Consumer Food & Beverage Packaging Sales Rep -
Smurfit Westrock
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Job summary
Smurfit Westrock is seeking a Sales Representative to manage existing accounts and pursue new opportunities across the West Region. You will partner with sales leadership to plan budgets and leverage machine capacity and value-added services.
Ideal candidates have 5–10 years of B2B sales experience, proficiency with Salesforce.com, and strong presentation and negotiation skills. The role offers growth in a global packaging company with comprehensive benefits.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree preferred or equivalent experience.
- 5–10 years of B2B sales experience in manufacturing/service sectors.
- Experience with Salesforce.com and analytics tools (Power BI/QlikView).
- Proven ability to build a strong sales pipeline and close multi-year contracts.
Responsibilities
- Manage existing accounts and develop new business in the West Region.
- Define account vision and growth plans aligned with customer needs.
- Identify pricing dynamics and inform commercial decisions.
- Develop and manage a robust sales pipeline and forecast.
- Meet or exceed budgeted sales goals and drive enterprise revenue.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to execute sales strategy.
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Job description
Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) is the go-to leader and partner of choice in sustainable packaging. We are dedicated to creating efficient and scalable paper and packaging solutions to help solve complex packaging challenges. Guided by our values of safety, loyalty, integrity and respect, we are committed to delivering meaningful value for shareholders, customers, employees and the communities where we operate.
Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) is the go-to leader and partner of choice in sustainable packaging. We are dedicated to creating efficient and scalable paper and packaging solutions to help solve complex packaging challenges. Guided by our values of safety, loyalty, integrity and respect, we are committed to delivering meaningful value for shareholders, customers, employees and the communities where we operate.
The Sales Representative is responsible for successfully managing existing customer accounts and establishing new business opportunities to achieve annual sales objectives in the West Region.
The Sales Representative prospects and proactively engages in new customer opportunities.
The Sales Representative will partner with VP/Sr. Director of Sales and management to complete budget planning, working with the Area Operations teams to understand and sell open machine capacity and value-added services, and supports cross-functional teams to ensure sales strategy execution.
- Define overall account vision, strategic account growth plan for targeted customers by aligning market trends and customer needs with Smurfit Westrock solutions
- Identify pricing dynamics within accounts to inform Smurfit Westrock commercial decisions
- Effectively articulate sales vision and strategy to identify leads on new opportunities, manager prospects, and develop a robust sales pipeline
- Meet or exceed individual budgeted and volume sales goals to contribute to the organization’s annual targets objectives
- Effective utilization of CRM system (Salesforce.com) to manage opportunities & pipeline on a consistent basis
- Ability to navigate within customers organizational structure and build relationships at multiple levels
- Manage contractual relationships and negotiate multi-year contracts
- Deliver results by executing on weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual sales targets
- Drive Commercial Excellence to exceed Area volume and profit goals through new account development within targeted segments, growth in existing accounts, margin improvement plans and enterprise sales support
- Utilize internal resources to leverage knowledge of market trends and competition
- Monitor profitability levels to track progress against budgeted targets and analyze monthly financial summaries
- Understand market dynamics and business drivers that define long-term commercial strategies and have an impact on Area and develop strategies to reach company objectives
- Develop working relationships with other Smurfit Westrock facilities to create opportunities for additional revenue streams across the enterprise capabilities
- Seek and qualify prospective customers in accordance with Sales strategy
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure effective execution of the overall Sales strategy and improve margins
- Manage customer engagement through the sales lifecycle to ensure contractual obligations are met and to enable customer satisfaction
- Bachelor’s degree preferred
- 5 -10 years of business-to-business (B2B) Sales experience (Manufacturing/service industry preferred)
- Related experience in sales execution and pipeline management
- Ability to drive results by influencing others within different functions
- Ability to create and deliver engaging presentations to internal and external audiences
- Demonstrated sales competence and financial acumen
- Microsoft Office – Excel, Outlook
- Experience with Salesforce.com
- Reporting tools such as Power BI, QlikView
- Experience with Power Point
- Corporate culture based on integrity, respect, accountability and excellence
- Comprehensive training with numerous learning and development opportunities
- An attractive salary reflecting skills, competencies and potential
- A career with a global packaging company where Sustainability, Safety and Inclusion are business drivers and foundational elements of the daily work.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.
The salary range for this position is $110,625.00 - $184,375.00, depending on your role, level, and location. The range listed is also the expected pay for roles in Illinois and Colorado.
- short-term bonus incentive
- health, dental and vision insurance
- flexible spending accounts or health savings accounts
- retirement savings plans
- life and disability insurance programs
- paid sick leave as required by applicable state/local law
- 15 days of paid vacation
- 11 days of paid holidays, subject to annual change
Your pay will be based on factors such as your skills, experience, and education.
To learn more about this posting, please contact your recruiter during the hiring process.
The application window is expected to close by 31-Dec-2026.
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