FUCHS Group

Business Development Manager

FUCHS Group  •  $150k - $165k/yr  •  Harvey, IL (Onsite)  •  3 hours ago
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Job Description

Salary

FUCHS offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience in a similar position. The salary range for this position is $150,000 - $165,000 per year plus annual bonus, but actual salary will vary depending upon a new hire’s experience and qualifications as well as internal equity.

Your Responsibilities:

  • Explore and identify new opportunities for growth within the market for thermal interface materials (TIMs), especially in the segments data storage, data centers, telecommunication, ECU / computing and automotive components. Identify new target accounts and proactively build working relationships with prospects’ key decision makers in engineering, purchasing, and manufacturing departments.
  • Identify and develop new opportunities for FUCHS’ portfolio of thermal interface materials (TIMs) with existing key accounts. Build expertise of the key accounts’ worldwide activities, product portfolios and applications. Explore customer needs and pain points as well as risks for the customer and FUCHS’ business relationship with the customer.
  • Develop a growth strategy for FUCHS’ TIM product portfolio in cooperation with other sales divisions in the U.S. as well as with FUCHS entities around the world (Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific).
  • Serve as interface between customers as well as prospects and internal stakeholders such as Product Management, R&D, Administration, Purchasing, Production, Customer Service, Logistics and Marketing. Especially cooperate closely with Product Management to develop the product portfolio in line with the customers’ technical and commercial requirements.
  • Monitor trends and development in the industry and in international markets that might be relevant for FUCHS as well as our customers. Assist in investigating and researching existing and emerging markets. Develop and implement campaigns for sales growth and success. Represent FUCHS at tradeshows, seminars and other industry events.

Qualifications we are looking for

  • Skills
    • Knowledge of Thermal Interface Materials market and the key players in the industry.
    • Good communication & interpersonal skills (face to face and on the phone).
    • Outstanding consultative selling abilities
    • High degree of responsiveness to customer inquiries with attention to detail and follow-up
    • Willingness to work under pressure and ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
    • Strategic vision with advanced analytical interpretation and problem-solving skills
    • Team spirit, open-mindedness, and intercultural skills
    • Good computer skills with MS Office products.
    • Ability to travel up to 75% throughout the U.S. and internationally
  • Formal qualifications
    • 5 years working experience in sales and/or key account management, preferably in a position that focused on selling technical products/materials
    • Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Chemical Engineering or a related discipline
    • Must hold and maintain a valid passport

These are your benefits

FUCHS offers a challenging and rewarding working environment where employees are encouraged to develop and grow as professionals. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work on projects that will expand your experience and challenge your abilities in the global marketplace. The position also offers an excellent compensation package and a comprehensive suite of benefits. Detailed benefit information can be found at this link: https://fuchs.com/us/en/benefits

FUCHS Lubricants Co. is an equal employment opportunity (EEO)/AA employer and strongly supports diversity in the workplace (m/f/d/v).

FUCHS Group

About FUCHS Group

FUCHS is a global Group with German roots that develops, produces and distributes lubricants and related specialties.

Founded in 1931 as a family business in Mannheim, FUCHS is now the world's largest independent supplier of innovative lubrication solutions, covering almost every industry and application. Today, the company's 6,000 employees in over 50 countries still share the same goal: to keep the world moving both sustainably and efficiently. ​​​​​​​

To live up to this claim, we think in terms of perfection, not merely standards. When developing individual solutions, we enter into an intensive customer dialogue – acting as an experienced consultant, innovative problem solver and reliable team partner. The results we provide meet not only the highest technological requirements, but also help customers save on operating costs and emissions. Because at FUCHS, sustainability is not simply an empty phrase, but a mindset - and thus the basis and aspiration of all our business activity.

We have more than 100,000 customers, including companies from the following fields: automotive suppliers, OEM, mining and exploration, metalworking, agriculture and forestry, aerospace, power generation, mechanical engineering, construction and transport, as well as the steel, metal and cement industries, yet also companies in the food industry, the glass production sector and the casting and forging industry – and many others.

Ordinary and preference shares in FUCHS SE are officially traded on both the Frankfurt and Stuttgart stock exchanges. The preference share is a member of MDAX. With over 50% of the ordinary shares, the Fuchs family maintains the majority vote.

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Industry
Chemicals & Materials
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Mannheim, DE
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
fuchs.com
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