Sales Manager

About Umicore

Reducing harmful vehicle emissions. Giving new life to used metals. Powering the cars of the future. As a global materials and technology group, we apply our specialist knowledge to offer materials and solutions that are needed to everyday life. We strive to be a clear world leader in materials for clean mobility and recycling and have turned our sustainability approach into an even greater competitive advantage. With ambitions like this, imagine what you could do?

About Cobalt and Speciality Materials (CSM) and Todini Chemicals

Mastering the value chain. Umicore's expertise covers the sourcing, production and distribution of cobalt and nickel products. Umicore's materials are important in everyday items such as rechargeable batteries, tools, paint and tyres. Our recycling and refining processes give new life to cobalt, nickel and other metals and reduce environmental impact. To keep meeting our customers' requirements, we cannot stand still. We need to discover new methods, invent new solutions and develop new ideas.

Todini Chemicals, as Umicore CSM’s trading company, is a worldwide leader in the distribution of salts and oxides of nonferrous metals such as Cobalt, Nickel, Selenium, Iodine, Bismuth, Copper, Tin, Molybdenum, Vanadium and Tellurium.

What you will be doing

As sales manager of Todini's chemicals distribution activities, you will focus on managing and developing a customer base in the Benelux and Northern Europe (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland). You will gather market information with a special focus on Northern Europe where the market potential for various products needs to be identified and a business strategy can be further developed. You will be required to travel in Europe mainly.
 

To make your sales a success, you work closely with the back-office, logistics and accounting teams. It is also important that you have a good understanding of the value chain to ensure profitable sales.
 

You will be preferably located in Bruges but can also be based in Brussels with a presence of minimum 1 day/week in Bruges.

Who we are looking for

• You acquired a Master degree in engineering or commercial sciences, or equivalent through experience.
• You have a first working experience in a commercial or techno-commercial role is a plus.
• You have a good knowledge of MS Office
• You can express yourself fluently in English; knowledge of other languages is a plus, particularly Dutch, French, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish or Icelandic.
• You are a great team player with strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• You are a relationship builder, you can convince your stakeholders well and are curious about their value chain, technological applications and risk management.
• You are analytical, accurate and look for creative solutions together.

What we offer

We aim to lead the way. Not just for our customers, but for our employees too. That is why we strive to build a collaborative environment in which we can all succeed, and a culture through which we can all share ideas, develop our expertise and advance our careers. We engage in building an inclusive work culture that offers equal opportunities for all employees irrespective of a diverse set of backgrounds. As you would expect from a world-leading organisation, we will also reward your contribution with a competitive salary and benefits. With all this and more, imagine what you could do!
 

IF MY EXPERTISE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO OUR COBALT SPECIALTY CHEMICALS FOR CERAMICS, IMAGINE WHAT YOU COULD DO?