We’re recruiting an Associate Materials Solutions Lead on behalf of a globally recognised advanced materials business headquartered in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. This is a full-time, permanent position and a genuinely distinctive opportunity for a technically qualified professional looking to bridge the gap between materials science and commercial delivery — with a clear development path toward full Lead ownership of the most complex and high-value projects in the business.
Working alongside the Materials Solutions Lead, you’ll own materials opportunities of moderate complexity end to end — from understanding a customer’s technical requirements and shaping the right solution, through to coordinating specialists and driving the commercial deal to close. This isn’t a purely technical role, and it isn’t a purely commercial one. It’s for someone who is comfortable in both worlds and wants to grow into owning some of the most strategically significant materials projects the business handles. If that trajectory appeals to you, this is worth a serious look.
Main Responsibilities:
- Taking ownership of materials opportunities of moderate complexity from qualification through to commercial close
- Understanding and interpreting customers’ technical requirements and translating them into deliverable materials solutions
- Bringing together technical, sourcing and quality colleagues to build and deliver each solution
- Leading proposals, pricing, negotiation and close — with support from the Lead on the most complex calls
- Partnering with account managers to provide technical and commercial expertise on customer opportunities
- Contributing to Goodfellow’s largest and most strategic materials projects to build toward independent ownership
- Developing knowledge and capability across materials families, commercial processes and specialist applications
Skills/Experience:
- STEM degree in materials science, engineering, chemistry or a closely related discipline — essential
- Some experience in technical or solution sales, applications engineering or a commercial role within advanced materials, engineering or a comparable technical B2B environment — essential
- Sound commercial judgement across pricing, margin and negotiation
- Ability to coordinate technical specialists to deliver customer solutions
- Exposure to technically-led sales cycles and the pace and persistence they require
- Ambition and trajectory to grow into a full Lead role
- Breadth across materials families such as metals, alloys, ceramics, glasses, polymers or composites — desirable
- Exposure to microfabrication and/or materials testing and analysis — desirable
- Experience using Salesforce or a comparable CRM — desirable
- Experience in procurement or supplier sourcing — desirable
Salary & Working Hours:
Salary is competitive and dependent on experience. Full-time, permanent position based in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. Further details will be provided upon application.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary dependent on experience
- Clear development path toward the full Materials Solutions Lead role
- Work alongside deep technical expertise within a globally recognised advanced materials business
- Collaborative, specialist team environment
- Exposure to high-value, strategically significant materials projects across aerospace, medical research, engineering and emerging technology sectors
- A business with genuine ambition — backed by Battery Ventures and growing through international expansion and acquisition