Business Development Leader – Engineered Materials, Industrial Applications

🕒 May 19

🏈 Ohio – Remote

🏈 Ohio – Remote

💵 $130k - $180k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

💰 Business Development (BDR)

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GACC Midwest - German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest, Inc.

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 1963

🤝 B2B

📚 Education

⚡ Energy

B2B • Education • Energy

GACC Midwest is the German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest, Inc. , serving as a pivotal contact point for German and American businesses in the Midwest United States. Headquartered in Chicago with chapters in Detroit, Denver, Minneapolis, and Milwaukee, it supports a network of companies through a variety of services, including market entry assistance to the USA, intercultural coaching, and business development consulting. The chamber is involved in significant initiatives such as climate and energy partnerships and the advancement of dual education systems. It facilitates transatlantic business connections and offers networking events, training programs, and visa assistance, working to stimulate economic growth and cooperation between Germany and the United States.

📋 Description

• Develop and expand new business opportunities across North America within engineered materials and technical industrial product markets • Identify and open new industrial applications, customer segments, and specification-driven opportunities • Build relationships with OEMs, manufacturers, industrial customers, converters, distributors, and fabricators • Drive industrial market development activities across manufacturing-focused environments • Position engineered materials and technical industrial solutions within customer-specific applications • Develop commercial traction across multiple industrial sectors and manufacturing end markets • Collaborate closely with international engineering, production, product, and commercial teams • Support growth of the North American commercial structure while remaining personally engaged in customer development and business development activities • Contribute to pipeline development, market strategy, customer targeting, and commercial expansion initiatives • Represent the company at customer meetings, trade shows, technical discussions, and industry events

🎯 Requirements

• Experience in selling technical industrial products or materials into manufacturing environments • Experience opening new markets, customer relationships, industrial applications, or commercial opportunities • Ability to build business and identify growth opportunities across industrial markets • Comfort operating across multiple manufacturing sectors and industrial customer environments • Combination of hands-on business development with commercial leadership responsibilities • Practical, entrepreneurial, growth-oriented commercial mindset • Understanding of how technical products and materials are positioned within industrial customer applications

🏖️ Benefits

• 100% employer-paid medical coverage • Company-supported dental and vision coverage • Employer-paid life, short-term, and long-term disability insurance • Retirement savings participation with company match • 12–14 company-observed holidays annually • A progressive paid time-off structure that increases with tenure • Structured international onboarding across global production sites