Area Manager - Maternity Contract

Peacock Bros.; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site parking

Novated lease offerings

17.5% annual leave loading

Strong work-life balance

Employee Assistance Program

Access to Medallion Club

Job summary

Peacock Bros. is seeking a Sales Representative / Area Manager to grow a portfolio of client accounts from its Oakleigh base. You will act as the main contact, delivering tailored labelling solutions and ensuring high-quality service across customers.

With a focus on both sales development and technical knowledge, you’ll collaborate with internal teams and attend meetings, presentations, and networking events. This fixed-term maternity leave cover role offers valuable hands-on experience.

Qualifications

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Highly organised with excellent time management.
• Confident using Microsoft Office and learning new systems.
• Sales experience and/or knowledge of print or labelling (preferred but not essential).

Responsibilities

• Manage and grow existing customer accounts, ensuring seamless end‑to‑end service.
• Identify and secure new business opportunities through proactive prospecting.
• Prepare quotations and manage the full sales cycle.
• Build strong, long‑term relationships with clients and key stakeholders.
• Act as the primary point of contact for customer enquiries and solutions.
• Collaborate with internal teams across sales, estimating, production, and design.
• Attend client meetings, presentations, and networking events.
• Maintain accurate customer records and sales pipelines.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives within the division.
• Assist with issue resolution and contribute to quality improvement processes.

Skills

Communication skills

Time management

Organisational skills

Sales experience

Print/labeling knowledge

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Sales Representative / Area Manager - Labels & Flexible Packaging (Maternity Leave Cover)

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a key member of our team based in Oakleigh, you will be responsible for developing, managing, and growing a portfolio of client accounts. Acting as the main point of contact, you’ll ensure customers receive high-quality service and tailored labelling solutions to meet their needs.

You’ll combine your sales expertise with technical knowledge, working closely with internal teams while building lasting relationships with clients.

This is a fixed-term contract role covering maternity leave, offering an excellent opportunity to gain hands‑on experience and make an immediate impact within our team.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage and grow existing customer accounts, ensuring seamless end‑to‑end service
• Identify and secure new business opportunities through proactive prospecting
• Prepare quotations and manage the full sales cycle
• Build strong, long‑term relationships with clients and key stakeholders
• Act as the primary point of contact for customer enquiries and solutions
• Collaborate with internal teams across sales, estimating, production, and design
• Attend client meetings, presentations, and networking events
• Maintain accurate customer records and sales pipelines
• Support continuous improvement initiatives within the division
• Assist with issue resolution and contribute to quality improvement processes

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Highly organised with excellent time management
• Confident using Microsoft Office and learning new systems
• Sales experience and/or knowledge of print or labelling (preferred but not essential)

WHAT ARE THE PERKS?

• 17.5% annual leave loading
• On‑Site Parking
• Novated lease offerings.
• Strong work‑life balance.
• Employee Assistance Program
• Access to the Company's Medallion Club

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Peacock Bros. have been a market leading provider of supply chain solutions for over 130 years. As a fifth-generation family‑owned and operated business, Peacock Bros. is proud of its long‑standing heritage and commitment to fostering innovation across the Peacock Group. At Peacock Bros, we take a customer centric, collaborative, team‑based approach to deliver solutions for a wide variety of industries throughout Australia and New Zealand.

ABOUT THE GROUP

The Peacock Group is a dynamic collective of family‑owned, industry‑leading companies, including Peacock Bros., insignia, and AMR Hewitts. Together, these brands provide cutting‑edge solutions in labelling, data capture, coding and marking, product identification, and printed packaging solutions. With a shared dedication to Innovation, Quality, Expertise & Efficiency, the Peacock Group seamlessly blends family values with decades of industry experience to deliver exceptional service and products that meet the evolving needs of their clients.

Peacock Bros is an equal opportunity employer. This means applicants will be assessed on skill and merit and will be selected based on their suitability for the role. We aim to recruit a diverse range of people with a diverse range of talents to help us achieve our goals.

Applicants must be over 18 years of age. We may request proof of identity to confirm you are over 18.

Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.