National Accounts Project Manager
About The Position
Smurfit Westrock is seeking a National Account Project Manager to join their team. This role involves working with sales representatives, branch managers, customers, and suppliers to identify new business opportunities, establish suppliers, define daily procedures, and integrate new national accounts into operational systems. The position reports directly to the Director of National Account Operations. Entry-level project managers, designated as 'Associate' Project Managers, will work under close supervision for the first 6-12 months on solely-owned projects. Senior project managers operate with minimal supervision, taking full ownership of their projects.
Requirements
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree, Master’s preferred.
- Must be eligible to work in the United States and/or Mexico without a Visa.
- Minimum of three years’ experience in consistently excelling in operational, business analysis, or project management roles.
- Bilingual (Spanish/English) a plus.
- Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel and Word.
- Occasional travel – less than 10%.
- Experience using Coupa, Ariba and other third-party systems.
- Experienced in AR and AP.
Responsibilities
- Manage smooth transition of new national accounts to multiple Victory Packaging branches by ensuring SLEAs invoicing requirements are clearly communicated, tax forms and other new customer setup forms (credit approval, W9, taxable/non-taxable..etc) are completed.
- Manage the communication and implementation of customers’ service requirements on a location by location basis, as per the contractual obligations. This is attained by utilizing project management practices and working in close relationship between customer sites, local and national level suppliers, national account and local sales and local Victory Packaging branches.
- Understand, implement (train branches on new/changed process) and monitor these changes to business processes that have the potential to impact customer’s account (ordering, invoicing and/or payment process).
- Conduct audits for prospective customers and identify opportunities at customer sites that fit the Victory Packaging inventory management program.
- Closely monitor AR levels for existing accounts.
- Work closely with other NAX team members, AR department, cash applications and AP department.
- Assist the local branches and sales team in projects aimed at improving service levels.
- Utilize executive summaries and analysis.
Benefits
- Comprehensive training with numerous learning and development opportunities
- An attractive salary reflecting skills, competencies and potential.
- short-term bonus incentive
- health, dental and vision insurance
- flexible spending accounts or health savings accounts
- retirement savings plans
- life and disability insurance programs
- paid sick leave as required by applicable state/local law
- 15 days of paid vacation
- 11 days of paid holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
