Role overview

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree with minimum 3 years working experience in industry territory related to personal care, food or pharma
Good communication and interpersonal skills with integrity
Proven leadership and motivational skills to drive a sales team
Salesforce skills would be an advantage

Responsibilities

Ensure compliance with safety rules and educate teams on preventive measures
Lead business development related workload in China, including customer interactions and trials
Provide technical support and drive new product development in China
Collect market information and communicate with management team

Key facts

Remote from: China
Full time
Mid-level (2-5 years)
Sales Manager
English

Hard skills

Sales Management Business Development Health Care Industry Microsoft Dynamics CRM Market Analysis Project Management Salesforce

Other skills

Customer Service
Communication
Social Skills
Problem Solving
Negotiation
Time Management
Team Leadership

About the company

Imerys

Metals & Mining

We are a world leader in mineral-based specialties, offering high value-added solutions to many different industries, ranging from process manufacturing to consumer goods. Our value-added solutions are formulated to meet the technical specifications of each customer and contribute to the performance of a multitude of products in three categories: 1. Functional additives - added to the mineral formulation of customers’ products. 2. Mineral components - essential constituents in the formulation of customers’ products. 3. Process enablers - used in customers’ manufacturing processes, but not present in the end product. These serve many industries such as construction materials, mobile energy, steelmaking, agri-food, automotive, and cosmetics. For more information about us and what we do, please visit our website.

Company details

Company typeXLarge

IndustryMetals & Mining

Company size10001

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Job description

The Company

Imerys is the world’s leading supplier of mineral-based specialty solutions for the industry with €3.4 billion in revenue and 12,300 employees in 40 countries in 2025. The Group offers high value-added and functional solutions to a wide range of industries and fast-growing markets such as solutions for the energy transition and sustainable construction, as well as natural solutions for consumer goods. Imerys draws on its understanding of applications, technological knowledge, and expertise in material science to deliver solutions which contribute essential properties to customers’ products and their performance. As part of its commitment to responsible development, Imerys promotes environmentally friendly products and processes in addition to supporting its customers in their decarbonization efforts.

Imerys is listed on Euronext Paris (France) with the ticker symbol NK.PA.

The Position

Sales Manager- Personal Care, Food & Pharma China

Job Summary

KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Hygiene Safety Environment missions: Ensure compliance with safety rules, educate teams on preventive measures to achieve our safety objectives

Commercial plan building, execution & monitoring

Lead the Imerys personal care, food & Pharma business development related workload in China, including but not limited to the customers calls and trials, weekly and monthly updates , sampling and follow up.
Personal care,food & pharma related business development and promotion in the market especially for the new product, including but not limited to personal care, food & pharma applicable segments.
Provide basic technical support and drive the new product or business development in China.
Coordinate with customer service/finance/operation departments and other BAs concerned in Imerys Group for all business and marketing related activities in personal care,food & pharma related business.
To collect market information, national policy, competitor analysis etc and communicate with supervisor and other management team.
Lead and Coordinate the personal care, food & pharma related conferences/ seminars/show as market role in China.
Well-prepared the required report, technical documents or other paperwork. Proper using CRM, sales force tools in daily work.
Ad-hoc tasks assigned by the line manager

JOB SPECIFICATIONS

Bachelor’s degree with minimum 3 years working experience in industry territory with the personal care, food & pharma,or related background.
Food and pharma,personal care industry, sales or marketing background will be preferred.
Good communication and interpersonal skills with integrity
Good spoken and written in English and Chinese
Independent with basic troubleshooting skills, self starter
Be able to deliver result with efficient sales process
Willing to take frequent business travel and be able to organise business travel plan with efficient cost
Strong interpersonal and communication (including negotiation) skills; value-added solution selling
Ability to positively influence others w/o direct reporting lines
Proven leadership and motivational skills to drive a sales team and achieve expected results
Advanced problem solving skills
Strategic thinking, result oriented, concern for impact
Highly motivated and resourceful self-motivator
Taste for challenges - entrepreneurial mentality
Strong multi-tasking and time management skills
Salesforce skills would be an advantage
Mandatory use of English (technical and commercial)
Regular and weekly trips (up to 60%)
Driving licence required

Position Type

Full time

and

Permanent

Only technical issues will be monitored through the below inbox:

recruiting.support@ imerys.com

PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT RESUMES OR APPLICATIONS TO THIS EMAIL, AS THEY WILL NOT BE REVIEWED.

To ensure fairness and legal compliance in our recruitment processes, only applications received through the online application process will be considered.

IMERYS is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and it is our policy to not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state or local laws.