Sales Trainee

Sales Trainee

Summary
Our Sales Trainee program is designed to familiarize the employee with corrugated manufacturing to better prepare the employee for entering Sales. Exposure to the business will include, but is not limited to: Design, Testing, Customer Service, Scheduling, Quality, Waste, Corrugator, Converting, Shipping and Sales.

• Possess good project management skills driving commercialization and other opportunities against business strategies
• Self-starter and proactive in challenging technical assumptions and current business practices
• Demonstrate strong troubleshooting skills with the mindset of continuous improvement techniques (such as Lean, Six Sigma, etc.), showing thorough understanding of the interactions between process operations, ingredients, methods, environment and people to provide robust operating systems
• Work closely with all departments on a rotation to share workload and will be fully immersed in as many job functions as necessary. The objective is to learn interactively through contribution
• Demonstrate technical and business expertise for our packaging systems offering strategic direction for existing and new packaging solutions and technologies

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree
• One to two years outside selling experience or related experience and college course work
• Preferred Background To Include Production experience
• Knowledge of quality standards
• Design knowledge
• Interaction with customer

Education And Experience Requirements
Bachelors Degree
One to two years outside selling experience or related experience and college course work
Preferred Background To Include Production experience
Knowledge of quality standards
Design knowledge
Interaction with customer

Reasoning Abilities
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or graphic form

Physical Demands
Employee is regularly required to walk and talk and hear, stand, and sit. Vision requirements include: close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Able to move materials on pallets at Pratt and VMI location and stock stations with said materials.

Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, and fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. In addition, the employee frequently drives to and from customers and prospects and may experience hazardous driving conditions.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as sales reports, operating instructions, and training and procedure manuals
• Ability to write reports and correspondence
• Ability to speak and communicate clearly and effectively
• Bilingual preferred
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, costs, proportions, percentages, and volume

Skills

• Excel spreadsheet
• PowerPoint presentations
• Data collection & reporting
• Strong communication & documentation skills
• Ability to multitask
• Manage projects and lead activity

Benefits

Perks of Pratt?
Insurance benefits within ONE MONTH of hire
Upon Hire: Paid holidays

Pay

Competitive Pay

Schedule

Full-time