Aston Chemicals is a leading distributor of ingredients to the European Personal Care industry. Personal Care is a thriving global manufacturing sector that includes Skincare, Haircare, Cosmetics and Toiletries. It is a dynamic and innovative industry that has a significant impact on quality of life for consumers around the world. Personal Care manufacturers need functional ingredients, but also need to continually develop new, exciting and creative products that appeal to consumers’ changing needs and desires. The Personal Care industry therefore offers science graduates a rewarding career with the opportunity to use their imagination, creativity and scientific understanding to shape the products that consumers use every day.
We are recruiting a Sales Account Representative to join our Polish sales team. The Sales team maintain excellent relationships with our customers, developing new business and giving technical support to customers’ R&D departments. There is great scope for creativity and personal development within this role, and you will be supported by extensive training on our products, a fully equipped laboratory, enthusiastic and supportive colleagues, and outside training where required. This role is essential in enabling Aston Chemicals to continue to provide our customers and suppliers with excellence in innovation and customer service. The successful candidate will benefit from the exciting opportunities and on-going career development that we can offer.
- Regularly visiting customers to develop long-term working relationships with their R&D, Purchasing and Marketing teams. This will involve frequent travel within Poland.
- Developing strong technical understanding of our wide range of Personal Care ingredients, their chemistry, benefits and formulation characteristics.
- Understanding the needs of each of our customers.
- Communicating scientific information clearly and concisely.
- Supporting customers throughout their development process, from concept to product launch.
- Helping our Technical Development Chemists to create new Personal Care formulations that demonstrate the benefits of our products.
- Identifying new business opportunities for Aston Chemicals.
- Attending relevant Cosmetic and Toiletry industry meetings, seminars, exhibitions and symposia to increase knowledge of the Personal Care industry.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, creative and self-motivated person with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- A strong scientific education and preferably a degree in a scientific subject
- The ability to learn and understand new technologies
- A scientific approach to problem solving
- Driving licence (cat. B)
- The ability and aspiration to travel
- Very good written and spoken English.
A company car, mobile phone and laptop computer are provided. The benefits package will include a pension, private medical insurance, critical illness benefit and subsidised gym membership following successful completion of the probationary period.
