In this role, you'll focus on business development across various segments by addressing customer needs, managing projects, and improving operational workflows. You'll work with diverse teams to drive initiatives for sustainability and market engagement.
Anforderungen
- •Relevant education degree in chemical engineering
- •Relevant work experience in chemistry or construction is a strong plus
- •Fluent English skills for customer negotiations
- •Ability to summarize complex projects
- •Entrepreneurial mindset and strong negotiation skills
- •Leadership with impact on organization
- •Innovation skills in open innovation and smart risks
- •Collaboration across international organizations
Deine Aufgaben
- •Deploy the 5Y Roadmap for projects.
- •Secure and improve turnover across segments.
- •Understand customer needs and technical requirements.
- •Build case studies for business improvement.
- •Develop, negotiate, and monitor contracts.
- •Manage customer complaints and act as their Voice.
- •Prioritize project tasks and track dashboards.
- •Propose solutions for problem-solving milestones.
- •Monitor costs, CAPEX, and resources.
- •Manage cross-functional project teams and ensure alignment.
- •Motivate teams to deliver on local committee mandates.
- •Focus on generation reduction, recycling, and market strategies.
- •Improve organizational workflows and management practices.
- •Propose solutions and support industrial organization.
- •Visit shop floor regularly for insights.
- •Cover German and French customers and partners.
Deine Vorteile
Equitable pay range
Minimum 16 weeks parenting leave
Flexible work-life balance
Professional development opportunities
Original Beschreibung
Job ID:
32323
# Circularity New Business Specialist (F/M/X)
Permanent contract
Germany - Rheinberg, DE
France - Dombasle, FR
May 30, 2025
**About the role**
* Our Circularity team, composed of four people, is integrated in Soda, Bicar & Derivatives GBU and focuses on business & new project developments.
* As a Projects & Business Developer in Circular Economy, you will work on business development, project management & innovation to support new circularity projects. You will get the opportunity to contribute to the sustainable processes of tomorrow and have a positive impact on sustainability and site competitiveness with a cradle to cradle approach.
* You will be accountable for:
* Deploy the 5Y Roadmap of the assigned project & current business lines
* Sales: Secure and contribute to improve current turnover of several M€/y and in particular:
* Understand customers needs and technical requirements/pricing.
* Build case studies. Develop, negotiate, and monitor contracts in several segments and improve best practices: cement manufacturing, fertilization, constructions, ceramics, raw material recovery,...
* Manage the resolution of customer complaints and issues being the Voice of the customer internally
* Project Management
* Priorities, Dashboard tracking, Problem solving proposition, milestones, monitor costs, CAPEX & Resources
* Management of cross functional project team, assure alignment, motivation and delivering in line with the mandate given by local Steering committee.
* Priority 1: Generation reduction, 2. Recycling, 3. Go to market
* Organization/ Management: Improve way of working
* Bring awareness propose solutions and support industrial organization
* Go regularly to shop floor
* Someone to cover our German and French customers and partners for Rheinberg (DE) & Dombasle (FR)
* We offer a permanent contract based on hybrid working mode.
**About you**
* Relevant education degree or equivalent as chemical engineer or business.
* Relevant work experience in chemistry, cement, construction, batteries or agriculture segment is a strong plus
* Competencies:
* Fluent English skills required for customer negotiations. As well as fluent in German or French; a willingness to learn the other is essential.
* Impact: ability to summarize complex projects
* Entrepreneurial mindset, Business development & secure business with strong negotiation skills and experience.
* Behaviors:
* Leadership, Impact on local and global organization
* Innovation skills: Open innovation, Smart Risks, mindset 80/20
* Collaboration, working cross international organization
**About the pay and benefits**
* Attractive and equitable pay for all: compensation is determined within a range to foster your development in the role. While Germany is the primary country, the base pay reasonably expected for this role is €77000 to €110000, your final salary may be higher or lower depending on your skills, experience, and the country in which you work. Additionally, we provide a competitive total rewards package that includes a bonus and/or other incentives.
* Solvay Cares program: minimum of 16 weeks of parenting leave for all employees and package with healthcare, disability and life insurance coverage.
* Prioritization of well-being: work-life balance promotion, flexible approach to work part-time or hybrid work arrangements (depending on the type of job), employee assistance program with access to physical and psychological support.
* Professional development: prioritization of internal talents for career progression, access to a training platform, opportunities to join Employee Resource Groups (ERG) for experience sharing and mentorship and free language courses.
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