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Huhtamaki is a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions for consumers around the world, enabling wellbeing and convenience. Our innovative products protect on-the-go and on-the-shelf food and beverages, ensuring hygiene and safety, and help prevent food waste.
We are committed to protecting food, people and the planet and are on the lookout for passionate and consummate professionals to join our growing team to help us deliver on our ambitious 2030 Strategy. We look for colleagues who Care, Dare and Deliver.
Job Summary
To manage and develop business at new chain accounts to achieve maximum profitability. The position will require the ability to penetrate account organizations beyond purchasing and into marketing, QA, R&D and Senior Management for the development of long-term business relationships that lead to optimal product and company exposure.
Provide maximum sales return by driving productivity in sales process and through existing account management and incremental product placements at current and new accounts.
Essential Functions
- Expand product line sales within new customers via new product/concept utilization, packaging changes/enhancements and alignment with division’s asset base.
- Develop and implement an outline for meeting division’s sales plan against targeted accounts.
- Expand Huhtamaki family of businesses and capitalize where possible on the Chinetâ brand; build exposure and sales volume through new customers via capabilities presentations, corporate contacts with key personnel, product presentations, trade conferences and other interfacing opportunities.
- Coordinate and manage through necessary support groups within the Huhtamaki organization to meet or exceed customers’ needs while delivering on divisional objectives.
Job Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, finance, sales, or related field
- Experience in Huhtamaki business functions
- Proficient in all Microsoft Office applications as well as CRM software
- The ability to build rapport with key clients
- The ability to handle multiple client accounts
- Strong negotiation and leadership skills
- Exceptional customer service skills
- Excellent communication skills
Environment
- Travel is expected.
- Relocation is expected.
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What We Do
Huhtamaki is a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions for consumers around the world, enabling wellbeing and convenience. Our innovative products protect on-the-go and on-the-shelf food and beverages, ensuring hygiene and safety, and help prevent food waste. We embed sustainability in everything we do. We are committed to achieving carbon neutral production and designing all our products to be recyclable, compostable or reusable by 2030.
We are a participant in the UN Global Compact and EcoVadis has awarded Huhtamaki with the Gold medal for performance in sustainability. To play our part in managing climate change, we have set science-based targets that have been approved and validated by the Science Based Targets initiative.
With 100 years of history and a strong Nordic heritage we operate in 37 countries and 103 operating locations around the world. Our values Care Dare Deliver guide our decisions and help our team of around 18 000 employees make a difference where it matters. Our 2023 net sales totaled EUR 4.2 billion. Huhtamaki Group is headquartered in Espoo, Finland and our parent company, Huhtamäki Oyj, is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. Find out more about how we are protecting food, people and the planet on www.huhtamaki.com
