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Sales Account Manager - £60,000 plus 20% achievable commission/bonus + hybrid offering of 1-2 days per week working from Lincoln (or Grimsby).

We are excited to share our client partner role.

If you have a sales management background in flex packaging/packaging, we want to hear from you. One year plus industry experience with a background in sales management and ideally a Bachelors Degree within packaging/FMCG - but not essential. Read more below about the opportunity and role.

Our client is a leading global flexible packaging company with comprehensive product offerings and a dymanic and a hugely modern/flexible place to work where you will be able to utilise your sales management expertise with an impressive clientbase and great team to work with. They provide creative packaging solutions, industry-leading customer service and award-winning innovation to a diverse global marketplace. They have great impact on the idustry sector and moving flexible packaging forward by redefining innovation through collaboration within the business and with their customers and suppliers, brand owners and packaging experts together to generate fresh thinking, accelerate advanced technology and increase speed-to-market, package customization and consumer differentiation.

Job purpose:

Responsible for the management of new and existing accounts, ensuring that agreed budgets are achieved and all potential for additional growth is satisfied.

Meet sales targets set by the Sales Director and ensure that customer requirements are communicated and adhered to.

To identify opportunities for new packaging formats within the marketplace and liaise with both the sales and technical teams to develop new potential products.

To establish and maintain relevant approvals with retailers associated with the named house accounts, working closely with the Sales Director in these areas to identify new business opportunities.

You will ideally lead the account development and penetration strategy for assigned customers or regions and be skilled at building and maintaining relationships with clients and work to provide exceptional customer service to clients.

Your day to day responsibilities includes:

* Manage a portfolio of accounts and develop relationship with clients

* Resolve conflicts and provide solutions to clients

* Maintaining contact with customers in the UK and European regions troubleshoot

* Provide marketing/sales/product information to existing/potential customers

* Provide the important link between the sales and technical teams

* Identify and target business development opportunities in both home and export markets. Visit existing/potential customers to make presentations to maintain, enhance and gain business

* Negotiate new price structures for both new and existing customers

* Work with the Sales Director to forecast customers anticipated spend for the year and produce budgeting information

* Investigate/analyse shortfalls in individual customer expenditure

* Liaise closely with Internal Sales Manager and internal sales coordinators team to ensure customer deadlines/requirements are met.

Why not apply or call us and we can share detailed information about the business, the innovation and their culture too. A great opportunity to join this global business for sure