Title:  Application Development Specialist

A Place Where People Matter – Growing our People to Grow Our Business

We’re thrilled that you are exploring career opportunities where you can continue to make a positive difference every day to keep our communities healthy, fed, clean and safe. 

Primary Purpose:

Provide technical services to assigned industry customers for the purpose of sales growth. Promote distinction between Univar and our competitors by using a technical consultative approach to needs based evaluations of the technology used by customers. Adapt and implement on a local basis, the national product strategies and services as written by the Industry Director. Assist field sellers and industry team members with joint calls. Identify which Univar technological product best suits the customer’s applications and develop strategies to promote customers’ adaptation and or conversion to Univar products. Builds profitable sales, employing a consultative approach. Develops and maintains a long-term partnership with customers by using industry expertise. Uses Univar USA resources to provide solutions to customer needs and gathers market intelligence.

What you will do:

Supplier Activities

• Handle communication with supplier technical recourses
• Collaborates on Product, service solutions
• Attend product training / continual education / updates
• Provide feedback on technical aspects, intelligence, marketplace
• Identify share loss, and develop joint plan to recapture
• Assist in qualification of potential new suppliers / products
• Assist with new Product launches Customer Activities
• Assist customer in solving formulating issues and options
• Provide technical support around each specialty product to all sales levels 
• Represent Univar at all levels of customer (2,1,0) as necessary
• Coordinate supplier meetings at key/target customers
• Review opportunities, coordinates efforts to close with local sales organization • Joint calls with Univar Sales and Suppliers at customers
• Develop technical proposals
• Generate product/service application solutions

• Identify new service/product opportunities through monitoring industry/market changes and customer needs
• Provides training and presentations
• Fully understands local markets/trends and products for customers
• Performs required SFDC tasks as required Internal
• Provide product and industry training to all Sales and Sales support teams as required
• Participate in all Industry related meeting / teleconferences
• Assist with Supplier/Customer contract negotiations
• Assist in Business plan development – Goals, forecasts
• Supports all aspects of development of business opportunities, targets, prospecting
• Provides communication to partners
• Assist in tradeshows (national & local) and Industry conference/meetings ; website info, literature development
• Coordinates activities with Labs as needed 

What you will need:

• Successful experience (five years min) in sales, with a technical product concentration. Exposure to and understanding of the distribution business is a plus.
• Experience taking care of customers at multiple levels, both internal and external, and supplier partners. 
• Strong interpersonal skills, both oral and written, vital to communicate optimally inside and outside the organization.
• Strong organizational skills, with the ability to handle sophisticated projects and multi-task responsibilities.
• Possess tact, integrity and high business ethics.
• Understand current issues and align sales efforts with stated company objectives. 
•  College degree preferred

• Proven technical knowledge in area of specialization
• Proven selling skills & multi-tasking abilities
• Proficient digital literacy  

It takes people like you and a global network of more than 9,500 employees to build a company where the best people want to work. 

As a valued Univar Solutions employee, you understand that we are more than a distribution company. From delivering vital ingredients for food and nutrition, to helping keep drinking water safe, our company is dedicated to improving quality of life with our customers, suppliers and partners as we serve the world’s most essential industries.

We are committed to a diverse workforce and a culture of inclusion. Together, we are building a culture that acknowledges the unique experiences, perspectives and expertise of individuals and provides the development and growth opportunities to empower us to redefine our industry. 

Univar Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on their race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected classification.