Downstream Sales Manager
Are you passionate about building strategic customer relationships and driving commercial growth within the refining and chemical industry?
Do you have a proven track record of delivering profitable growth, managing complex sales cycles, and partnering with customers to develop long-term business relationships?
Join our Team
At Baker Hughes, we are committed to delivering innovative chemical solutions and services that help our customers improve operational performance, enhance reliability, and achieve their business objectives. Our teams work collaboratively across regions and functions to provide industry-leading expertise, technology, and customer support that drives sustainable growth and long-term value.
Partner with the best
As a Downstream Sales Manager, you will play a critical role in driving strategic growth across key refining and downstream customers within multiple European territories. You will serve as the primary commercial interface between Baker Hughes and executive leadership within customer organizations, helping to identify growth opportunities, strengthen customer partnerships, and execute strategic sales initiatives.
You will leverage your commercial expertise, industry knowledge, and relationship-building capabilities to develop and execute sales strategies that drive revenue growth, improve profitability, and expand Baker Hughes' presence across the downstream chemicals market.
As a Downstream Sales Manager, you will also be responsible for:
• Developing and executing strategic and tactical sales plans aligned with customer business objectives to drive sustainable growth across assigned territories.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with key customer stakeholders at both corporate and refinery levels.
• Identifying, qualifying, and pursuing new business opportunities with existing and prospective customers.
• Managing complex sales cycles involving multiple decision-makers, technical teams, and business stakeholders.
• Leading customer engagement activities that support long-term partnership development and customer retention.
• Performing portfolio management activities to understand customer requirements, identify growth opportunities, and optimize portfolio profitability.
• Managing portfolio P&L performance and supporting initiatives that maximize revenue and margin growth.
• Collaborating with product, technical, operations, and commercial teams to ensure successful project execution and customer satisfaction.
• Applying innovative technologies, solutions, and commercial approaches to create competitive advantage and deliver customer value.
• Managing customer contracts and commercial agreements to maximize profitability while ensuring compliance and customer satisfaction.
• Monitoring market trends, competitive activities, and customer needs to support strategic decision-making and business development initiatives.
• Supporting business planning, forecasting, and pipeline management activities to achieve sales targets and growth objectives.
• Acting as a trusted advisor to customers by providing insights and solutions that address operational and commercial challenges.
Fuel your passion
To be successful in this role you will:
• Have a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Sciences, or a related technical discipline.
• Have experience in refining, petrochemical, industrial water treatment, or downstream chemical operations.
• Have experience in downstream refining sales and customer relationship management.
• Demonstrate a proven track record of delivering sustainable top-line and bottom-line growth.
• Possess strong commercial and financial acumen, including experience managing portfolio P&L performance.
• Have experience developing and executing sales strategies across complex customer organizations and multiple market segments.
• Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of customer requirements, market dynamics, and industry trends.
• Have experience managing complex sales opportunities involving multiple stakeholders and decision-makers.
• Demonstrate strong commercial negotiation skills.
• Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all organizational levels, including executive leadership.
• Demonstrate strong collaboration, stakeholder management, and customer relationship-building skills in cross-functional environments.
• Be willing and able to travel up to 50% to support customer engagement and business growth activities.
• Have a strong commitment to customer service and delivering business results in a team-oriented environment.
• Preferred to have experience in refining, midstream, specialty chemical sales, or related downstream chemical applications.
• Preferred to have experience engaging and selling at executive and C-suite levels within large global organizations.
• Preferred to have experience negotiating commercial agreements in downstream, refining, or midstream markets.
• Preferred to have experience managing strategic multinational customer accounts.
• Preferred to have a strong understanding of refining operations, petrochemical processes, and industrial chemical applications.
Work in a way that works for you
We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer flexible working patterns in line with local policy and business needs.
Working with us
Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all our people are developed, engaged, and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We invest in the health and well-being of our workforce, train and reward talent, and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other.
Working for you
Our inventions have revolutionized energy for over a century. But to keep going forward tomorrow, we know we must push the boundaries today. We prioritize rewarding those who embrace change with a package that reflects how much we value their input. Join us, and you can expect:
• Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities
• Comprehensive private medical care options
• Safety net of life insurance and disability programs
• Tailored financial programs
• Additional elected or voluntary benefits
The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Sales Manager - Sales
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Sciences, or a related technical discipline
- Experience in refining, petrochemical, industrial water treatment, or downstream chemical operations
- Experience in downstream refining sales and customer relationship management
- Proven record of delivering sustainable top-line and bottom-line growth
- Commercial and financial acumen, including portfolio P&L management
- Experience developing and executing sales strategies across complex customer organizations and market segments
- Understanding of customer requirements, market dynamics, and industry trends
- Experience managing complex sales opportunities with multiple stakeholders and decision-makers
- Strong commercial negotiation skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong collaboration, stakeholder management, and customer relationship-building skills
- Willingness and ability to travel up to 50%
- Experience in refining, midstream, specialty chemical sales, or related downstream chemical applications
- Experience engaging and selling to executive and C-suite stakeholders in global organizations
- Experience negotiating commercial agreements in downstream, refining, or midstream markets
- Experience managing strategic multinational customer accounts
- Strong understanding of refining operations, petrochemical processes, and industrial chemical applications
Baker Hughes Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Baker Hughes and has not been reviewed or approved by Baker Hughes.
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Retirement Support — Feedback suggests retirement contributions combine automatic employer funding with a dollar‑for‑dollar match, with immediate vesting on the match. This structure can meaningfully increase savings for employees who participate consistently.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Feedback suggests a discounted employee stock purchase program with regular purchase periods and no brokerage fees provides accessible ownership upside. Program parameters are clearly laid out through the benefits hub and plan materials.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Feedback suggests exempt staff have flexible, manager‑approved time off while non‑exempt employees accrue vacation and receive paid personal time. Company‑paid holidays and paid parental leave further broaden time‑away options.
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