Account Manager, Polymer Specialties
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 14, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 11, 2026. Nouryon scores A on the Alion truth index.
At Nouryon, we create innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers to answer society’s needs - today and in the future.
We are looking for team members who bring ideas forward, champion others and work together to do better. Does that sound like you?
About the Job:
As an Account Manager, Polymer Specialties, you’ll be responsible for growing sales and profitability across the Central America region for Nouryon’s Polymer Specialties business. You’ll manage relationships with customers, distributors, agents, and Nouryon sales offices while looking for new business opportunities and helping customers find the right products and solutions. You’ll also work closely with our technical, marketing, customer service, and sales teams to deliver strong customer support and achieve our business goals.
In your future role as Account Manager, Polymer Specialties, you will:
- Achieve sales volume, profitability, and financial targets for your assigned Central America territory.
- Manage and grow existing customer, distributor, and agent relationships while developing new business opportunities.
- Develop annual sales strategies and budgets for key customers and business partners.
- Prepare accurate monthly sales forecasts and monitor performance against budget.
- Recommend pricing strategies and provide commercial offers to customers.
- Work with distributors to support product knowledge, pricing, technical questions, and commercial opportunities.
- Coordinate technical support between Nouryon’s Technical Development team and customers.
- Work with Marketing and Sales teams on market strategies, account plans, customer profiles, and growth opportunities.
- Identify opportunities to increase market share, enter new markets, introduce new products, or improve pricing.
- Guide customers on product selection, applications, product properties, packaging, availability, and competitive alternatives.
- Follow up on product samples to identify potential applications and new business opportunities.
- Partner with Customer Service, Credit & Collections, and other internal teams to support customer requirements and resolve issues.
- Ensure customer contracts, pricing, billing, and commercial terms are accurate and followed.
- Handle customer complaints and follow up on CRM cases through resolution.
- Provide regular updates on sales, market conditions, customer needs, and other relevant developments.
- Represent Nouryon professionally in the market and conduct all business in line with our ethical standards.
We believe you bring:
- Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or a related field.
- 3-5 years of sales experience in the chemical manufacturing or technical selling environment.
- Experience managing B2B customers, distributors, or agents, preferably in the chemical industry.
- Full professional fluency in English and Spanish - you must be comfortable switching seamlessly between both languages when working with international teams and customers.
- Willingness and ability to work fully onsite, 5 days a week, at our chemical plant in Los Reyes
o Plant location: Avenida Morelos No. 49, Col. Tecamachalco, Los Reyes La Paz, Estado de México, CP 56500.
- Strong customer relationship, negotiation, communication, and presentation skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make decisions and prioritize in a fast-paced environment.
- Self-motivated, organized, proactive, and able to work independently.
- Strong computer skills; SAP experience, preferably Sales & Distribution (SD), is a plus.
Good to know:
Please apply via our online recruitment system. We will not accept applications via e-mail. Once it's with us we will review to see if we have a match between your skills and the role!
For more information about our hiring process, visit: nouryon.com/careers/how-we-hire/
We look forward to receiving your application!
We kindly ask our internal candidates to apply with your Nouryon email via Success Factors.
About Nouryon:
If you’re looking for your next career move, apply today and join Nouryon in providing essential solutions that our customers use to manufacture everyday products such as personal care, cleaning, paints and coatings, agriculture and food, pharmaceuticals, and building products. Our employees are driven by the desire to make an impact and actively drive positive change. If that describes you, we will gladly make way for your ambitions.
From day one, we support you with your personal growth, through challenging positions and comprehensive learning and development opportunities, in a dynamic, international, diverse, and proactive working environment.
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What can Nouryon offer you?
If you share our values and ambitions, we offer a fascinating international environment that rewards your skills and enthusiasm. Our employment package comprises a competitive salary and an attractive bonus scheme. Training opportunities and internal networks enable valuable personal and professional development. And through challenging projects you will help us become first choice for our customers, shareholders and employees, all over the world.
Application details
We welcome your online application via our website. Please use the apply button on this page.
A pre-employment screening may form part of the selection process.