Key Account Manager

Duties

As a part of the CARE Sales team, you will contribute to developing and expanding the Univar business within an agreed customer base/territory in order to execute the strategic objectives of the Sales department and the annual budget. You will build and maintain customer relations with strategic accounts and spend as much time as is reasonably possible interacting face to face with Customers looking for new business opportunities and at the same time growing and strengthening the current relationships. Customer needs drive your activities, and you balance them with the interests of the company. Within the team you will be reporting into the Area Business Manager.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks

• Ensure efficient execution of the sales targets.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with Strategic Accounts and other Customers in agreed territory. Strategic Accounts typically involve an international partner or major accounts on EMEA level.
• Ensure strong relationships with Strategic Accounts by conducting regular status and strategy meetings with the customers senior management to understand their needs and link them to the organisation’s product/service strategies.
• Support, enhance and execute the annual business plan: plan visits, services and calls and execute the plan and close the sales opportunities, creation and conversion of a credible pipeline through identification of opportunities.
• Sales projects and mutual selling activities: initiate, set up and execute projects, attend conferences and marketing events.
• Meet targets to expand Univar business and maintain the existing relationships in visiting the potential and existing clients, negotiating the sales terms, offering after-sales support, logistics and technical services, help in investigating and resolving customer complaints, training the clients and advising them in solving problems.
• Use reporting tools as required, update customer situation and orders, respond to and follow up on sample requests, make client quotations, analyse the costs and sales.
• Communicate and liaise with other members of the sales team, product management, technical and other departments locally and in the wider business.
• To comply with all company processes, policies and guidelines.

We are looking for someone who:

• Is results oriented.
• Identifies goals, carries out activities and works focused to achieve the desired results.
• Sets challenging targets for their own work.
• Maintains focus on the target even when difficulties arise on the way.
• Is structured: Plans, organises and prioritises her/his work effectively.
• Builds structures that others can work from.
• Sets up reasonable deadlines and keeps them.
• Is Teamwork oriented: Works well with other people, acts sensitively and attentively to the views of others, skills and accomplishments of others.
• Identifies and develops relationships in the group.
• Takes the initiative: Takes the initiative and comes up with new proposals for ways of working.
• Starts activities toward a desired result.
• Arguments and explains why the activity is to be carried out.

You must:

• Be a UK resident and currently living in the UK.
• Have the right to work in the UK - an offer of employment is subject to satisfactory proof of this.

Univar Solutions is a leading, global distributor of chemicals and ingredients essential to the safety, health, and wellbeing of our daily lives - from life-saving medicines and vitamins to hand sanitizers and industrial materials used for cleaning, construction, and more. Our global team of more than 9,500 employees support our vision to redefine distribution and be the most valued chemical and ingredient distributor on the planet! We offer a Total Rewards package that includes market aligned pay and incentives as well as a diverse benefits offering to support our employees’ physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. Univar Solutions supports sustainable solutions for the world around us so that we can do our part to help keep our communities healthy, fed, clean, and safe! We are committed to a diverse workforce and a culture of inclusion. Together, we are building a culture that acknowledges and respects the unique experiences, perspectives, and expertise of every employee. Through our dedicated Employee Resource Networks, we provide the development and growth opportunities to empower us to redefine our industry while making a difference in our communities. Univar Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on their race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected classification.