Location: Hybrid working available - base site can be our Grimsby or Lincoln facility.
Role: Full Time, Permanent, Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours.
Salary: Highly Competitive + Bonus scheme.
ProAmpac is a leading global flexible packaging company with comprehensive product offerings. We provide creative packaging solutions, industry-leading customer service, and award-winning innovation to a diverse global marketplace. We are guided in our work by core values that are the basis for our success: Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, Involvement, and Impact.
ProAmpac brings brand owners and packaging experts together to generate fresh thinking, accelerate advanced technology, and increase speed-to-market, package customization, and consumer differentiation.
Aim/Purpose of Job:
To be responsible for the management of new and existing accounts, ensuring that agreed budgets are achieved and all potential for additional growth is satisfied.
To meet sales targets set by the Sales Director and ensure that customer requirements are communicated and adhered to. To identify opportunities for new packaging formats within the marketplace and liaise with both the sales and technical teams to develop new potential products.
To establish and maintain relevant approvals with retailers associated with the named house accounts, working closely with the Sales Director in these areas to identify new business opportunities.
The ideal candidate will lead the account development and penetration strategy for assigned customers or regions. They should be skilled at building and maintaining relationships with clients and work to provide exceptional customer service to clients.
Main Duties & Tasks:
1. Manage a portfolio of accounts
2. Develop positive relationships with clients
3. Resolve conflicts and provide solutions to clients in a timely manner
4. Maintain regular contact with specific customers in the UK and European regions and troubleshoot in areas if required
5. Provide marketing/sales/product information to existing/potential customers via the telephone, computer, post, or in person
6. Provide an important link between the sales and technical teams and have a good understanding of the production processes for all relevant accounts.
7. Identify and target business development opportunities in both home and export markets. Visit existing/potential customers to make presentations to maintain, enhance or gain business
8. Negotiate new price structures for both new and existing customers
9. Work with the Sales Director to forecast customers' anticipated spend for the year and produce budgeting information
10. Investigate/analyze shortfalls in individual customer expenditure
11. Liaise closely with Internal Sales Manager and internal sales coordinators to ensure customer deadlines/requirements are met
12. Produce all internal documentation and reports as required by the Sales Director from time to time
13. Work as part of a team, supporting colleagues and sharing information.
14. Undertake all Hygiene, Quality, and Environmental responsibilities to ensure that company standards are met and surpassed
15. Introduce and maintain safe working systems to ensure personnel are kept free from injury and operations are safe and efficient
16. Work within government and company Equal Opportunities Policy and practices and report any deviations
17. Work in accordance with all company environmental management requirements, taking reasonable care for the protection of the environment through your own acts/omissions and report any opportunities for improving environmental targets
18. Work within government and Company Health & Safety policies and practices and report any deviations
19. Be flexible in undertaking duties and responsibilities and may be asked to perform other duties that correspond to the general character of the position and are commensurate with its level of responsibility
20. Ability to travel across the UK and Europe where required
21. Self-motivated
22. Assertive and self-confident
23. Willingness to work to a flexible schedule
24. Professional written and verbal communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
25. Able to facilitate and participate in group meetings
26. Maintain a professional appearance and provide a positive company image
27. Confidentiality and discretion
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience preferred, specifically within Packaging or FMCG.
Understanding of sales performance metrics.
Proficient in CRM software and Microsoft Office suite.
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