
SEA Business Development Manager - Nutra & Pharma
- Brecksville, OH
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Develop and execute regional business development strategies to drive growth and expand Lubrizol's nutraceutical actives and pharmaceutical excipients market presence
- Identify, assess, build and secure new commercial opportunities with Lubrizol's nutraceutical market focusing across nutritional, over-the-counter, generics, and prescription markets - end to end ownership from lead generation to commercial conversion
- Nurture the opportunities towards commercial conversion with clearly defined financial targets and timeline to meet and/or exceed on our financial plans
- Develop in-depth knowledge with the goal to understand market size, trends, potential requirements, key players and adjacent opportunities
- Define and draft commercial agreements to maximize value and potential of Lubrizol's products in the market
- Capture customer and market feedback via CRM system, and proactively engage greater stakeholders to accelerate customer adaptations and implementations
- Champion internal and external facing customer activities including, but not limited to NDA execution, sampling, establishing quality and regulatory engagements.
- Strengthen customer intimacy with our current account base to defend existing business and develop/close incremental growth opportunities
- Engage with regional experts and thought leaders to further maximize and influence the development of new opportunities
- Represent Lubrizol at trade events and conferences in a cross-functional team to maximize lead generation
- Constructively engage with support functions to provide superior customer service
- Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in business, marketing, chemistry, or engineering.
- Minimum of 3 years of sales, marketing or business management / development experience; including:
- Strong network in the Asian nutra and pharma markets including brands and CDMOs
- Proven track record of building and closing new businesses and relationships through identifying and developing new accounts and projects
- Expertise in value-added solutions and technology sales
- Experience in specialty B2B ingredients, nutraceuticals / functional food is a plus
- Successfully demonstrates B2B sales capability
- Travel 30-50%, mostly domestic.