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Company profile:
A family-owned company specializing in premium quality flexible films, Established its position as a market leader in the UK and across Europe through continued investment in manufacturing capability, new product development, quality excellence, and the creation of an unprecedented service culture.
Title: Sales Executive
Role and Responsibilities:
- Maintaining and developing existing customers (60%)
- New business development (40%)
- Identifying and mapping customers’ flexible packaging needs
- Maintaining and developing sales pipeline
- Preparing and negotiating offers and contracts, and managing sales price adjustments
- Increasing market awareness of total product portfolio
- Planning budgets, sales volume, values, product mix and time scales
We are looking to recruit a Sales Executive for our UK organization, who will be responsible for developing sales with companies primarily in the food industry (fresh meat, fish, cheese, poultry and ready meals).The successful candidate will represent a wide portfolio of packaging solutions and will execute sales across all units.
We are in a growth phase following the company’s biggest investment in the UK and as well as selling established market leading products, the candidate will also be tasked with selling and marketing a range of sustainable packaging solutions, in line with the target of being carbon neutral
Qualifications and knowledge:
- Proven track record in the packaging industry
- Proven results in business development and managing accounts
- Excellent project management skills
- Technical background, combined with commercial mindset
- Solid written and oral communication skills (delivering presentations, public speaking, one-to-one negotiations, telephone communications, etc.)
- Self-driven, enthusiastic and result-oriented, with attention to detail
- Strong communication skills
- Shows initiative and demonstrates dynamic thinking
- A flexible and empathic attitude
The successful candidate will be an entrepreneurial and outgoing team-player, with industry contacts at a decision-making level. They must also be willing to spend several nights away from home per month.
What we Offer:
- An independent position in a territory with high growth potential
- A varied and versatile role, liaising with key industry players
- The role includes a fully expensed electric company car, company pension scheme with a company
- contribution of 5.5%, annual bonus target of a maximum 2-month salary, income protection scheme, extensive health & well-being package and many other benefits available.
Salary: Circa 66k
