Business Sales Manager

O-I

1h•$106,000•Remote

About The Position

The Business Sales Manager is responsible for effectively managing all complex existing and potential customers within an assigned product category and serving as the primary contact between the Company and its customers. This position is responsible for meeting or exceeding sales, profits, and inventory goals as determined by OIPS strategic initiatives.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree strongly preferred
One to Five (1-5) years of industry or comparable experience
Strong analytical, decision making and problem-solving skills
Excellent project management skills
Ability to work well with the team and other departments
Good verbal and written communication skills
Strong PC skills and ease of working with systems, with an emphasis on CRM platforms, Outlook, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, SharePoint and SAP
Self-motivated and self-disciplined
MUST LIVE in California
TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS
Travel 25-50% of the time

Responsibilities

Maintain consistent contact with customers and prospects to grow, maintain, and manage assigned sales categories.
Analyze and validate sales forecasts provided by customers.
Analyze existing accounts for margin improvement and increased volume opportunities.
Design strategies and proposals to accelerate inventory movement.
Identify projects to convert other packaging materials to glass
Receive and process customer purchase orders.
Quote and negotiate prices and contracts to include company and/or industry price increases.
Use pending orders, sales history, inventory levels, and customer input to develop sales forecasts.
Communicate significant customer information working effectively with Marketing, Supply Chain, Credit, and Sales Service.
All complex existing and potential
The ability to do lead adjustments as needed. Starts the commercial proposal process and supports the negotiation process as needed
The skills to Monitor the activities of the competition, aiming to provide the company with information
Achieving sales volumes (EBIT, Revenue, Physical Volume) committed in the company budget
Extensive experience analyzing and validating sales forecasts
The ability to generate plans to ensure broad penetration into mid-level accounts within assigned territory
Previous experience generating, developing, and closing sales opportunities with a focus on the most profitable mid-level accounts
The skills to develop presentations to resolve/address customer issues