1. Business Development & Market Expansion
- Identify, develop, and convert new business opportunities across composites and diversification markets ((all markets other than automotive)
- Build and execute strategic market and account development plans
- Prospect, qualify, and secure new customers and applications
- Analyze market trends, competition, and emerging technologies
- Develop strong value propositions aligned with profitability objectives
2. Customer & Account Management
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders and decision-makers
- Act as the primary interface between customers and internal teams
- Understand customer needs and translate them into tailored technical and commercial solutions
- Lead negotiations and commercial agreements
- Ensure customer satisfaction and long-term partnerships
3. Technology & Product Commercialization
- Drive introduction of new technologies and products (especially composites and advanced materials)
- Collaborate with R&D and Product Development to prioritize and accelerate projects
- Lead opportunities through the full lifecycle until commercialization / first orders
- Support development of business cases, product strategies, and value propositions
- Participate in innovation pipelines and product committees (PDP/MDP)
4. Strategic Planning & Diversification
- Contribute to and execute EMEA diversification and growth strategies
- Identify new markets, business models, and applications beyond core segments
- Support selection of lead customers for validation of new solutions
- Ensure alignment between commercial strategy and technical development
5. Cross-functional Leadership
- Lead or coordinate multi-disciplinary teams (i.e R&D, Engineering, Operations, Finance, …)
- Act as a bridge between technical and commercial stakeholders
- Support internal teams in technical and commercial discussions
- Contribute to project execution and internal coordination
6. Financial & Performance Management
- Develop and manage sales forecasts and budgets
- Ensure profitability and margin optimization of new business
- Support pricing strategies for new technologies
- Monitor KPIs such as:
- Sales growth
- New business acquisition
- Pipeline conversion
- Time-to-market
- Contribution to diversification targets
What We Do
L&L Products is a family-owned, business-to-business applied engineering and materials science company. It develops customized and standard material and engineering solutions for static sealing, acoustic improvement, vibration reduction, structural reinforcement, and composite components. Serving automotive, aerospace, commercial vehicle, rail, and industrial customers, it combines research and development, materials science, engineering, prototyping, testing, and global manufacturing to deliver lighter, stronger, quieter products.
