Sales Manager Specialty

Announcement

In June 2025, LYB announced entering into an agreement and exclusive negotiations for the sale of four olefins & polyolefins sites and the associated business in Europe. The sites to be sold are located in Berre (France), Münchsmünster (Germany), Carrington (UK), and Tarragona (Spain). The sites together represent a scaled olefins and polyolefins platform strategically located in proximity to a longstanding customer base and with access and connectivity to key infrastructure. 
Closing of the proposed transaction is currently expected in the first half of 2026. From the start, the new company will be a scaled leader in European Olefins & Polyolefins. Powered by strategically located assets, a diverse product portfolio, and operational excellence, it aims to transform the business, fostering an agile, entrepreneurial culture where fast decision-making and hands-on collaboration drive transformation and growth.  

Are you ready?
You will be crucial to a successful transition and, when the sale is closed, success of the new company. You will become part of a new dynamic organization with around 1,800 employees, headquarters in Rotterdam and production sites in France, Germany, UK and Spain with a strong focus on customer excellence.

This is the role

In this role of Sales Manager Specialty you work in a leadership position responsible for managing a sales team with the purpose to represent the company and business strategies, develop the sales optimization, increase total value creation, manage the full order-to-cash process while maintaining a high degree of agility.

You will be responsible of leading and motivating an European based Sales team implementing our company strategies to deliver superior service to customers by working with the business and technical organization.  The customer portfolio covers the automotive and healthcare markets, and includes responsibility of the partnership with distribution sales channel.

Furthermore you will be the legal representative for the company in Belgium and you will be able to join chemical / plastics industry associations on behalf of the company.

Responsibilities & accountabilities:

• Develops, leads  and integrates a sales team of multi-national and multi-cultural staff ensuring the team is highly effective; individuals are motivated and positioned to realize their potential.
• Builds strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals. Fosters a culture of learning. Builds skills and injects talent to accelerate innovate/lateral thinking. Creates a culture that nurtures and rewards creativity and innovation; Challenges the organization to generate and implement breakthrough ideas and solutions Confronts “status quo” thinking
• Drives for results and achieves sales and pricing objectives at the customer in terms of contribution margin, volume, customer share, cost management, bad debt and working capital in order to maximize the total value creation for the business
• Develops and nurtures relationships with established partners in order constantly optimize value (pricing vs. volume management) and capture relevant market information for the business
• Constantly review partner portfolio within the Automotive and Healthcare market and the Distribution  channel to ensure the current and future set-up will continue to “fit-the-purpose”
• Respects all policies and procedures and proactively “lives” them and ensures formal governance compliance and company work ethic culture
• Supports closure of customer claims in a timely manner and limits LyondellBasell’s exposure related to customer complaints
• Continuously presents opportunistic sales to the business on a regular basis in order to maximize asset loading
• Provides regular up-dates on market intelligence and competitive movements to the business in scope in order to deliver the base of current and future business decisions
• Develops strong relationships with key stakeholders and builds an effective network. Key stakeholders include: Customers and internal interfaces such as business management, quality, technical service, supply chain, customer service, credit, tax, legal and financial services and operates as quickly and effectively as possible in achieving targets

The role will be home office based in Belgium, with regular travel to the HQ in Rotterdam.

This is who you are

To be successful in this role you must recognize yourself in the following profile: 

You demonstrate strong leadership and approach challenges with a systemic mindset. You bring commercial insight and solid business acumen to your work, and you rely on well developed communication, problem solving, project management, and decision making skills to deliver results. Furthermore you’re strong in building partnerships, both internal and external, and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives, within and across functions.

Candidates will be assessed on the following LYB competencies:

• Build Partnerships
• Deliver Results
• Drive Innovation
• Grow Capabilities
• Promote Inclusion

This is what you bring

• Min. Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or a related field required
• 10 to 15 years of work experience with a minimum of 5 years of relevant working experience in Polymers and/or Chemicals, Sales
  • Experience in Automotive and/or Healthcare markets preferred
• Basic IT skills (Microsoft Outlook, Office Word/Excel, SAP R/3, SalesForce)
• Fluent in English and preferably an additional European language

This is what we offer

We offer an environment where we encourage personal and professional growth and where you will be rewarded for your performance and results. You will have the possibility to work with specialist on all fields to develop innovative solutions and to extend your national and international network. In addition, we offer you a competitive salary package. LyondellBasell is committed to advancing diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) to ensure a positive experience for all employees.

Interested?

Please feel free to contact Manoe Koningstein (Talent Acquisition Consultant) at manoe.koningstein@ lyondellbasell.com for more details. Would you like to apply? Just send us your motivation and resume via the application button. Only applications through this application button will be taken into consideration.

The recruitment process consists of an initial phone screening and two business interviews before proceeding to a possible job offer. A background check will be part of the process as well.

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