Business Development Manager

AkzoNobel akzonobel.com Open · verified Sep 25, 2026

H? Chí Minh City Manager Business Development

At a glance

Mid-level Business Development role at AkzoNobel. H? Chí Minh City.

Pay not stated

RoleBusiness Development

SeniorityManager

LocationH? Chí Minh City

Role brief

Growth Roles summary, based on the employer's posting.

What you'll do

Build and maintain relationships with powder-coatings key accounts and prospective customers
Find and pursue opportunities, identify customer problems, and coordinate their resolution
Work with technical service teams to assess needs and deliver solutions quickly
Guide customer sales support across marketing, operations, finance, and technical service
Share product feedback, coordinate warranty projects, close sales, and reach growth targets

What you bring

A university degree and at least five years in sales, including related-industry experience
Strong written and spoken communication, presentation, networking, and interpersonal ability
Good Mandarin Chinese and the ability to influence colleagues you do not directly manage
Skill in identifying customer needs and shaping account strategies in a multicultural workplace

Who this fits

You’ll suit a customer-facing business development role focused on powder-coatings accounts, sales growth, and cross-functional coordination. The job calls for independent work alongside an integrated team and relationship building with clients and internal groups at every level. Candidates based in Nhon Trach or Long Thanh are preferred.

From the employer

About AkzoNobel

Since 1792, we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people’s lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today – while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together.

For more information please visit www.akzonobel.com

Job Purpose

This role takes the responsibility to take care existing customer and develop new key account. This position requires the ability work both independently and as part of an integrated team. He/She will be responsible for developing new leads, communicating with customers, understanding their needs, ensuring a smooth sales process and being able to close sales and meet targets.

Key Responsibilities

a. Build business relationships with key account customers in powder coatings.

• Identifies and follows up on business opportunities, pinpoints the existing and/or potential problems and arranges for their resolution.

• Develops and manages strong relationships with existing key customers and assigned prospects.

• Develops and maintains regular contact with assigned existing and potential customers at various levels.

b. Achieves growth and hits sales targets.

• Works closely with Technical Service to analyze customers’ need and figure CPAR out quickly.

• Assists in the implementation of solutions within the area of services including technical service solution.

c. Provide the support and service to customer:

• Provides feedback to understand how customers are utilizing our products and how well those products align versus competitor products.

• Regularly and pro-actively informs the back-office (including, marketing, operations and finance) about the necessary sales support level and coordinates their actions towards the assigned customers.

• Works closely with Customer Technical Service team to analyze customers’ need and figure CPAR, CCM out quickly.

• Works closely with Spec Seller team to do a successful cohesion and coherence for warranty project.

Requirements

• University graduate.

• At least 5 years sales experience, 1-2 years’ experience in related industry field.

• An excellent communicator; both written and verbal with good presentation, networking and interpersonal skills.

• Good Mandarin Chinese

• Self-motivated with the capacity to lead and influence non-direct reports.

• Commercially aware with the ability to identify customer needs and requirements and develop innovative account strategies.

• Able to develop relationships at all levels both with clients and internally working in a multi-cultural environment.

• Results orientated, able to keep focused and motivated when challenges occur.

• Candidates living in Nhon Trach & Long Thanh area are preferred

At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.

Requisition ID: 49811