Commercial Account Manager - Strategic Accounts

Job Description:

About the Role:

Dow Jones Energy is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Commercial Account Manager to manage and significantly grow product sales within key strategic accounts across the APAC region.

This is a senior sales position focused on identifying, qualifying, negotiating, and closing complex enterprise solutions to exceed ambitious sales targets. You will be responsible for maximizing profitable revenue growth and serving as a key ambassador for Dow Jones Energy within the assigned territory.

About the Team:

Dow Jones Energy delivers trusted price transparency, benchmarks, analytics, news, and insight across the global energy, chemicals, metals, and fuel supply value chain. Our offerings support customers across spot, wholesale, and retail markets, as well as emerging segments tied to the energy transition.

Through authoritative data, real-time intelligence, and deep market expertise, Dow Jones Energy enables customers to make confident, high-stakes commercial decisions in volatile and fast-evolving markets.

You Will:

• Be accountable for meeting or exceeding revenue targets by identifying market expansion drivers, managing performance-to-plan, and adjusting sales initiatives as needed.

• Create and manage a robust new business pipeline in the CRM (Salesforce), generating leads through prospecting, marketing sources, and customer meetings (face-to-face and virtual).

• Demonstrate strong closing skills for large, complex enterprise solutions, leveraging deep regional chemical industry knowledge, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.

• Build and nurture strong relationships with key decision-makers, including C-level executives, to increase sales and implement consultative and value-selling methodologies.

• Develop and execute comprehensive account plans in collaboration with leadership, and provide highly accurate monthly forecasting (within 95% accuracy) based on your CRM pipeline.

• Work cross-functionally with commercial teams, product management, and Dow Jones Energy colleagues to drive cross-sell opportunities and ensure proper positioning of complex solutions.

• Stay current on the chemical industry, including market trends, business processes, competitor strategies, and quickly become an expert in new OPIS products and services.

You Have:

• A minimum of 10 years of professional sales experience, with at least 8 years of demonstrated success selling complex enterprise solutions to customers in the APAC.

• Proven success calling on and building relationships with senior executives in the chemical industry, petroleum, or refining sectors.

• A strong history of uncovering customer needs and navigating the buying process within multi-national companies.

• Expertise in consultative and value selling methodology, with an acute business sense and comfort discussing value propositions.

• Proficiency in a CRM platform (Salesforce preferred) and Microsoft applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

• Exceptional closing skills, persistence, and ability to work autonomously as a self-starter.

• Excellent verbal and written English proficiency; fluency in Arabic is a plus

• A Bachelor's degree (a science or related technical field is a plus).

Our Benefits

• Comprehensive Insurance Plans

• Paid Time Off

• Family Care Benefits

• Access to Dow Jones Products

• Subscription Discounts

• Employee Referral Program

• Employee Well-being Support & Fitness Programs

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

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Business Area:

Dow Jones - OPIS - CMA

Job Category:

Sales

Union Status:

Non-Union role