New Business Development Manager - NEOLAST� (m/w/d)

Celanese is a global leader in chemistry, producing specialty material solutions used across most major industries and consumer applications. Our businesses use our chemistry, technology and commercial expertise to create value for our customers, employees and shareholders. We are committed to sustainability by responsibly managing the materials we create for their entire lifecycle and are growing our portfolio of sustainable products to meet increasing customer and societal demand. We strive to make a positive impact in our communities and to foster inclusivity across our teams. Celanese is a Fortune 500 company that employs approximately 12,400 employees worldwide with 2023 net sales of $10.9 billion.

NEOLAST™ is an innovative new fiber for use in performance stretch fabrics recently launched by Celanese. This material offers the apparel industry a high-performance alternative to spandex that unlocks the potential for end users to recycle performance stretch fabrics. We are seeing tremendous interest in NEOLAST™ and are looking to strengthen our team to provide better material solutions to consumers and the planet. Join us!

The Principal Business Development Manager role for NEOLAST™ is a multi-faceted customer / market facing position responsible for driving new business growth through an entrepreneurial mindset.  The Principal Business Development Manager is responsible for:

• Develop, drive, and deliver the growth plan for NEOLAST™ with target brand owners and value chain partners in the Western Hemisphere.
• Build and grow pipeline by scouting, targeting, and identifying new growth opportunities at new and existing customers.
• Develop strong relationships with influencers and decision makers at key accounts (brand owners, garment makers, fabric mills) along the entire value chain.
• Possess in-depth industry/segment knowledge to anticipate trends and changes and bring internally “Voice of the Customer” and new product/technology development opportunities.
• Understand the dynamics and trends of the apparel industry and brands & retailer’s business and provide the inputs for business strategy.
• Support Application Development Engineers to drive specification wins and support Sales Managers to provide forecast at key customers.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Textile Science, Material Science, or Engineering (Chemical Mechanical, Plastics or Equivalent) required
• Experience of working in textile value chain, including brand-houses (brand owners) and mills, designer-houses, etc.
• 10+ years of experience in garment/textile industry in sales, marketing, or business development or other customer-facing roles.
• Strong understanding of the material selection process at brand owners.
• Self-starter, entrepreneurial mindset, strong personal presence, and interpersonal skills
• Textile/ fabric technical background
• Understand sustainability values and trends for textile industry.
• Excellent selling skills to build and strengthen customer relationship

Interested in this opportunity?

Then please apply via the Celanese Career Portal (Intranet).
If you have any questions about the application, please reach out to Ms. Miriam Koch (Recruiter): miriam.koch@celanese.com.