Global Material Sales Manager -Belgium

Global Sales Manager – Advanced Materials – Belgium

€90,000–€110,000 base salary + bonus + company car

Have you developed international business for advanced materials or additive manufacturing applications? Can you translate technical material performance into new customer opportunities and long-term sales?

Our client, an international leader in advanced manufacturing technologies and materials, is seeking a Global Sales Manager to develop new markets for its materials portfolio worldwide.

Priority applications include investment casting and wind tunnel testing, alongside industrial prototyping and other applications where its materials offer a clear technical and commercial advantage.

Based in Belgium, this is a hands-on business development role with a global remit and no people-management responsibilities. You will join an international materials sales team and take ownership of opportunities from initial market identification through technical qualification and commercial conversion.

The role

• Identify and develop new customers, markets and applications internationally.

• Build targeted business development plans for priority industrial applications.

• Work with engineers, R&D teams and technical decision-makers to understand their processes, material requirements and performance challenges.

• Demonstrate the technical and commercial benefits of the materials portfolio, supported by application engineering and product teams.

• Manage complex sales cycles involving material evaluation, trials, qualification, specification and commercial negotiations.

• Convert new applications into recurring material sales.

• Build relationships with OEMs, industrial customers, service bureaus and commercial partners.

• Maintain an accurate sales pipeline and forecasts, contributing to revenue and gross-margin objectives.

Your profile

• A strong technical background in engineering, materials science or chemistry, ideally combined with experience in a technical or application engineering role before moving into sales.

• Proven success in international technical sales or business development, with a track record of winning new customers and developing new markets.

• Experience in additive manufacturing / 3D printing is strongly preferred. Advanced materials experience involving comparable industrial applications and qualification requirements will also be considered.

• Experience with investment casting, wind tunnel testing or industrial prototyping would be particularly valuable.

• Strong knowledge of polymers, resins, powders or engineered materials, with the ability to explain their technical and commercial benefits to industrial customers.

• Experience selling materials directly, or selling equipment and technical solutions where material selection, qualification and repeat material purchases are central to the customer relationship.

• Confidence managing long, technically complex sales cycles in collaboration with engineering and application teams.

• Fluent English; additional languages are an advantage.

Location and travel

You must currently live in Belgium or be willing to relocate there. The role involves approximately 60% international travel and collaboration with customers and colleagues across different regions and time zones.

Salary and benefits

• €90,000–€110,000 gross annual base salary, depending on experience

• Performance-related bonus

• Company car

• Pension and hospitalisation insurance

• Meal vouchers

• Working-from-home allowance

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Please submit your CV in English.