Sales Executive

INTERNATIONAL RECRUITMENT & HR EXPERTS ACROSS THE PLASTICS, PACKAGING, SPECIALITY CHEMICALS, LIFE SCIENCES, BIOPOLYMER, FOOD ADDITIVES & INGREDIENTS, ENERGY AND RECYCLING SECTORS SINCE 1975.

The Role:

This position is responsible for sales of distributed products in Vietnam to drive sustainable and profitable growth.

Duties include forecasting and achieving annual objectives for sales, margins and volume growth, pipeline opportunities building up for future years. Position is focused on developing new business in Vietnam and securing business from prospective and existing accounts in an effort to meet sales objectives. Accountability will center on margin and relationship building but will include prospecting, forecasting, achievement of sales objectives and directing activities across functional groups in support of account goals. Expectations include the ability to sell at all levels of management and building relationships that ensure the business will continue to get the first and last look.

Ability to function independently, being skilled at customer centric selling approaches and effectively selling the value of our products and services are also keys to success.

This individual must have the ability to assist customers in problem solving on product issues. We are looking for candidates that bring energy, enthusiasm and professionalism to their daily routines. The preferred candidate will possess strong product knowledge and sales skills in plastics distribution/trading business, especially with the experience in Healthcare/Medical/Consumer/Electric/Packaging and Electronics/Transportation markets. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Establish and execute formal account plans
• Develop contact matrix and establish strong High-Wide-Deep relationships with key decision makers and project facilitators
• Establish, track and close new business targets consistently with both short and long term growth objectives at designated accounts within the territory
• Prospecting and cold calling
• Market development activities (OEM/Application selling where designated).
• Develop, execute and manage sales plans, sales budgets, and expense budgets.
• Negotiate pricing and contracts as needed
• Deliver the planned results (AOP – Annual Operating Plan)
• Routine utilization of sales tools (Opportunity Scorecards, Sales Funnel, Account Plans, Visit Plan and Reports, Business Reviews, etc.)
• Key Account management, teamwork with global contacts
• Adopting and executing Customer Centric Selling Skills

Key Competency Requirements:

• Accountable - Acts in the best interests of the company; demonstrates behaviour aligned with the company’s Code of Conducts; values and respects others; is reliable, consistent and a good role model.
• Pro-activeness - Demonstrates high levels of initiative and a sense of urgency and responsiveness; consistently achieves measurable results; takes accountability for actions.
• Adaptability - Reacts positively to change; demonstrates flexibility and adaptability; proactively pursues continual learning and improvement.
• Interpersonal Skills - Communicates effectively both verbally and in writing; listens effectively and clarifies information as needed; works well with others in a team environment across the organization knowing who to engage to achieve results.
• Problem Solving Skills - Effectively identifies problems by framing issues, leveraging data and ultimately developing and implementing solutions.
• Continuous Improvement & Process Focus - Actively engages in continually identifying ways to improve one’s self as well as the business and utilizes tools and processes to ensure consistent, reliable, high quality results.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Education Requirements:
  • Bachelor’s degree in polymer science or business trading or related areas. (In lieu of degree requirement, may accept 5 years of additional equivalent work experience
• Experience Requirements:
  • Strong selling skills supported upon 5+ years of demonstrated accomplishments
• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  • Proficiency in job-related software products and an enterprise management data system
  • Excellent verbal skills – ability to speak clearly, confidently, and professionally both on the telephone and in-person.
  • Writing skills – ability to write clearly and succinctly, to adapt writing style to match the audience, and develop proposals.
  • Negotiation skills – ability to effectively manage conflicts, negotiate scope, timeline, pricing, and deliverables with customer to generate the sale and to ensure profitability
  • Language fluency in English and Vietnamese is required, Chinese language skill is preferred.
  • Must be self-motivated, ambitious, team player with a persuasive and energetic personality

Work Environment:

• Work Conditions:
  • Travel requirements (70% of travel required) in Vietnam.

For reasons of better legibility, the simultaneous use of the language forms male, female and diverse (f/m/d) is avoided. All personal designations apply equally to all genders.

Candidates must be eligible to work and live in the Vietnam. Proof of eligibility will be required with your application.

Throughout 2025, you can meet with Listgrove at the following exhibitions:

Packaging Innovations, JEC World, European Coatings Show, Kunststoffenbeurs, K2025, Plastics Live Ireland