Business Development Specialist

The Business Development Specialist is responsible for maintaining strong relationships with customers and commercial management for tolling services. The business development specialist reports to the manufacturing commercial manager with a dotted line to the plant manager.Duties and Responsibilities:Develop strong customer relationships at multiple levels and understanding of their product and business strategy. Understand the customers' values and imperatives, such as safety, sustainability, or community; communicate and align as appropriate.Take the lead in hosting customers for customer onsite visits.Represent Aprilia & other Gowan manufacturing sites at tradeshow events.Manage commercial pricing in collaboration with the plant manager.Collaborate with supply chain team with sourcing support for third party opportunities.Hold annual pricing reviews.Work closely with finance to understand the cost of operations to ensure effective pricing.Identify opportunities for additional business in the ongoing facilities or partnerships for expansion.Work with Manufacturing Commercial Manager in building business cases for new projects.Maintain deep understanding of current contracts in place and ensure proper contract management. Maintain deep knowledge about emerging trends in formulation technologies, how demand may change for various processes and recommend the path for Gowan Aprilia.Understand capabilities of Gowan manufacturing sites to represent the entities effectively.Qualifications Required: A strong technical foundation and broad understanding of crop protection and/or plant health products.Knowledge of chemical manufacturing and formulations.Excellent communication abilities internally and with the external network.Creative/Critical thinking skillset.Bachelor's degree in related field.Travel Required: This position is mostly on-site in Aprilia, Italy with approximately 25% travel required.