Biosecurity Advisor

**Contract Type**: Regular

LANXESS UK is a specialty chemical company with several production sites working on a broad range of activities. From the blending of inorganic pigments, the manufacturing of science-based biocidal products to the production of urethane prepolymers; plastic additives and flame retardants amongst others. **Our sites include Baxenden, Branston, Deeside, Newbury, Sudbury, Trafford Park, Widnes.**

At LANXESS, our success is determined by the personal commitment and performance of each individual employee. Our goal is to sustainably increase the value of the company - and to make meaningful contributions to our customers, employees, stockholders and the public.

In order to achieve these goals, we align our actions within the company with the five essential values of our **Performance Culture: Respect, ownership, trust, professionalism and integrity.** This leads to a corporate culture in which responsible and morally impeccable action and the pursuit of performance are not contradictions, but complement each other harmoniously.

**Job Highlights**:
**We are looking for a Biosecurity Advisor to join Lanxess in our Material Protection Products Business Unit covering the north of England region from the Scottish border to Lincolnshire.**

**About the role**

As a Sales and Biosecurity Advisor you will join the UK and Ireland team managing a portfolio of customers including distribution partners and end users. You will promote, educate, train and support the implementation of the Lanxess Biosecurity Solutions Products in order to create, sustain and grow sales through direct and indirect sales.

**Main Responsibilities**:

- Managing existing and developing new customers.
- Staying alert and informed to all market developments and translating into potential business opportunities.
- Developing close relationships with the existing and potential marketplace giving the business unit the edge over our competition.
- Collaborate with other internal departments, CSR, Production, Sales team members.

**Requirements**:
**About You**

Ultimately, you will be passionate about our industry, and keen to ensure as much of the market as possible is aware of our products and their benefits and encourage its use.

You must have excellent communication skills, be enthusiastic about your work and products. You will be self-reliant, with a strong sense of ownership and responsibility as well as a team mentality, we have regular team catch ups and face to face meetings and often support or work alongside each other on opportunities.

**What we offer you**
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Compensation**: We offer competitive compensation packages, inclusive of a global bonus program and an individual performance bonus program.
- ** Comprehensive Benefits**: We provide a variety of benefits to support your financial security, health and wellbeing including retirement plans, health programs, life insurance and medical care.
- ** Work-Life & Flexibility**: We support you in maintaining a balance between working hours and personal life. With our global “Xwork” program, we offer flexible working arrangements in all countries in which we operate.
- ** Training & Development**:We are committed to your professional and personal development and encourage you in the ongoing pursuit of education, training and knowledge through both formal and informal learning.
- ** Diversity**: For us, talent matters, we welcome everyone who commits to our values. We strongly believe that including diverse perspectives makes us more innovative and enhances our competitiveness. Therefore, we embrace the uniqueness of every single individual and are truly committed to supporting our people in developing their individual potential.

**Lanxess UK is an equal opportunities employer.