About the role

  • Business Development Manager at Klöckner Pentaplast driving profitable growth for designated accounts and selling innovative packaging solutions. Collaborating cross-functionally to meet customer needs and organizational goals.

Responsibilities

  • Manage and drive the profitable growth of designated accounts within the designated area of responsibility
  • Draw up and execute Account Development Plans in close collaboration with colleagues in sales, operations, quality, marketing and innovation
  • Continuously ensure that customer visits are efficiently planned and carried out with the right level quality and on time
  • Exploit, sell and deliver packaging solutions to customers - take full ownership of the sales pipeline process - including customer contact and engagement plans to create and build up strong multi-level customer relationships to win new business and ensure profitable sales
  • Negotiate new customer contracts in line with NA FP guidelines and in close collaboration with the NA Sales Director and internal stakeholders
  • Monitor, report and address competitor activities in the designated geographic area
  • Support finance in forecasting volumes (tons/Th) and margin (CM1)
  • Actively promote and sell new products and services
  • Utilize and continuously update existing CRM- and BI tools to register and report on customer visits, status on business opportunities and next steps
  • Constructively and proactively contribute to the overall positive development of the NA FP sales team – inform, collaborate and utilize the capabilities of the full team
  • Continuously develop your individual sales budget in close collaboration with the NA FP Sales Director and deliver accordingly
  • Proactively drive and implement price increases in line with NA FP guidelines and requirements
  • Drive value selling - price and deliver packaging solutions accordingly
  • Present the developed Packaging Solutions to your customers and visualize the value we create – meticulously apply the FP Commercial Handbook principles and ensure that customers perceive Klöckner Pentaplast as the leading Packaging Strategist in Food

Requirements

  • Business- or Engineering degree
  • Strong drive for results - willingness and excitement to seek and win new business
  • Ability to develop and challenge customers – development and solution oriented with the desire to sell solutions rather to focus on price
  • Positive and optimistic - pro-active and demonstrates a positive and team oriented approach to solving challenges
  • Organize and able to prioritize and take educated decisions
  • A strong analytical thinker – takes time to do proper analysis of customer needs, costumer value proposition and makes educated commercial decisions
  • A team player who is keen to ensure that the NA FP Sales team grows and develops
  • Thinks out of the box and can quickly adapt to change
  • Thrives in a very performance driven environment where we constantly push towards high achievements and make swift business decisions
  • Motivated by stretched ambitions and targets
  • Tenacity and discipline – ability to execute and deliver on agreed objectives
  • Strong relationship builder – develops and nurture good relations to customers and co-workers
  • Dares to lead – finds it easy to take the initiative
  • Structured and disciplined – wants to rigorously apply and use the designated processes, tools and systems
  • Excellent IT skills: Excel, Power Point, Teams, Salesforce and/or any other CRM, SAP-BW and Power BI

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Flexible work hours
  • Paid time off
  • Remote work options

Job title

Business Development Manager

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

Location requirements

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