Strategic B2B Packaging Sales Leader

Smurfit Westrock; South Brunswick (NJ); On-site; USD 111,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive training opportunities

Competitive salary

Job summary

Smurfit WestRock is seeking a Sales Representative to manage existing accounts and identify new opportunities, driving annual sales objectives. You will partner with management to plan budgets and work with Area Operations to sell capacity and value-added services.

The role requires 4-5+ years in B2B corrugated sales, proficiency with Salesforce and CRM tools, and strong presentation and financial acumen. Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits are offered in a global packaging company.

Qualifications

• 4-5+ years of B2B corrugated 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.
• Experience with Salesforce.com.

Responsibilities

• Define overall account vision, 'Play to Win' and 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, manage 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.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify value add opportunities to improve margins.
• Manage customer engagement through the sales lifecycle to ensure contractual obligations are met and to enable customer satisfaction.

Skills

B2B corrugated sales

Sales pipeline management

Influence across functions

Presentation skills

Sales & financial acumen

Microsoft Excel

Salesforce.com

Power BI

QlikView

Tools

Excel

Outlook

Job description

Smurfit WestRock is seeking a Sales Representative to manage existing accounts and identify new opportunities, driving annual sales objectives. You will partner with management to plan budgets and work with Area Operations to sell capacity and value-added services.

The role requires 4-5+ years in B2B corrugated sales, proficiency with Salesforce and CRM tools, and strong presentation and financial acumen. Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits are offered in a global packaging company.