Quality Manager

Key People; Dubuque (IA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Key People is seeking a Sales and Marketing Manager to drive growth by managing key accounts and developing new business opportunities. The role focuses 80-90% on sales development and 10-20% on market development, with base salary plus potential bonus.

The candidate will lead a sales team and oversee marketing campaigns, including digital and SEO efforts, to promote plastics industry solutions. Ideal candidates have 5+ years in sales management, a bachelor’s degree, and willingness to work at

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in sales management, preferably within the plastics or manufacturing industry.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, or a related field is required.
• Ability to work at the Iowa plant most days.

Responsibilities

• Sales Strategy Development: Create and implement sales strategies to achieve revenue targets and expand market presence.
• Account Management: Maintain and strengthen relationships with key accounts and ensure high levels of customer satisfaction.
• Business Development: Identify new business opportunities within the plastics industry and grow existing accounts.
• Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing sales team with clear goals and ongoing training.
• Hire and Train: Hire and develop the team to achieve revenue targets.
• Market Analysis: Analyze market trends, competition, and customer needs to inform strategic decisions.
• Reporting and Forecasting: Monitor sales performance and provide regular pipeline and forecast updates.
• Collaboration: Work with production, engineering, quality control, and finance to ensure seamless customer experience.

Skills

Sales management

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/marketing/related field

Job description

Position Overview

The Sales and Marketing Manager will drive sales growth by managing key accounts and developing new
business opportunities. The manager will expand marketing efforts, build a sales team, and lead its sales
professionals. The role requires a strong sales background, excellent leadership skills, and a deep
understanding of the plastics manufacturing industry.

Role focus is 80-90% sales development/10-20% market development.
Base Salary + potential bonus

Key Responsibilities

• Sales Strategy Development: Create and implement sales strategies to achieve company revenue targets and expand the market presence.
• Account Management: Maintain and strengthen relationships with key accounts, understanding their needs and ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction.
• Business Development: Identify new business opportunities within the plastics industry, leveraging knowledge of market trends to gain new clients and expand existing accounts.
• Key Factor: Growing new business aside from existing customers.
• Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing sales team, setting clear goals and providing ongoing training and support.
• Hire and Train: Hire and develop your team to achieve company revenue targets.
• Key Factor: this will occur as the business grows, focus is the new growth.
• Market Analysis: Analyze market trends, competition, and customer needs to inform strategic decisions and identify areas for growth.
• Reporting and Forecasting: Monitor sales performance and provide regular updates covering the sales pipeline, forecasts, and progress toward targets.
• Collaboration: Work closely with other departments, including production, engineering, quality control, and finance, to ensure seamless customer experience and improve product offerings.
• Marketing Campaigns: Develop and execute marketing plans and campaigns to promote products and services across various platforms.
• SEO Strategy: Oversee the development and implementation of SEO strategies to enhance the company’s online presence and website rankings.
• Content Creation: Collaborate on the creation of marketing materials, including brochures, emails, social media posts, and blog content optimized for search engines.
• Digital Marketing: Manage digital advertising campaigns, including PPC (Pay-Per-Click), social media ads, and retargeting campaigns.
• Brand Management: Ensure consistent brand messaging and positioning in all sales and marketing communications.
• Analytics: Monitor and analyze the performance of marketing campaigns and website traffic, leveraging tools like Google Analytics and others to optimize effectiveness.

Qualifications

• Experience: 5+ years of experience in sales management, preferably within the plastics or manufacturing industry.
• Education: A bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, or a related field is required.
• Ability to work for in Iowa plant most days

Company Overview

Company is an industry-leading, globally present, technologically innovative, and award winning plastic parts manufacturer. They operate out of a 130,000-square-foot facility in Iowa.
For their clients, they offer custom thermoforming, composites, and urethane molding capabilities. These capabilities produce a vast array of high-quality, high-volume plastic parts for
many industry applications. Some of these applications are Agriculture, Construction, Dunnage, Material Handling, Medical, OEM, Outdoor/Rec, Aerospace, Industrial,
Transportation, and much more.