Dupont Science and Technologies

DuPont is a science company. Founded in 1802, DuPont puts science to work by creating sustainable solutions essential to a better, safer, healthier life for people everywhere.  Operating in more than 80 countries, DuPont offers a wide range of innovative products and services for markets including agriculture, nutrition, electronics, communications, safety and protection, home and construction, transportation and apparel. We put our science to work to enable better, safer & healthier products in virtually all aspects of life, cutting across all main industries:

Food: from seeds to packaging

Building & Construction: from infrastructure applications to interior design

Transport: from automotive & railways to aerospace

Energy: from oil & gas extraction to photovoltaic solutions.

DuPont in Europe is represented with 14500 employees of 80 nationalities in 40 countries.

DuPont in Eastern and Central Europe is represented in 30 countries (12 in Eastern Europe), and about 1200  employees.  

DuPont in Russia is represented by two offices in Moscow and Saint - Pete, production plant DuPont Khimprom, JV DuPont Russkie Kraski, and 4 technical Laboratories. Number of the company employees in Russia exceeds 300. DuPont is also present in CIS with offices in Almaty and Kiev.

Description:

• To support the business growth in Eastern Europe, DuPont is looking for a Corporate Sales and Marketing Leader who will be based in Kazakhstan. He or she will be part of Regional Sales and Marketing team and will closely co-operate with Business Units across the company, which are interested in offering their products and services in Kazakhstan. The responsibility may be extended to the CCA region on  a case by case manner.
• The position will focus on business development activities on Rail, Oil&Gas, Construction, Food and other sectors in which DuPont operates.

Overall objectives of this position will be:

• Help develop and fine-tune a strategy for Kazakhstan
• To identify and develop market opportunities appropriate to DuPont’s products and services
• To establish and develop effective relationships with potential clients
• To create package solutions for potential and existing clients
• To conduct cross-industry and cross-business unit market studies and build business cases

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In respect of the candidate profile:

• Fluency in written and spoken Kazakh, Russian and English
• University degree in an engineering or business administration discipline - Postgraduate qualification, such as an MBA, would be a benefit
• Preferably 5-12 years experience  and established contacts in Construction, Oil&Gas or Rail industries in Kazakstan and other CCA countries
• Previous experience of working in a Western firm is a must
• Preferably, experience in leading teams
• A strong commitment to achieving results
• A strong commitment to total quality in every aspect of the business
• Able to work effectively without close management supervision
• Energetic with a highly developed entrepreneurial approach to business challenges
• Strong degree of self reliance and well developed influencing skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Excellent range of skills as a communicator both in the spoken and written word
• High personal integrity with a clear commitment to ethical business practices