Technical Sales Manager – Prepreg & Advanced Composites
Chicago, IL - USA
Job Summary
Technical Sales Manager Prepreg & Advanced Composites
Location: Remote United States; Midwest preferred with convenient access to a major commercial airport.
Travel: Approximately 5070% throughout North America
Compensation: Target base salary of $110000 commensurate with experience plus performance-based variable compensation and a competitive comprehensive benefits package
About the Role
A well-established German manufacturer of prepregs advanced composites and high-performance engineered materials is expanding its North American business and is seeking a Technical Sales Manager Prepreg & Advanced Composites. This role is ideal for someone who already understands prepreg materials thermoset composites and composite processing and has meaningful customer-facing experience.
You may currently work in Technical Sales Sales Engineering Technical Account Management Account Management Territory Sales or Business Development. We are also interested in candidates from Applications Engineering Technical Service or Application Development who already work directly with customers and have begun supporting commercial opportunities.
You will work with OEMs composite fabricators distributors and internal technical teams to understand customer requirements support material evaluation and qualification and help develop applications and commercial opportunities. Target markets include industrial automation commercial and specialty vehicles medical technology marine wind energy and other selected advanced-composite applications.
The companys advanced composites portfolio includes thermoset prepregs and UD prepregs based on glass carbon aramid basalt and other reinforcement systems as well as laminates reinforced materials composite components and other specialized material solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Identify and develop customer application and growth opportunities for prepreg and advanced composite materials across North America.
- Build relationships with OEMs composite fabricators processors distributors and technical and commercial stakeholders.
- Work with customers to understand material processing performance and application requirements.
- Support material evaluation sampling testing qualification specification and commercialization activities.
- Contribute to building and advancing a qualified pipeline of customer and application opportunities.
- Support technical presentations proposals quotations pricing discussions and commercial negotiations.
Coordinate customer projects with engineering product management manufacturing and commercial teams.
Represent the company at relevant customer meetings industry events and trade shows.
What You Bring:
- Direct and meaningful professional experience with prepreg materials is required.
- Strong technical understanding of thermoset prepregs and structural composite materials.
- Familiarity with relevant prepreg and composite concepts such as:
- Carbon fiber and glass fiber reinforced materials
- CFRP and GFRP
- Unidirectional and/or fabric-reinforced prepreg systems
- Thermoset resin systems
- Composite material processing
- Curing and manufacturing processes
- Material testing and qualification
- Structural composite applications
- Meaningful experience working directly with customers in a technical or commercial environment.
- Experience working for or with prepreg manufacturers advanced composite material suppliers composite fabricators OEMs material processors or technical distributors is particularly valuable.
Compensation & Benefits
- Target base salary of $110000 commensurate with experience
- Performance-based variable compensation
- 100% employer-paid medical coverage
- Company-supported dental and vision coverage
- Employer-paid life short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Retirement savings participation with company match
- 1214 company-observed holidays annually
- Progressive paid time-off structure that increases with tenure
- Structured onboarding and technical product training
Required Experience:
Manager
About Company
Note to applicants: The Christkindlmarket interns will need to work out of the GACC Midwest office in downtown Chicago. As such, applicants must either currently reside in the Chicago area or be available for relocation before the start date of the internship.Compensation: $2825/month ... View more