Key Responsibilities
Sales & Growth
- Achieve monthly/quarterly/annual revenue and product mix targets.
- Drive new business development (NBD) through prospecting, lead conversion, and pipeline management.
- Execute account plans and opportunity strategies in alignment with OP (Operating Plan) and OLCG goals.
Customer Engagement & Solution Selling
- Conduct regular customer visits, technical demos, trials, and joint application development.
- Identify customer needs and recommend adhesives/tapes solutions that improve process efficiency.
- Coordinate with technical service/application engineers to ensure successful trials and adoption.
Territory & Funnel Management
- Manage territory coverage, call cycles, and visit frequency to maximize reach and productivity.
- Maintain a healthy opportunity funnel with accurate stage definitions, value, and probability.
- Use the designated CRM for lead tracking, meeting notes, action plans, and forecasting.
Commercial Excellence
- Prepare and negotiate proposals within pricing and discount guardrails.
- Ensure on-time invoicing, collections, and DSO adherence; resolve billing and payment issues proactively.
- Monitor competitor activity, market trends, and customer risks; update counter-strategy plans.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Partner with marketing for Ad Merch programs, campaigns, and promotion-led demand generation.
- Collaborate with supply chain for stock allocations, backorder mitigation, and aged inventory liquidation.
- Align with finance on credit limits, CIR impacts, and budget adherence.
Compliance & Governance
- Adhere to company policies on ethics, safety, EHS, trade compliance, and documentation.
- Maintain accurate records of trials, approvals, contracts, and regulatory requirements.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor s degree in Engineering, Science, or Business (Mechanical/Chemical/Production preferred) or equivalent experience.
- 3-7 years of field sales experience in industrial/B2B (adhesives, tapes, industrial consumables, or related).
- Proven track record in solution selling, negotiation, and closing.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with OEMs, converters, fabricators, and key accounts in automotive, electronics, packaging, construction, or general manufacturing.
- Hands-on exposure to process lines (e.g., lamination, assembly, gasketing, bonding); understanding of substrates and surface prep.
- Proficiency with CRM (e.g., Salesforce), Excel, and data-driven forecasting.
Core Competencies
- Product & Application Knowledge - Understand bonding mechanisms, test methods, and ROI/TCO.
- Consultative Selling - Diagnose problems and build value-led proposals; handle objections.
- Territory Discipline - Plan visits, optimize routes, and maintain call cadence.
- Negotiation & Margin Protection - Balance price, value, and terms within guardrails.
- Data Literacy - Use CRM and reports for pipeline, forecast accuracy, and performance tracking.
- Resilience & Ownership - Target orientation, self-motivation, and bias for action.
- Collaboration - Work seamlessly with technical, marketing, supply chain and finance.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Revenue vs OP; OLCG contribution.
- NBD wins: number/value; conversion cycle time.
- Funnel health: coverage ( 3 ), stage progression, forecast accuracy.
- DSO, collection efficiency, and overdue reduction.
- Ad Merch program effectiveness (leads, trials, conversions).
- Customer retention, expansion, and satisfaction
- Visit productivity: calls/week, qualified meetings, trial-to-adoption rate.
Travel & Work Conditions
- Field-intensive role; ~50-70% travel within territory.
- Customer site work may require PPE and adherence to plant safety norms.
- Early starts or late visits as per customer production schedules.