Title: Head of Art Location: Anywhere in the world We are seeking a strategically minded business leader to own and grow our global Art Services line of business. This role is responsible for ensuring the successful conversion of sales opportunities into signed, executable business, while building the organizational structure, teams, and delivery models required to scale sustainably. Working in close partnership with the Global Art Director, this leader will balance commercial goals, operational execution, and long-term strategy. They will act as the primary bridge between sales, Art/Codev leadership, production, and delivery, ensuring that client opportunities are not only won, but delivered with excellence, predictability, and profitability. Key Responsibilities: · Own the commercial success of the Art Delivery line of business at global level, including revenue growth, margin targets, and long-term scalability. · Partner closely with the sales team to evaluate, shape, and close new business opportunities, ensuring they are structured for successful delivery. · Participate in client-facing discussions to define scope, pricing models, delivery strategies, and long-term partnership potential. · Ensure that signed deals align with operational capabilities, artistic standards, and strategic goals. · Define and execute a forward-looking strategy for the art business, including service offerings, capacity planning, and market positioning. · Identify opportunities for new capabilities, delivery models, tools, or geographic expansion. · Build new teams in growth regions · Support, grow and mentor current teams · Stay informed on industry trends in game art production, outsourcing, and co-development to inform business decisions. · Design, organize, and deploy cross-functional delivery teams, along with the Global Art Director, to meet client needs effectively and efficiently. · Establish scalable structures, workflows, and resource models in partnership with production and art/codev leadership. · Ensure clarity of roles, responsibilities, and accountability across the delivery organization. · Act as an escalation point for delivery or resourcing challenges, driving solutions that protect client relationships and business outcomes. · Build trusted relationships with key clients as a business and delivery leader. · Ensure consistent communication and alignment between internal teams and external partners. · Represent the Art Services business internally, providing clear reporting on performance, risks, and opportunities.

Title: Head of Art Location: Anywhere in the world We are seeking a strategically minded business leader to own and grow our global Art Services line of business. This role is responsible for ensuring the successful conversion of sales opportunities into signed, executable business, while building the organizational structure, teams, and delivery models required to scale sustainably. Working in close partnership with the Global Art Director, this leader will balance commercial goals, operational execution, and long-term strategy. They will act as the primary bridge between sales, Art/Codev leadership, production, and delivery, ensuring that client opportunities are not only won, but delivered with excellence, predictability, and profitability. Key Responsibilities: · Own the commercial success of the Art Delivery line of business at global level, including revenue growth, margin targets, and long-term scalability. · Partner closely with the sales team to evaluate, shape, and close new business opportunities, ensuring they are structured for successful delivery. · Participate in client-facing discussions to define scope, pricing models, delivery strategies, and long-term partnership potential. · Ensure that signed deals align with operational capabilities, artistic standards, and strategic goals. · Define and execute a forward-looking strategy for the art business, including service offerings, capacity planning, and market positioning. · Identify opportunities for new capabilities, delivery models, tools, or geographic expansion. · Build new teams in growth regions · Support, grow and mentor current teams · Stay informed on industry trends in game art production, outsourcing, and co-development to inform business decisions. · Design, organize, and deploy cross-functional delivery teams, along with the Global Art Director, to meet client needs effectively and efficiently. · Establish scalable structures, workflows, and resource models in partnership with production and art/codev leadership. · Ensure clarity of roles, responsibilities, and accountability across the delivery organization. · Act as an escalation point for delivery or resourcing challenges, driving solutions that protect client relationships and business outcomes. · Build trusted relationships with key clients as a business and delivery leader. · Ensure consistent communication and alignment between internal teams and external partners. · Represent the Art Services business internally, providing clear reporting on performance, risks, and opportunities.

• Play a pivotal role in maintaining and developing relationships with our clients. • Consolidate our presence on the local market. **This is a remote vacancy open to candidates residing in India.**

About AkzoNobel Since 1792, we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people’s lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today – while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together. For more information please visit www.akzonobel.com © 2024 Akzo Nobel N.V. All rights reserved. Job Purpose Account Manager - Industrial Metal Coatings - Preference will be given to candidates residing in Texas. Experience in Steel/Metal/Roll former industry preferred. Assigned Territory: Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana. The purpose of this role is to ensure that adequate resources and capability (people and processes) reside within the business to deliver on the financial and non financial targets by managing business relationships with customers / accounts (current customers and new prospects) especially strategic customers. Key Responsibilities • Create and execute Account/Customer plans aligned with Regional / Global Segment & Marketing plan if applicable. • Work closely with marketing to develop comprehensive sales strategies for existing and potential accounts. • Identify and follow up on new business opportunities, pinpoints the existing and/or potential problems and arranges for their resolution. • Negotiate terms and conditions of customer contracts. • Executes pricing actions as necessary. • Work closely with customers to regularly update demand forecasts. • Develop, execute and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) for regional sales team. • Conduct periodic business reviews. • Interface with internal Akzo Nobel groups (Customer Service, Finance, R&D, Logistics, etc.) to ensure customers are in sync with our internal teams. • Develop relevant Commercial pipeline for respective accounts. • Deliver the agreed financial and non financial targets in line with business budgets. • Drive innovation through customers. • Develop and maintain contact map within each account – at all reporting level and across all functions. • Drive Continuous Improvement across the organization to generate value to customers – Forecast, Service, capability, efficiency and productivity. • Collaborate with cross functional teams including relevant teams at the key accounts to prioritize new developments, make plans for trials, etc. • Provide support and leadership to sales, customer services and technical teams by showing vision, putting in resources to ensure high service levels and operational efficiency. • Steward new business development projects opposite account requirements. Job Requirements • Knowledge & Work Experience: Paints and coatings industry, any B2B industry environment. Experience in Steel/Metal/Roll former industry preferred. • 5-8 years of work experience in commercial roles, sales and key account management, sales to strategic accounts • Minimum Bachelor Degree in business management or related field. • Problem solving, stakeholder management, project management, decision making, creating value propositions, drive, results orientation, commercial and business acumen. • Understanding of cross functional processes and financial concepts related to sales and cost to serve. • Computer and Presentation skills required Rewards & Benefits Base salary range for this role is: $105,000 - $115,000. This is the range that we in good faith anticipate relying on when setting wages for this position. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This salary range may also be modified in the future. - Eligible for an annual 35% bonus. - Monthly car allowance. - Benefits beginning Day 1 - 401K retirement savings with 6% company match - Annual bonus - Medical insurance with HSA - Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D benefits - Generous vacation, personal and holiday pay - Remote position - Tuition Reimbursement - Career growth opportunities Competencies Accepting Direction Accepting Responsibility Acquiring Information At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability. Requisition ID: #LI-SS1