Account Manager

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Role and Responsibilities

# Technical Sales Representative/Account Manager
Mineral Processing - North America

This job description combines the technical depth understanding of a Technical Sales Representative role with the commercial expectations of a strategic Account Executive. It is designed to support growth, customer success, and cross-functional collaboration while remaining technically focused.

Position Summary

Reporting to the US Country Manager, the Technical Sales Representative and Account Manager is responsible for driving profitable growth across an assigned territory by managing strategic customer relationships, identifying new business opportunities, and delivering technical solutions that create measurable value for Mineral Processing/Flotation Process customers. The role combines consultative selling, account management, technical expertise, and project leadership.

Support regional growth initiatives and, as organizational needs evolve, contribute to the coordination, mentoring, and development of technical and commercial resources across the region, including leadership of strategic projects and business growth initiatives.

Key Responsibilities: KPIs

- Develop and execute a growth strategy aligned with regional business objectives.

- Manage strategic customer accounts and build relationships with decision-makers at multiple organizational levels.

- Identify, qualify, and convert new business opportunities while expanding existing business.

- Lead technical sales discussions and deliver value-based solutions using Syensqo’s technologies solutions.

- Plan, coordinate, and execute laboratory and full-scale plant trials.

- Interpret metallurgical and operational data to generate actionable recommendations.

- Partner with R&D, Product Management, Supply Chain, Marketing, Customer Service, and Operations to deliver customer solutions.

- Maintain an accurate sales pipeline, opportunity forecasts, CRM/Sales Force records, and account plans.

- Prepare technical reports, commercial proposals, business reviews, and customer presentations.

- Represent the company at customer meetings, conferences, and industry events.

- Ensure compliance with all safety, environmental, ethical, and regulatory requirements.

- Profitable Revenue growth.

- Customer retention and account expansion.

- Pipeline generation and opportunity conversion.

- Successful execution of customer trials and commercialization projects.

- Forecast and CRM/Sales Force discipline.

- Customer satisfaction and strategic relationship development.

Experience and Skills

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, Metallurgy, Mineral Processing, Chemistry, or Mining related discipline.

- 5–7+ years of experience in mineral processing, flotation, technical sales, process control/engineering, or metallurgical operations.

- Strong knowledge of flotation circuits and mineral processing chemistry.

- Experience conducting laboratory and plant trials.

- Communication and presentation skills.

- Ability to travel up to 50% across USA.

Core Competencies

- Strategic thinking

- Prioritization and tactical planning

- Situational Management and agility for improvisation under pressure

- Consultative/value selling

- Technical problem solving

- Project management: leadership, communication, and mediation during obstacles

- Cross-functional leadership

- Customer-centric mindset

- Data-driven decision making

- Data tools (Excel, Software tools, Minitab/JMP preferred)

Why This Role Matters

The Technical Sales Rep/Account Manager serves as the trusted advisor to mineral processing/flotation customers, connecting technical expertise with commercial strategy to create sustainable growth, accelerate innovation, and strengthen long-term partnerships.

What We Offer

You will get:

- Competitive salary and benefits package. The U.S. base salary range reasonably expected to be paid for this position is $88,480 to $123,400 per year. Since actual compensation packages are based on a variety of factors unique to each candidate we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted base salary range. Total compensation for this role also includes bonus and/or other incentives.

- 16, or more, weeks of maternity/paternity and co-parenting leave, according to local regulations

- Training platform for all employees

- Free well-being sessions (physical and psychological)

- Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k

Other info:

Preffered location: Utah & Nevada

About us

- Syensqo is a science company developing groundbreaking solutions that enhance the way we live, work, travel and play. Inspired by the scientific councils which Ernest Solvay initiated in 1911, we bring great minds together to push the limits of science and innovation for the benefit of our customers, with a diverse, global team of more than 13,000 associates. Our solutions contribute to safer, cleaner, and more sustainable products found in homes, food and consumer goods, planes, cars, batteries, smart devices and health care applications. Our innovation power enables us to deliver on the ambition of a circular economy and explore breakthrough technologies that advance humanity.

- At Syensqo, we seek to promote unity and not uniformity. We value the diversity that individuals bring and we invite you to consider a future with us, regardless of background, age, gender, national origin, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, ability or identity. We encourage individuals who may require any assistance or accommodations to let us know to ensure a seamless application experience. We are here to support you throughout the application journey and want to ensure all candidates are treated equally. If you are unsure whether you meet all the criteria or qualifications listed in the job description, we still encourage you to apply.

- Syensqo is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics.