Outside sales

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• 401(k) matching
• Bonus based on performance
• Competitive salary
• Dental insurance
• Opportunity for advancement
• Benefits/Perks
• Competitive Compensation
• Paid Time Off
• Career Growth Opportunities

About Applied Molecules

Applied Molecules is a privately owned, technology-forward maker of UV, EB and LED curable coatings, primers, adhesives and resins. Our tagline says what we do: Protect · Bond · Seal · Print.

• Over 100 years of combined UV/EB experience across graphic arts, display, fiber optics, automotive pressure-sensitive adhesives, laminating adhesives and floor coatings, plus broad polymer chemistry for the CASE market (coatings, adhesives, sealants, elastomers).
• A world-class CASE lab in Florida where we do customer and direct research to develop material solutions.
• A manufacturing plant in Whitmore Lake, Michigan that makes our UV, EB and LED materials, from small batches to large volumes.
• Markets: graphic arts, composites and transportation, 3D printing (Print Juice resins and Battle Bond adhesives) and custom material solutions.
• Responsible chemistry: no PFAS, no heavy metals, low-VOC 99.99% solids graphic arts products, and TPO removed from our graphic arts line five years ago.

What you'll do

Graphic arts (labels and packaging)

• Sell UV, UV LED and EB overprint varnishes, coatings, primers and laminating adhesives to narrow web label printers, flexible packaging converters, and folding carton and corrugated printers.
• Lead conversations on LED curing, low- and no-migration packaging, barrier and tactile coatings, cold foil and inkjet coatings, and compliance topics such as GIO, Prop 65 and PFAS.
• Run press trials with customers and our lab, and turn successful trials into repeat business.

Composites and transportation

• Sell one-part, light-curable edge sealers, paint-pop primers and sealers, and fast UV LED repair fillers to automotive and heavy truck composite part makers (SMC, BMC, fiberglass, carbon fiber).
• Show plants how in-line UV LED repair improves first-pass yield and cuts scrap compared with two-part body fillers.
• Open doors for our energy-curable hotmelts and PSAs in automotive bonding.

Across the business

• Introduce customers to our 3D printing resins and adhesives and to custom development through our Florida lab.
• Build and manage a pipeline, forecast accurately and keep CRM records current.
• Work closely with our chemists and plant to scope projects, set up samples and solve technical problems.
• Represent Applied Molecules at trade shows such as LOUPE, CAMX and RadTech events.
• Bring market and competitor insight back to the team.

What you bring

Required

• 7+ years of B2B technical sales in specialty chemicals, coatings, adhesives or inks.
• Hands-on knowledge of UV, UV LED or EB curing, with a track record selling into graphic arts or composites (both is a strong plus).
• Comfort on a press floor or production line: running trials, reading results and talking with operators, plant managers and buyers alike.
• A proven record of opening new accounts and growing existing ones.
• Willingness to travel about 50% of the time.

Preferred

• Existing relationships with label, packaging or flexible packaging converters, or with automotive and truck composite molders.
• Familiarity with low-migration packaging.

What we offer

• Competitive base salary plus commission or bonus tied to growth.
• Health benefits, retirement plan and paid time off.
• Company vehicle or car allowance, phone and laptop.
• Direct access to our chemists, our Florida lab and our Michigan plant, so you can promise customers solutions and deliver them.
• A growing, privately owned company where your territory and ideas shape the business.

This is a remote position.