Business Development Manager – Advanced Materials

Remote United States Mobility & Industrial Markets 5070% North American Travel

A well-established international manufacturer of high-performance engineered materials is expanding its North American business and is seeking a Business Development Manager Advanced Materials.

This is a true new-business development role for someone who enjoys building business rather than simply inheriting and maintaining an established territory.

You will identify new customers and applications open doors with manufacturers and OEMs understand the technical and commercial challenges they are trying to solve and develop those opportunities into sustainable business.

The companys portfolio includes electrical insulation materials technical laminates reinforced materials composites and other high-performance engineered material solutions used in demanding industrial and mobility applications.

The primary focus will be developing new business across mobility automotive and commercial vehicles industrial manufacturing automation rail and other technically demanding markets throughout the United States and Canada.

This is a remote U.S.-based position. The listed location is for job-posting purposes only; relocation is not required. Candidates should have convenient access to a major commercial airport.

• Identify prospect and develop new OEM manufacturer fabricator converter and distributor relationships across North America.
• Build a qualified pipeline of new customers applications and market opportunities.
• Own opportunities from initial outreach and discovery through qualification proposal development pricing negotiation closing and commercial launch.
• Identify applications where high-performance materials can solve customer performance manufacturing cost or supply-chain challenges.
• Develop new territories and market segments rather than primarily maintaining an established book of business.
• Build relationships across engineering procurement operations product development and executive leadership.
• Work closely with engineering product management manufacturing and commercial teams to advance technically complex opportunities.
• Coordinate customer and business-development activities with colleagues across the United States Mexico and Europe.
• Represent the company at customer visits trade shows conferences and other industry events.

• Demonstrated success developing new B2B customers territories applications or market segments.
• Experience in business development territory sales technical sales market development account development or a comparable commercial role within engineered materials composites plastics insulation specialty materials or industrial manufacturing.
• Experience selling technical materials components or industrial solutions into manufacturing environments.
• A strong new-business orientation and the ability to independently prospect create and develop opportunities.
• Ability to understand technical applications and engage credibly with engineering manufacturing procurement and commercial stakeholders.
• Experience working with OEMs manufacturers fabricators converters distributors or similar industrial customers.
• Strong consultative selling qualification negotiation and relationship-development skills.
• A proactive self-directed and organized working style with strong commercial judgment.
• Ability to operate effectively within a lean international organization and collaborate across functions and countries.
• Willingness to travel approximately 5070% throughout North America.

Experience within composites engineered plastics electrical insulation advanced materials automotive commercial vehicles rail industrial automation or adjacent manufacturing markets is particularly valuable.

• Base salary: $100000$110000 commensurate with experience
• Attractive performance-based variable compensation
• 100% employer-paid medical coverage
• Company-supported dental and vision coverage
• Employer-paid life short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Retirement savings participation with company match
• 1214 company-observed holidays annually
• Progressive paid time-off structure that increases with tenure
• Structured onboarding through local mentorship

Youll join an established international manufacturer at a point when its North American growth story is still being written.

Rather than simply managing an existing territory youll have meaningful ownership over which markets are developed which customers are pursued and how new applications are turned into long-term business while being supported by experienced technical manufacturing and commercial teams in North America and Europe.