Territory Sales Manager, Personal Care

Ashland Specialty Ingredients, GP

Are you the kind of person that is always thinking, sketching, seeking, and adjusting? Who needs to understand how things work and then figure out how they can work better? Are you a passionate, tenacious, solver who loves to work with others who share your drive? Are you positive, constructive, and ingenious?

Are you always solving?

Then we’d like to meet you and bet you’d like to meet us.

Ashland has an exciting opportunity for a Territory Sales Manager, Microbial Protection to join our Ashland LLC, USA (West Coast) team. This position will report to the NA Sales Leader- Microbial Protection.

The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Generating sustainable and profitable growth for the Microbial Protection Business within the Business Unit Personal Care
• Presenting, promoting and selling products to existing and new customers within a defined territory.
• Monitoring and reporting on progress of commercial projects.
• Identifying new business opportunities (including new markets, growth areas, trends, customers, partnerships, products, and services - or new ways of reaching existing markets)
• Developing strong partnerships with prospective customers, existing clients, market influencers, and other relevant partners to generate new leads and brand recognition within the respective region.
• Sustain and grow the customer base by nurturing relationships within an assigned territory.
• Maintain an expert knowledge (market & products), of health and beauty trends especially in the field of cosmetic preservatives as well as a finger on the pulse of new innovations within the category.
• Collaborate and connect with all applicable Ashland departments to ensure transparency and alignment.
• Introducing new products, services and ingredients.

In order to be qualified for this role, you must possess the following:

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree preferably in biology, microbiology, biochemistry, chemical engineering or equivalent.
• 3-5 years of proven working experience as a sales manager, business development manager, or other relevant role in the in the cosmetic, pharmaceutical, life science or specialty chemical industries OR 5-7 years as a formulation chemist/cosmetic microbiologist.
• Strong presentation and communication skills.
• Valid driver's license.
• Home base on the West Coast or US based with a willingness to relocate.
• Willingness to travel (approx. 40-50%).

The following skill sets are preferred by the business unit:

• Working experience in the field of cosmetic preservatives.
• Know how in research, microbiology or product development.