Adhesive Key Account Manager for Sports & Fashion

About this Position

This position drives strategic sales initiatives and key account management for Tier 1 footwear manufacturers by developing tailored strategies and leading innovative projects. Also, this position builds strong relationships with customers and cross-functional global teams to ensure value delivery and alignment with customer expectations, and leads complex negotiations and identify new business opportunities while managing pricing, claims, and contract processes effectively.

What you´ll do

• Develop and execute sales strategies using a key account approach focused on Tier 1 footwear manufacturers
  
• Coordinate and drive innovative projects and their proliferation
  
• Demonstrate professional global project management that ensures customer visibility and delivers value
  
• Build strong, long-term relationships with customers and internal stakeholders across all communication levels
  
• Interact regularly with global Henkel teams, including Sales, Application Engineering, Marketing, and Innovation
  
• Lead complex negotiations with a strategic and multifaceted approach; Control and support pricing, claims, payments, and contract negotiations
  
• Identify and develop opportunities to expand market share and explore new business, presenting findings to leadership
  
• Determine strategic account direction aligned with customer expectations, including innovation and product development
  
• Ensure prompt and strategic responses to customer inquiries and market/product developments using an agile approach

What makes you a good fit

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Engineering, or a related field; chemical or polymer engineering background preferred
  
• 15+ years of experience in the footwear industry or related sectors, with expertise in Key Account Management, Sales, or Business Development
  
• Strong understanding of materials, chemicals, manufacturing, or consumer goods, with experience supporting global customers in international business environments
  
• Business-level Korean and English communication skills, with the ability to work in Busan, Korea (no visa sponsorship available) and travel abroad and nationwide as required
  
• Customer-focused, self-motivated, and adaptable professional with strong interpersonal skills, a collaborative global mindset, and a passion for sports, fashion, and footwear innovation

Some perks of joining Henkel

• Diverse national and international growth opportunities
  
• Global wellbeing standards with health and preventive care programs
  
• Gender-neutral parental leave for a minimum of 8 weeks
  
• Employee Share Plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares
  
• Retirement Pension DC
  
• Support for Employee Contributions of National Health Insurance
  
• Support for Medical Check-up

At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us! We welcome all applications across different genders, origins, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, disabilities, and generations.