Sales / Marketing Chemicals

Location: Research Triangle Park, NC

Ideal Candidate: Fluent in Spanish or Portuguese.  MBA.  Practical experience in either  technical support, selling or marketing of insecticides.

Qualifications: BS degree (business, biology, chemistry, entomology or agriculture) and a minimum of 3 years of agrimarketing experience.  Minimum of 7-10 years work experience.   High degree of independence and self-motivation.  Ability to work across organizational and country  boundaries.  International experience -personal or professional.

Seeking a motivated Global Senior Product Marketing Specialist with excellent agri-marketing and proven strategic skills.  As a Global Sr. Product Marketing Specialist the successful candidate will join the Global Marketing team for Insecticides and will focus on supporting the Global Marketing team and also manage global active ingredients.  In their assignment as Global Sr. Product Marketing Specialist they will also coordinate the overall Insecticide Strategy for the business unit and assist in the target setting for new market opportunities.

Reporting to the Director of Marketing, Insecticides, it is expected that a Global Sr. Product Marketing Specialist also participates in acquisition and divestment initiatives when requested and works extremely closely with our Regional Marketing teams to maximize the opportunities for his active ingredients in each of the regions. Commensurate with experience, the Global Sr. Product Marketing Specialsit will be asked to participate in Crop teams focused on development of integrated approaches to customers in the agricultural chemical market.

Responsibilities: Global Marketing Management of Phermone Business, including 3rd party supply; Crop Team Membership, Core Team member; Assisting Global Insecticide team with general market analysis; Collection and analysis of internal Marketing data  and external sources; Contributing as key member in project related assignments; Monthly Insecticide Business Performance review; Main contact for Market Information on general portfolio management issues; Support for Vice President R&D Steering Committee Preparation; Processing of information requests from functional departments; Implementation and Monitoring of SBU results; Coordination and Implementation of Key Projects and Promotional activities; Support in Acquisition, divestiture and licensing efforts.

Please send information to: resumes@acquis.com or call 732-280-8425.

Location: Chicago preferred. Willing to consider any location in the continental US.

Ideal Candidate:

5+ to 7 years of experience
Management Experience Required – No
Minimum Education – Doctoral
Willingness to Travel – Often

As a Field Support Specialist, you will join a talented Analytical Instruments team responsible for on-site installation, service and training on MR instruments.

1. Perform onsite and in-house customer application training for imaging.

2. Provide customer application phone support.

3. Maintain knowledge of state-of-the-art products of Company’s MR Instruments.

4. Advises customers of equipment upgrades and accessories available for existing equipment.

5. Performs other related duties as assigned.

6. Willing to travel 50% and some international travel.

Qualifications:

Minimum education, training and experience needed to perform this job:

1. PhD degree in a science field plus five years of related experience

2. Prior imaging applications experience a must

Location:  Atlanta, GA or Brooklyn, NY

Ideal Candidate:

2+ to 5 years of experience
Management Experience Required – Yes
Minimum Education – Bachelor’s Degree

Must be a high-energy, articulate and independent individual who is comfortable and confident serving as an educator and technical/clinical support person within a hospital/operating room environment

The training period for this position may require a travel for 4 weeks of training in Israel

 The Service manager is responsible for the technical service and support as well as preventive maintenance procedures for its products and customers. The Service manager works as a team member and responsible to the creation and management of service culture, service procedures and routines and measurement of the company products performance.

Typical work activities:

The main role of a customer service manager is to ensure customer satisfaction from the performance of the company products, to minimize device performance failures and to ensure implementation of service culture within the organization

 The work may include within others:

- Providing help and advice to customers using products or services;

- Being the technological champion who coach and offer real time support to the CSR team in cases where technological support is needed.

- Investigating and solving customers’ problems.

- Keeping accurate records of discussions or correspondence with customers;

- Analyzing statistics or other data to determine the level of customer service the Company is providing;

- producing written information for customers

- Writing reports analyzing the customer service that the Company provides;

- Visiting customers to provide a one-to-one service;

- Developing feedback or complaints procedures for customers to use;

- Developing customer service procedures, policies and standards;

- Training staff to deliver a high standard of customer service;

- Leading a team of customer service staff;

Skills/Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Bio-Engineering or any engineering or technology field; Graduate degree preferred

- Minimum of two years in customer service position.

- Trouble shooting, technical skills, creativity and high discipline.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work successfully with all levels of the company

- Professional appearance and demeanor

- Able to travel extensively within territory and occasionally beyond

- Must be comfortable and experienced in surgical procedures

- Preferred to have experience with orthopedic anatomy, surgical protocol and appropriate vocabulary

- Must be computer literate

- Must be able to build strong relationship with surgical staff and hospitals within territory

Location: Tennessee

5+ to 7 years of experience
Management Experience Required – No
Minimum Education – Bachelor’s Degree

Willingness to Travel – Occasionally

The position will have responsibilities ranging from technical service for existing customers to product and application research and development. The applicant should have demonstrated real-world expertise formulating polyvinyl chloride (PVC). He or she will serve as a technical expert for PVC formulations both for customers and internal partners and will be expected to conduct/oversee laboratory work to troubleshoot problems and develop data to support new business opportunities. The successful candidate will be able to communicate with and advise others and will need to function effectively in multidisciplinary team environments. Travel will be expected, though the exact nature and amount will depend upon project mix and priorities. The candidate must be willing to travel domestically and internationally to participate in customer visits and trials as well as attend trade shows and conferences when justified.

Responsibilities:

To provide technical service for existing and prospective customers. This will include:
-Conducting lab work to acquire knowledge and understanding of product applications and problems encountered by customers
-Calling on customers and prospects and developing positive working relationships
-Developing and providing technical presentations, literature and other documentation
-Participating in or leading product or application development teams.
-Developing formulations utilizing commercial or developmental plasticizer products that meet target fitness for use and processing characteristics. Providing feedback to guide R&D efforts.
-Becoming an industry expert on PVC plasticization and leverage this expertise to identify opportunities and competitive threats so that Eastman’s plasticizers can be correctly positioned in the marketplace.

MINIMUM EDUCATION REQUIREMENT:
Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry, Polymer Science or Chemical Engineering from accredited university / college

QUALIFICATIONS:
-Experience/Job Knowledge/Expertise:
oThe candidate must have 3+ years of work experience and / or post-graduate work in product formulations in the area of plastics, coatings, adhesives, and / or rubber
oThe candidate should have at least 3 years work experience developing and implementing PVC formulations
oExperience with multiple conversion processes and with a variety of plasticizers and resin types are pluses
-Judgment: Able to understand customer needs and identify opportunities for plasticizers. Able to prioritize projects based on their importance to both external and internal (business) customers. Able to identify areas where we can increase sales of our products, whether old products in new applications or new products in old or new applications.
-Initiative: Must be self-motivated, looking for new applications or improvements in current applications. This also applies to his or her desire to develop and apply new insights and knowledge.
-Leadership: Will be expected to provide technical solutions and may be called upon to lead cross-functional teams or other projects.
-Technical Skills: Must have demonstrated practical knowledge of product formulations in the area of plastics, coatings, adhesives, and or rubber. Must have the ability to develop into an industry expert on use of non-phthalate plasticizers in PVC. Should have familiarity with applicable test methods and health, safety, and environmental (HSE) regulations.
-Communication Skills: Able to make presentations to customers professionally either as a seminar or for training purposes. Write reports on customer calls. Clearly communicate customer needs, opportunities, threats, etc. to business, sales and marketing partners. Document work in technical reports and protect intellectual property.
-Teamwork: Must able to participate in cross-functional and natural unit teams. Must be able to work with people having different personalities and with people at various levels within the organization.
-Travel: Must be willing to travel both domestically and internationally.

If interested, please submit your resume to resumes@acquis.com.  Thank you!