Chemicals & Materials Sales Jobs

Technical Sales Board currently lists 36 open positions for sales professionals in Chemicals & Materials, posted by 22 employers. 25% of these roles are field-based with regular customer visits, 36% are hybrid, 25% on-site and 14% fully remote. 29 of these positions are hunter roles with a clear focus on winning new business.

Technical Sales Board lists technical and industrial sales jobs only – no retail, no call centre, no software subscriptions. Every ad is classified by role, industry, country and city, by sales style from hunter to key account, by territory, travel share and required languages, and ads that have expired disappear the same day. What you see here is what is open right now.

Chemicals, plastics and materials sales is application-driven: specialty chemicals, polymers, coatings, composites and metals are sold on formulation know-how, specifications and long-term supply agreements with processors and OEMs.

Chemicals, plastics and materials are sold on application know-how. Sales managers work with the customer’s development and production teams on formulations, trials and approvals, then secure volumes in supply agreements. Employers look for chemists, engineers or technicians with commercial drive, an understanding of raw-material markets and the patience for long qualification phases.

The roles advertised most often here are Business Development Manager (8), Sales Manager (5), Technical Sales Representative (5), Technical Inside Sales (5), Sales Director (3), and Key Account Manager (3).

Business development managers open what does not exist yet: new applications, new industries, new regions. It is hunting in its purest form.

Few of these ads state a salary. Industrial employers often discuss pay in the first interview – our salary benchmarks show what to expect: More on median, range and source: technical sales salary benchmarks by role, industry and country.

A company car is mentioned in 14% of the ads, variable pay in 17%.

By country, the largest numbers of open positions are in Germany (14), United Kingdom (6), Austria (5), and Ireland (3).

Among the employers with the most open positions are Diversey, DuPont, Ecolab, Alzchem, and H.B. Fuller. 97% of the ads come from manufacturers, 3% from distributors and trading companies and 0% from service providers.

The languages employers ask for most are English, German, and French. 83% of the positions are aimed at experienced professionals, 17% carry leadership responsibility and 0% are open to career starters. Travel is part of the job: 19% of the roles involve a high share of travel, 22% a moderate one.

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