Key Account Specialist APAC

Your Role

This Key Account Sourcing Specialist is an integral role that helps uncover and create business opportunities to support sustainable growth of our Brenntag Key Accounts businesses. In this role, the individual will work with the highly experienced team of Regional Key Account Manager and Sourcing Specialists to create and execute the growth plans of our key customers and assure business meets and exceeds budget.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for pricing inquiries to contribute overall decision making and business growth.
• Provide solutions to customer requests, issues, and inquiries to assure service excellence.
• Responsible for management and execution of RFQ’s (Requests for Quotes) and RFI’s (Request for Information) to support global key account business growth.
• Work with internal stakeholders to assist in sourcing related activities prior to provide highest product coverage prior to product commercialization for tail end projects and suppliers’ consolidation projects
• Develop cost savings through further negotiation on base costs and consolidation
• Generate and analyze data from BI, QlikSense and CRM on monthly performance or GKA hierarchy
• Identify, develop, and close new business opportunities focused on increased profitability.
• Attend customer meetings as needed, create action plans, and assure timely follow up.
• Manages execution of strategic customer projects like tailspend in timely and efficient way that supports global key accounts in meeting their own growth goals.
• Create and implement ideas for process improvement to increase business efficiency and productivity.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree, preferrable in Chemical Science or related.
• Minimal 7 years of working experience in chemical industry is a plus
• Working experience in the chemicals industry is an advantage
• Ability to manage a wide range of products
• Working experience in sales, marketing, sourcing and/or purchasing is a plus
• Strong team player, with high work ethic, eager to learn and contribute
• Works independently, strategically minded, self-motivated individual with attention to detail
• Problem solving ability focused on Project Management
• Strong ability to manage complexity and change in a dynamic environment
• Proactive with good time management skills
• Excellent communication, organization, and presentation skills
• Ability to build enduring relationships with customers and colleagues

Brenntag provides equal employment opportunities to qualified applicants and employees of all backgrounds and identities to create a workplace where difference is valued because it forms a resilient and more innovative organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, religion or belief, parental and family status, or any other protected characteristic. We welcome applications from women, men and non-binary candidates of all ethnicities and socio-economic backgrounds.

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