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Candidates from the newsletter of December 8, 2016

 

To speak with any of these candidates contact David McCrum at 800-548-3506 ext. 3279 or

Email dmccrum@swiftrecruiters.com

61166 National Accounts Sales Representative – Candidate has 20 years in sales and marketing of PE plastics, selling can liners, bio-hazard liners, poly food bags, etc. in New Jersey, and would like to relocate south

  • 20 years in sales, marketing and managing of PE plastics and commercial security

  • Managed a $13M territory in NYC and NJ, growing 3-5% each year for 10 years in a row

  • Excellent sales, business development, communication and relationship skills

  • Cultivates new business in healthcare, chemical/paper, jan/san and foodservice industries

  • Computer expertise: PowerPoint, Excel, Word and CRM sales tracking software

71921 Sales Representative – This candidate has over 20 years of previous experience selling packaging supplies and jan/san in the Northeast

  • Maintained and developed current foodservice distribution
  • Achieved weekly key performance indicator goals, updated weekly sales log and kept accurate expense reports
  • Coordinated, prepared and presented all distributor food shows and district and general sales meetings
  • Responsible for maintaining current distributors and end users, as well as developing new business with both himself and distributor representatives
  • Responsibilities included technical support and product training, providing innovative packaging solutions to improve customers’ bottom-line, and state of the art marketing materials
  • Industrial distributor of paper, packaging and janitorial supplies
  • Responsible for establishing new and further penetrating existing accounts, including institutional, foodservice and healthcare
  • Duties included prospecting, product demonstrations, educational training, inventory control, and above all, exceptional customer service

46346 Sales Representative – Candidate has extensive experience selling a full product line of plastic, paper and foam disposables for the foodservice and janitorial industries in the Northeast

  • Highly motivated and driven sales professional with broad consumer products experience
  • Results-driven and focused on communication, presentation, negotiation, account servicing and business development, supporting an organization in maximizing sales and profit performance
  • Responsible for 90% redistribution and 10% national account business
  • Territory includes New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Long Island and Staten Island
  • Maintains and grows existing redistribution business

48316 Regional Sales Manager – This Pennsylvania candidate has over 10 years of experience in the film, flexible packaging and plastic bag industry, and is currently a marketing manager, introducing woven polypropylene products to the market place

  • Sells all LDPE/LLDPE/HDPE/recycled films/bags, FDA into distribution
  • Responsible for all of Chicago and Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions
  • Establishes new accounts and maintains/grows existing business
  • Expanded total profit dollars from $750K to $5MM in nine years
  • Increased total pounds sold from 4MM to 8MM in less than four years
  • Managed an inside sales team of four representatives
  • Three time Regional Sales Manager of the Year based on profit
  • Sold all LDPE/LLDPE/PP blended, coextruded films and bags into numerous industries
  • Regional Sales Manager of the Year in 2004
  • Created marketing tools for clients to use for recruitment
  • Managed an inside sales team of two representatives
  • Grew total pounds of film and bags from 5MM lbs. to 8.5MM lbs. in less than two years

55051 Sales Representative – This candidate has over 10 years of experience selling equipment for a variety of packaging products in the Midwest, and is willing to relocate

  • Recognized for expertise in generating solutions and developing timely strategies for breathing vitality and relevance into profitable, optimized and thoughtful processes

  • Proven history of substantive cost savings solutions and demonstrable metrics of meeting operational scorecard objectives

  • Powerfully analytical, technically and mechanically minded, creative and consultative with a breadth of distribution, packaging, procurement, equipment, manufacturing, design and sales engagement

  • Equipped to productively manage key accounts and strategically place consumable goods, packaging materials, automation, and standard and custom capital equipment

  • Keen technical and mechanical aptitudes combined with cross-functional skills drive results

  • Professionally recognized for account penetration, product positioning, equipment placement, strategic growth, positive customer and vendor relationships, and personal and professional integrity

  • Success in bags, consumable paper goods, corrugated, coatings, films, tapes, protective packaging, packaging equipment, automation, assembly fixtures, custom crating, returnable packaging, honeycomb, protective coatings, adhesives and a range of products in industrial, foodservice, agricultural, alternative energy, service, automotive, paper, print and manufacturing applications

  • Proficient in Microsoft Office, sales and database management software and acquainted with SolidWorks and Google SketchUp design capacities

  • Experience and training in Sandler Selling

  • Proficient with CRM practices and software

64883 Territory Manager – This candidate has over 20 years of experience in the label industry, selling labels, heat shrink sleeves, flexible packaging, roll-fed labels and other print and marketing media in Texas

  • Technical management sales professional with over 25 years of experience in the manufacturing industry
  • Sales representative for manufacturer of labels, heat shrink sleeves and flexible packaging as well as other print and marketing media
  • Sales representative for manufacturer of roll-fed labels, heat shrink sleeves and flexible packaging
  • Account responsibilities included grocery and food manufacturers, pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals, microbreweries and distilleries, as well as other accounts
  • Led strategic business unit for international $40 million revenue company specializing in labeling, coding and marking identification systems
  • Responsible for production of labels totaling $10 million in annual sales, productivity analysis, sales generation, revenue reporting and adherence to performance standards

71826 Packaging Engineering Manager – This Minnesota candidate has over 10 years of experience inside the corrugated industry using ISTA test procedures and BCT to help customers save on cost

  • Technical and package engineering support lead for some of company’s largest national accounts, ranging from $30M-$160M in annual spend
  • In collaboration with local plant designers and direct supervisor, discovered cost savings opportunities for several customers by validating innovative ideas through standardized ISTA test procedures and box compression testing (BCT)
  • Supported sales team with prospect customers to discuss package engineering solutions and testing services offered
  • Led performance benchmarking efforts, conducted when onboarding new customer locations
  • Responsible for ensuring box plants adhered to company policy and regulations under Title 49 of the CFR, including proper marking, labeling and testing requirements
  • Grew program participation from 10 to 33 plants, which allowed greater business opportunities, reaching $20M in revenue in 2015
  • Organized and conducted biennial, centrally located training sessions for all plants
  • Conducted on-site training for individual locations when necessary

68113 Sales Representative/Manager – This candidate has about 10 years in the packaging industry selling food products and disposable packaging, including disposable take-out packaging, deli containers, all-purpose cling film and aluminum foil rolls/pans in the Midwest

  • Extensive experience with most popular computer applications, including  Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Word Perfect, Lotus, Internet Explorer, Netscape, SAP, BWP, Salesforce, Sugar and MS Dynamics

  • Proven track record of success in the following industries:  disposable packaging, food/CPG, real estate, insurance and financial services

  • Top performer with the ability to consistently deliver results

  • Areas of focus: new business development, planning and business understanding, key account management, negotiations, strategy, executive communication, leadership, creativity and innovation

57833 Regional Sales Representative – This candidate has 20+ years in the industrial packaging industry selling a line of custom extrusion products as well as plastic products, injection molds and molded plastic products in the Southeast; willing to relocate

  • Regional sales manager and industrial packaging industry SME with a consistent record of goal attainment throughout a 15+ year sales career in both individual contributor and sales leadership roles
  • Adept at building market share and customer loyalty for both start-up and established manufacturers
  • Highly competent in creating sales organizations and training team in relationship management, product benefits/features, sales messaging, territory management, sales tracking, contract negotiations, client presentations and pipeline management
  • Core competencies include account management, revenue generation, relationship management, pipeline tracking, training, sales leadership, staff development, executive presentations and industrial packaging products

56284 Sales Manager – This candidate has over 25 years of experience in the flexible packaging industry, selling corrugated containers, multiwall bags and flexible packaging in California

  • More than 23 years of experience in sales and sales management with manufacturer of multiwall bags, flexible packaging and medical capital equipment
  • Extensive background retaining national accounts, territory management, product design and development, revenue enhancement and new customer development
  • Additional experience in retail management
  • National sales manager for a global company with sales over $10.7 billion in forestry products such as wood, pulp, paper, corrugated and flexible packaging
  • Completely responsible for developing new customer relations and sales growth
  • Reported to the global director of sales in South America and plant managers in Central and South America
  • Grew sales from zero to over $3 million annually
  • Developed and managed national accounts throughout the United States and Canada
  • Regional sales executive for one of the largest paper and plastic flexible packaging companies in the world, servicing a wide range of consumer and industrial accounts with revenues exceeding $2.5 billion and operations in more than 20 countries
  • Responsible for developing new customers and sales within the performance paper and plastic divisions in the western US
  • Developed all new sales growth with preferred customers
  • Sold multiwall and flexible packaging to end users and distributors, realizing new sales growth of over $2.7 million and achieving organic sales growth increase of 22%

65185 Sales Manager – This candidate has 15 years of experience selling color label printing solutions; located in Georgia and willing to relocate to Florida

  • Top-producing sales professional with extensive printer and channel partner sales experience
  • Excellent customer relationship and communication skills
  • Grew the reseller channel base and supported sales lead opportunities for color label printing solutions
  • Worked trade shows
  • Visited resellers and end users to offer support, demonstration and education, and to generate new business
  • Developed sales through reseller channels and end user account calls
  • Grew sales substantially with new inkjet printing solutions for the tag and label packaging industries
  • Covered the United States, working with reseller channel, end users and Fortune 500 companies

68119 Sales Manager – This candidate has over 20 years of experience in the flexible and rigid packaging industries, currently selling containers, laminations, films, pouches and bags in North Carolina, and would relocate in the Southeast

  • 24 years in Southeast/Mid-Atlantic territory, managing complex rigid and flexible packaging accounts and pioneering new business via consultative sales methodology
  • Graduate of Michigan State University School of Packaging
  • Manages $14.5 million territory
  • Primarily works with food processors but also some non-food
  • Opened six accounts with projected value of $1.5 million annually
  • New business sales value over $5 million

60529 Sales Director – This candidate has over 15 years of experience in the flexible packaging industry selling roll stock film and converted products (pouches, bags, casings etc.) in the west

  • Effective combination of sales/marketing/operations expertise and business management acumen
  • Thoroughly conversant with all aspects of the sales cycle and protocols, particularly proficient in developing customized winning proposals and solutions
  • Skilled in business planning, financial analysis goal-setting, and directing day-to-day operations to achieve objectives
  • Over 15 years of direct experience selling and servicing industrial packaging/processing equipment with strong knowledge of all aspects of equipment sales processes and protocols, from engineering and manufacturing to coordinating the shipment, including packing/packaging, crating, and coordinating insurance and transportation, as well as post-delivery follow services
  • Accounts development/penetration/retention management
  • Strategic planning; sales/marketing action plan development and implementation
  • Sales forecasting, budgeting and budget  management
  • Consultative and value-added solution selling
  • Problem solving (technical and commercial)
  • Market intelligence, research and competitive maneuvering
  • Import/export operations, documentations, logistics and payment mechanisms
  • Trade shows and industry seminars/networking
  • Sales force development (training, motivating, supervising and evaluating)
  • Distribution channel development and management
  • Territory Management, P&L evaluation and recommendations

 

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