make plans for trials

• Provide support and leadership to sales, customer services and technical teams by showing vision,

putting in resources to ensure high service levels and operational efficiency

• Promote and drive new business projects with key accounts to grow sales and steer business / sales into our customers.

• Nurture and grow sub suppliers of key accounts to grow business by gaining share of wallet in suppliers

• Drive charging for services initiative to meet budget expectations

Key Accountabilities

• Support roll-out segment sales programs (including sales process-related knowledge and tools) and

implement corporate projects such as CRM and IBP.

• Support sales team in the particular segment in sales calls and customer meetings, as required.

• Develop and execute sales tactics and plans for the particular segment in the cluster and deliver budget volume, revenue and margin KPIs for own portfolio and respective segment in the cluster.

• Provide input in developing the market segment sales strategy on regional level.

• Identify significant business opportunities, pinpoint existing and/or potential problem areas

• Be a focal point for market information, expertise and analytics for the market segment in the cluster.

• Create and execute Account/Customer plans aligned with Regional / Global Segment & Marketing plan if applicable

• Develop relevant Commercial pipeline for respective accounts

• Deliver the agreed financial and non-financial targets in line with business budgets

• Drive innovation through customers

• Develop and maintain contact map within each account – at all reporting level and across all functions

• Drive Continuous Improvement across the organization to generate value to customers – Forecast,

Service, capability, efficiency and productivity•

Educational background & Experience+Skills &Abilities

Preferred profile should reflect the following:

Knowledge & Work Experience – Marine/Protective Coatings or Paints and coatings industry, any B2B industry environment.

3-8 years of work experience in commercial roles, sales and key account management, sales to strategic accounts

Minimum Bachelor Degree in business management or related field

At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.

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