Sales Manager, Petrochemical Catalysts

• Identify and qualify new business opportunities across direct and indirect sales channels.
• Collaborate with product management, technology, technical services, manufacturing, supply chain, finance, legal, and compliance teams to develop customer solutions.
• Influence regional and global commercial strategies through customer, channel, and market insights.

• Lead engagement with strategic petrochemical customers, licensors, EPCs, and key industry stakeholders across Asia Pacific (excluding China).
• Develop and execute account plans that drive revenue growth, customer retention, and market share expansion.
• Build trusted relationships with technical, commercial, procurement, operations, and executive stakeholders.
• Lead complex commercial negotiations and multi-year opportunity development efforts.
• Develop compelling customer value propositions that differentiate Shell's catalyst offerings from competitors.

• Deliver revenue and market share growth targets.
• Develop and maintain a qualified sales pipeline sufficient to meet future growth objectives.
• Ensure commercial activities comply with HSSE, Ethics & Compliance, competition law, and trade control requirements.

• Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering or a related scientific or engineering discipline required.
• Advanced technical or business qualifications are advantageous.

• Minimum 5 years of experience in a combination of:
• Petrochemical operations
• Catalyst sales and technical services
• Petrochemical technology delivery, consulting, or licensing
• Experience across multiple petrochemical process areas, with expertise in:
• Steam cracker olefin recovery applications
• Selective hydrogenation technologies
• Aromatics production
• Paraxylene complexes
• Channel management experience desired.

• Strong understanding of petrochemical catalyst technologies.
• Knowledge in selective hydrogenation and aromatics processing.
• Knowledge of olefin recovery operations and paraxylene production.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Process engineering knowledge and application experience.

• Strategic account management experience.
• Business development and consultative selling skills.
• Value proposition development.
• Commercial negotiation and customer engagement expertise.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong presentation and influencing abilities.
• Exceptional interpersonal and teamwork skills.
• Effective time management and organizational skills.
• Self-directed with a proactive approach to problem-solving.
• Ability to gain credibility and influence highly experienced technical stakeholders.

• Global travel requirement of approximately 40%-50%.
• Travel outside assigned region as business needs require.
• Frequent interaction with senior customer personnel and technical experts.

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Strong customer focus and relationship-building abilities.
• High confidence and professional credibility.
• A proven track record in HSSE (Health, Safety, Security & Environment) performance.
• Commitment to continuous learning and professional development.
• Ability to operate effectively in highly technical and commercially demanding environments.
• Strong collaboration and cross-functional leadership capabilities.

You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You'll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You'll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.

• Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.
• Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.
• Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.
• Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.
• Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.
• Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working.
• Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase - our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world.
• Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.
• Join an organisation working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply.
• Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams.
• Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes. ​

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