Specification Advisor

Job Responsibilities:

• Secure specification of AkzoNobel architectural furniture, Appliance, General Industrial & Furniture powder coatings in Vietnam.

• Build and maintain relationships with the network of key specifiers, specification consultants and curtain wall companies for these coatings within Vietnam.

• Support architects, designers and specification consultants in developing coating-specifications.

• Establish a database of Specification Consultants, Architects, Designers, Construction Companies and Owners.

• Follow up architectural projects on a common database by stage until powder application.

• Follow up PO, lead time production, delivery date and involve functional in the urgent case.

• OD follow up and update to finance & Sale.

• Follow up and support sale to solve the issues in the projects process.

• Deliver lectures to specifiers and final year under graduate architects.

• Liaise with SBU counterpart to ensure a coordinated approach to international specifiers.

• Develop and maintain local specifier and project data bases.

• Responsible for keeping and updating projects / architects/ track records databases.

• Work closely with the laboratory for the timely supply of colour matching panels and mock up samples.

• Prepare a monthly report so that the Vietnam and ASEAN management team can monitor conformance to the architectural and furniture business strategy and the specification plan.

• Relationship with top owners, main constructor, sub – Constructor to ensure specified AkzoNobel powder coating in their projects.

• Find the new Façades and develop relationship.

• Experience in analyst market, product quality, technologies, cost and make the forecast for project.

• Cooperation with Marketing Dept for presentation and event to customer.

Job Requirements:

• Graduate, preferably with a degree from a business school or with an architectural background.

• At least 2 years experience in specification selling in similar or related industries.

• Knowledge of, or experience with, powder coatings is an advantage.

• Creative and original thinker, self-motivated, and determined.

• Outstanding ambassador for the company, representing the brand professionally at all times.

• Excellent communication skills, including writing, presenting, and speaking in an international context, with fluency in English.

• Able to establish credibility with specifiers (designers, architects, consultants).

• Based in the Ho Chi Minh City office, with some travel required throughout Vietnam and the ASEAN region.