We are ALTANA: one group of companies – four divisions: BYK, ECKART, ELANTAS, and ACTEGA. A global leader in specialty chemicals and with myriad opportunities for you to develop and grow. Enrich your life with this decisive plus!

With more than 8.000 employees, the ALTANA Group achieved sales of over 3 billion euros in 2024. BYK, as part of the ALTANA Group, is a leading global supplier of specialty chemicals. Our innovative and sustainable additives improve scratch resistance and surface gloss, the mechanical strength or flow behavior of materials, and properties such as UV- and light stability or flame retardancy.

Exciting opportunities await you – as Global Key Account Manager for our Business Line Paint Additives, you will coordinate and steer all business aspects of the relevant key accounts strategically and operationally worldwide in cooperation with Sales, End Use and other internal stakeholders. Additionally, you will define, align and organize the policy for the key accounts managed with Business Line and End Use. Your other tasks include:

• Creating and maintaining account plans, including growth targets
• Cultivating and expanding the network within key accounts at all hierarchical levels
• Visiting relevant and valuable key account customer locations worldwide, together with regional and specialist colleagues 
• Identifying, executing and realizing further business potential and value creation projects
• Conducting regular business review meetings and moderating strategy and innovation workshops
• Cooperating cross-divisionally with the respective ALTANA Group Account Manager
• Initiating and supporting relevant technical and commercial customer projects
• Attending relevant trade fairs and conferences
• Supporting BYK's resp. ALTANA’s Key Account Program 

With this profile, you convince us – if you excel at dealing with multinational customers, command expert knowledge in key account management and exude a high level of confidence in dealing with internal and external stakeholders, we absolutely want to hear from you and warmly invite you to apply. Your other skills and competencies include:

• Capability for international teamwork, including leadership proficiency
• Dexterity in using MS Office and SAP
• Strong resilience and flexibility
• Proficiency in business English
• Intercultural prowess and willingness to travel internationally 

In the ALTANA Group, you will work in a unique culture of innovation where the utmost importance is attached to promoting individual ideas and abilities as well as open, trusting interaction. BYK offers you a lot of advantages. They include pleasant-sized operations where employees get to know each other personally and exchange ideas, short information and decision-making paths, comprehensive further education and training offers, flexible working hours with flextime and an impressive compensation with good employee benefits and pension plans.

As a first step, please apply briefly and concisely with your CV via our job portal www.altana.jobs. We look forward to meeting you!

BYK-Chemie GmbH | Petra Heinrichs | HR | Phone: +49 281 670 - 26002

ALTANA AG and its subsidiaries is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.

Stellennummer: #924
Gesellschaft: BYK-Chemie GmbH
Standort: Wesel near Düsseldorf