Regional Sales Manager
Film & Bag Division
Amcor, Inc. with headquarters in Thomson, GA is a privately held manufacturer and supplier to the global plastics industry. The company was founded 25+ years ago and operates four divisions, all of which are poised for a period of rapid growth. This role is within the Custom Film & Bag Division, which manufactures and sells polyethylene film products to a wide variety of customers for their diverse packaging applications. The company is extremely innovative and has grown by following a simple yet powerful philosophy: “to solve customers’ problems and challenges”. For more information, visit www.amcorplastics.com.
- Reports directly to Director of National Sales
- Salary: $70,000 – $80,000 with commission potential to $100K+
- Location: P1 Bags and Film Division
Description:
The company is seeking a Regional Sales Manager within its Film & Bag Division to generate new business and customer relationships in a fast-paced, high-energy, customer-focused environment. The role may also include growing existing accounts within the assigned territory. The ideal candidate will reside in the Midwest or Southeast and be within reasonable distance of a major airport. This role requires significant travel within the assigned territory to meet customers and prospects. This role reports to the Division Director and is best suited for a self-starter who wants to have an immediate impact by delivering results in an entrepreneurial environment. This is a career development position with high earnings potential.
Responsibilities:
- Develop new accounts through networking, referrals, prospecting, and cold calling. Take prospects through the sales process by addressing their needs and closing new accounts.
- Maintaining strong relationships with existing customers to identify new opportunities for growth (both within the account as well as within other companies/contacts in their network).
- Expected daily in-field prospecting and customer calls as well as regular travel and visits to company’s headquarters in Thomson, GA.
- Communicate daily with sales team/management on the status of sales opportunities (funnel), orders, product delivery, and customer concerns.
- Must be willing to “roll up sleeves” and work in a production environment on a regular basis during initial 6 month on-boarding period in order to learn film products, production processes and equipment technologies.
- Maintain and develop product and technical knowledge in the plastics industry.
- Contribute to the team effort as required.
Requirements:
- A hunter mentality with a track record of identifying, developing, closing and growing new customer accounts.
- Demonstrated business and commercial savvy, with a strong orientation for sales/profit results.
- An ability to build relationships at all levels of an account, combined with a customer service mentality.
- Minimum 5 years of demonstrated B2B sales success with at least 3 years in industrial sales (packaging experience highly preferred; selling into the automotive industry a plus).
- Good with data analysis in order to determine trends regarding historical sales/production, product purchases/output and buying/purchasing patterns.
- Minimum 50% travel within the territory (to include overnight), with regular visits to Amcor’s headquarters in Thomson, GA.
- Strong communication and organizations skills, a team player!
- A Bachelor’s degree from a four-year university or an equivalent combination of education plus manufacturing/sales experience.
Amcor Inc. offers a competitive base salary and residual incentive compensation along with benefits such as company car, laptop, cell phone, complete health insurance and 401K w/ company match. All applicants must have permanent legal ability to work in the US. For potential consideration, please apply today with your resume in MS Word or pdf format to fevans@amcorplastics.com
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