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This position is responsible for leading both personal efforts and collaborating with a broader team to achieve the sales targets of the Engineering Plastics Business Entity (EP) in Vietnam, aligned with the country's sales strategy and plans. The position actively explores and identifies new business opportunities, drives growth through acquiring new customers, developing new applications and introducing new products.
Main Responsibilities
- Target China/Taiwan transplant and customers.
- Execute sales plans to support growth and profitability in alignment with Covestro EP’s business objectives, under guidance from the Country Head.
- Actively listen to and understand the current and future needs of accounts and their value chain partner, including their positioning within the industry.
- Develop and maintain account plans (3-5 years) and communicate customer requirements to internal teams.
- Collect and share market intelligence on customers, competitors, and industry trends to support tactical decision-making.
- Identify key decision makers within customer organizations and their value chains. Build, maintain, and leverage relationships with these stakeholders.
- Support pricing implementation within approved guidelines and provide accurate sales forecasts.
- Monitor and manage the sales opportunity pipelines and material specification processes. Track and consolidate customer demand data and coordinate monthly updates and reporting.
- Collaborate with functions such as Industry Marketing, Application Development, and Product Management to ensure alignment with customer needs.
Qualification Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Plastic Engineering, Polymer Science, Mechanical Engineering, or a relevant business discipline.
- Minimum 3-5 years of experience in sales and marketing, preferably within the polymer industry.
- Fluent in Mandarin (spoken and written), with the ability to build strong relationship with middle level stakeholders.
- Fluent in English and Vietnamese, both spoken and written.
- Prior experience working with Chinese/Taiwanese businesses, preferably in the polymer industry.
- Good understanding of electronics, electrical and appliance industries, along with a network across these sectors and their associated value chains.
- Ability to communicate confidently and effectively across various internal and external stakeholder levels.
YOUR APPLICATION
Are you as curious, courageous and colorful as we are? If so, we can offer you an exciting career opportunity. We look forward to receiving your application including a cover letter, resume/CV, and relevant certificates. Become part of our Team - apply now!
Contact Us
www.covestro.comCovestro welcomes applications from all individuals, regardless of racial or ethnic origin, skin color, nationality, religion, philosophy, gender, age, physical characteristics, marital status, disability, appearance, sexual orientation and sexual identity. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and avoiding discrimination.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Plastic Engineering, Polymer Science, Mechanical Engineering, or relevant business discipline
- Minimum 3-5 years of experience in sales and marketing, preferably within the polymer industry
- Fluent in Mandarin (spoken and written)
- Fluent in English and Vietnamese (spoken and written)
- Prior experience working with Chinese/Taiwanese businesses, preferably in the polymer industry
- Good understanding of electronics, electrical and appliance industries, with network across these sectors
- Ability to communicate confidently and effectively across internal and external stakeholder levels
Covestro Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Covestro and has not been reviewed or approved by Covestro.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — The company publicly commits to pay equity and a transparent compensation structure, signaling consistency across roles and levels. Competitive pay for manufacturing, engineering, and operations is frequently highlighted alongside solid benefits.
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Retirement Support — U.S. offerings include a 401(k) with company matching and additional retirement contributions, plus an employee stock purchase program. The retirement setup is repeatedly described as especially strong, with examples of automatic contributions and generous matching.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off and holiday observance are standard, complemented by two paid volunteer days in the U.S. Supplemental parental leave and adoption assistance add depth to family support.
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What We Do
Covestro is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high-quality polymer materials and their components. With its innovative products, processes and methods, the company helps enhance sustainability and the quality of life in many areas. Covestro supplies customers around the world in key industries such as mobility, building and living, as well as the electrical and electronics sector. In addition, polymers from Covestro are also used in sectors such as sports and leisure, cosmetics and health, as well as in the chemical industry itself. The company is committed to becoming fully circular and is striving to become climate neutral by 2035 (scope 1, 2 and 3). Covestro generated sales of EUR 14.4 billion in fiscal 2023. At the end of 2023, the company had 48 production sites worldwide and employed approximately 17,500 people (calculated as full-time equivalents). Data protection information: https://www.covestro.com/en/social-media-privacy-statements
