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The Sales Representative is actively engaged in achieving sales goals by developing new business relationships, expanding current customer relationships, and facilitating new product ideas and designs based on customer needs. The Sales Representative proactively and creatively sells packaging and design solutions to address customer’s business needs. Principle Accountabilities: Achieves sales goals and executes sales plans within an assigned sales territory and/or account with new or existing business. Responsible for securing and maintaining distribution of products and/or services, providing pricing, negotiating, and maintaining effective sales agreements. Creates, monitors, and revises lead generation plans to ensure a substantive sales opportunity pipeline. Satisfies existing customer needs and expands existing business by fostering and maintaining customer relationships. Coordinates with the design department on the customer’s behalf to improve existing design and develops new designs. Reviews opportunities and problems, and the efficiency of existing procedures with sales manager and recommends opportunities for improvements. Responsible for overall account management, which may include recordkeeping, credit applications, forecasts, budgets and credit collections from delinquent accounts. Basic Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree Minimum of 3 years of sales experience in corrugated packaging or packaging solutions & distribution. Valid Driver's License and good driving record for the last 3 years in order to qualify for a company vehicle or vehicle reimbursement. Excellent written and oral communication skills. Ability to work well under pressure, self-motivated, manage time well, and be committed to their individual and team’s success. Ability to use independent judgment in negotiating sales agreements and be able to exercise expertise with difficult or sensitive accounts.
Salary estimate
$162,000 – $218,000/yr
Provided by the employer.
Skills for this role
SalesAccount ManagementCommunication
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