Account Manager

Solvay is a science company whose technologies bring benefits to many aspects of daily life. Our purpose—we bond people, ideas and elements to reinvent progress—is a call to go beyond, to reinvent future forms of progress and create sustainable shared value for all through the power of science. In a world facing an ever-growing population and quest for resources, we aim to be the driving force triggering the next breakthroughs to enable humanity to advance while protecting the planet we all share.

We bond with customers and partners to address today and tomorrow’s megatrends. As a global leader in Materials, Chemicals and Solutions, Solvay brings advancements in planes, cars, batteries, smart and medical devices, water and air treatment, to solve critical industrial, social and environmental challenges. You can count on our innovative solutions to contribute to safer, cleaner and more sustainable future.

**Role Overview**

**We are looking for**:
**We count on you for**:

- Actively participate in the construction and implementation of the sales account strategy
- Develop new accounts and establish a sustainable relationship with the customer by ensuring multi-level contacts
- Complete and execute plans for the exploitation of sales opportunities in coordination with the regional and global MEP sales team
- Drive New Product Introduction commercialization
- Accountable for business planning including trial and commercial proposals, and technical reports
- Actively collect market intelligence and support the sales and marketing team in establishing the sales strategy in anticipation of market changes and/or evolutions.
- Establish and maintain excellent work relationships with the technical services support team
- Ensure compliance to internal reporting requirement including but not limited to call report / service report / call out report / monthly highlight / trial proposal / trial report...
- Comply to Solvay policies such as code of conduct, anti-bribery, anti-trust, business travel expense guidelines.

**You will bring**:

- Possess a Bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering, metallurgy or chemistry and at least 5 years’ experience in Mining industry.
- High domain of value chain of copper hydrometallurgy, focus in solvent extraction.
- Experience in organic and aqueous analysis technics / Reagents evaluations in different scales.
- Experience managing statistical package or experience handling high quantity of data
- Experience in consultative sales (no essential)
- Demonstrate good technical and commercial sense with a high focus on value selling
- Desire to build excellent customer relationships while promoting Solvay products to the benefit of the client
- Demonstrate excellent project planning skills related to planning and execution of laboratory work and product trials
- Expert competency in MS Excel, Word and Powerpoint and/or google chrome identical programs
- Possess excellent writing skills in support of information exchanges with customers and internal Solvay
- Problem solver by nature, acting as first point of contact for the customer in case of product questions or requests for support
- Highly desirable, empowerment orientation, critical thinking and well behavior under high performance environment.
- Spanish Mandatory, English mandatory (Intermediate level minimum)
- Travel availability 50% of the time

**You will get**:

- Competitive salary
- 16, or more, weeks of maternity/paternity and co-parenting leave, according to local regulations
- Training platform for all employees
- Free language courses (24 languages available)
- Free well-being sessions (physical and psychological)

**Additional Information**:

- Location: Chile (preference Santiago or North of Chile)
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**About us**

After 50 years, we are going back to the Moon... Solvay Materials are making it possible once again for Humans to return to the Moon. Check here our Artemis missions with NASA: we will land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon.

Solvay’s purpose is to bond people, ideas and elements to reinvent progress. We can only fulfill this purpose with a diverse workforce that feels respected and appreciated, and has equal opportunities to work, grow and thrive. Our differences, visible or not, are valued. As Solvay seeks to promote unity and not uniformity, we invite you - regardless of background, age, gender, race, national origin, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, ability or identity - to consider a future with us.