Sales Manager – Middle East
TXM Solutions
Role:Job Overview
We are seeking an experienced and results-driven Sales Manager – Middle East to lead business development and market expansion for an innovative, patented, multifunctional polymer additive technology across the Middle East.
The product offers advanced solutions across multiple segments of the plastics industry, particularly in polymer recycling, material performance enhancement, processing efficiency, and sustainability.
The ideal candidate will have a strong background in masterbatch, polymer additives, elastomers, and performance-enhancing solutions, combined with an established customer network across the UAE and/or Saudi Arabia.
This is a highly commercial, business development-focused position requiring a strong hunter mentality, with the ability to identify opportunities, acquire new customers, conduct commercial negotiations, and drive revenue growth.
Key Responsibilities
Sales & Business Development
Develop and implement sales strategies to expand market presence across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and wider Middle East.
Identify and secure new business opportunities with plastic converters, recyclers, compounders, masterbatch manufacturers, and polymer processing companies.
Leverage existing industry relationships to generate immediate business opportunities and accelerate market penetration.
Drive sales growth across conventional polymer applications and innovative recycling solutions.
Build and manage a strong sales pipeline, from prospecting and customer engagement through product trials, commercial negotiations, and order conversion.
Identify opportunities to introduce new additive solutions and replace existing products where commercially and technically suitable.
Establish and maintain strong relationships with key customers, procurement teams, and technical decision-makers.
Monitor market developments, competitor activities, pricing trends, and emerging customer requirements.
Achieve assigned sales targets and contribute to long-term regional business growth.
Customer Engagement & Technical Sales Support
Understand customer requirements related to polymer processing, material performance, and recycled content optimisation.
Promote appropriate polymer additive solutions based on customer applications and processing requirements.
Coordinate customer product trials, technical evaluations, and commercial-scale implementation with technical teams.
Identify opportunities to improve processing efficiency, material properties, and manufacturing costs.
Collaborate with internal technical and commercial teams to resolve customer challenges and support successful product adoption.
Product & Industry Applications
The role involves promoting multifunctional polymer additive solutions with applications including:
Elastomers and impact modifiers
Compatibilizers and coupling agents
Processing lubricants and degassing agents
Polymer recycling and recycled content enhancement
Filler optimisation and performance improvement
Sustainable polymer solutions
Target Processing Industries
Flexible packaging and blown film extrusion
PP injection moulding and thin-wall applications
Blow moulding
Plastic recycling and reprocessing
Masterbatch manufacturing and polymer compounding
PP raffia, non-woven fabrics, and geomembranes
PP sheets and filaments
Wire and cable compounds
XLPE compounds
Engineering plastics, including Nylon, ABS, and PET
Filled and reinforced polymer compounds
Candidate Requirements – Mandatory
Experience & Industry Knowledge
Minimum 12 years of B2B sales experience in the plastics, polymer, masterbatch, or additives industry.
Proven experience selling masterbatch and/or performance additives across multiple plastics processing sectors.
Must have sales exposure across different applications, particularly:
Flexible films and blown film extrusion
PP injection moulding
Plastic recycling and/or polymer compounding
Strong understanding of polymer processing technologies, including extrusion, injection moulding, blow moulding, recycling, and compounding.
Candidates with experience limited to a single plastics industry segment will not be preferred.
Customer Network & Market Experience
Must possess a large, established customer network within the UAE and/or Saudi Arabia.
Strong existing relationships with plastic converters, masterbatch manufacturers, recyclers, compounders, and polymer processing companies.
Proven ability to independently generate leads, acquire new customers, and close business opportunities.
Demonstrated success in developing new markets, introducing new products, and achieving sales targets.
Language & Professional Skills
Fluency in Arabic is mandatory.
Strong English communication, presentation, and negotiation skills.
Proven hunter mentality, with a successful track record of new business acquisition.
Strong commercial awareness and the ability to engage with both technical and commercial decision-makers.
Self-motivated, entrepreneurial, and target-driven.
Willingness to travel regularly across the Middle East, particularly the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
