Sales Manager

Responsibilities

• Regional leader whose primary objectives are to exceed territory growth, revenue quota, organizational health, and customer satisfaction goals
• Grow and develop a team of qualified sales professionals with high potential and a proven track record of success
• Lead and manage a high performance, customer-focused team of Account Executives (AE) to deliver customer business value and solid customer relationships
• Coach direct reports in sales strategy, pipeline management, opportunity management and career planning/development
• Apply knowledge of the business, industry, and domain expertise to assist AEs in identifying, creating and closing profitable, margin enhancing business opportunities
• Help grow and maintain a healthy vendor ecosystem to drive sales
• Meet personal and team goals for profit, number of calls, and other sales metrics
• Manage and close complex sales cycles with C-level decision makers

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university; or a minimum of five years sales experience and/or training within the packaging industry
• Minimum of 5 years in sales management experience required
• Sales experience in an industrial setting or packaging preferred
• In-depth sales experience with strong understanding of the solution selling process
• Effective influencing skills – adept at ability to understand the needs of, and ability to influence, personnel ranging up to C-level decision makers
• Strong analytical skills to effectively track sales activity, develop sales plans, understand local market and competitive trends, and complete the analysis of sales deals
• Solid Microsoft Office skills with emphasis on Outlook, Word and Excel