At Nouryon, we create innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers to answer society’s needs – today and in the future.
We are looking for team members who bring ideas forward, champion others and work together to do better. Does that sound like you?
About the job:
We're looking for an Account Manager - Polymer Specialties to help grow our Polymer Specialties business across Central America. In this role, you'll be responsible for driving profitable sales of organic peroxides and metal alkyls while building strong, long-term relationships with customers, distributors, agents, and internal teams. If you enjoy combining technical knowledge with commercial strategy, we'd love to hear from you.
In your future role as Account Manager - Polymer Specialties, you will:
- Drive profitable sales and achieve revenue and volume targets across the Central America region.
- Manage and grow relationships with direct customers, distributors, and sales partners.
- Identify new business opportunities while expanding existing customer accounts.
- Develop sales strategies, account plans, forecasts, and annual sales budgets.
- Monitor sales performance and recommend pricing strategies to maximize growth.
- Collaborate with Technical Service, Customer Service, Marketing, and other internal teams to deliver outstanding customer support.
- Provide product recommendations and help customers select the best solutions for their applications.
- Follow up on product samples and identify new commercial opportunities.
- Support contract compliance, billing accuracy, and customer issue resolution.
- Stay informed on market trends, customer needs, and competitive activity to identify growth opportunities.
- Represent Nouryon professionally and maintain strong relationships throughout the region.
- Participate in regional marketing initiatives and continuous improvement programs.
We believe you bring:
- Fully fluent English (written and spoken) is required.
- Able to work onsite 5 days a week at our Los Reyes plant.
- Please apply with an English resume. Applications submitted in Spanish cannot be considered.
- Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or a related field.
- 3–5 years of sales experience in the chemical manufacturing industry or a technical sales environment.
- Strong negotiation, project management, planning, and organizational skills.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and relationship-building abilities.
- Proven success influencing customers, closing deals, and managing key accounts.
- Customer-focused mindset with a strong drive for results.
- Ability to work independently, prioritize effectively, and perform well under pressure.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Experience working in manufacturing environments.
- Knowledge of SAP, preferably within Sales & Distribution.
- Strong computer skills.
- Highly organized, proactive, and self-motivated.
- Collaborative team player with a high level of professionalism and integrity.
Good to know:
This is a permanent, full-time, fully on-site role 5 days/week at our plant in Los Reyes (La Paz).
Please apply via our online recruitment system. We will not accept applications via e-mail.
Please submit your resume in English, do not submit it in Spanish
Once it's with us we will review to see if we have a match between your skills and the role!
For more information about our hiring process, visit: nouryon.com/careers/how-we-hire/
We look forward to receiving your application!
We kindly ask our internal candidates to apply with your Nouryon email via Success Factors.