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Candidates from the newsletter of September 5, 2024

 

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

Email steve@swiftrecruiters.com

24278 Sales and Management Professional – Folding carton sales from SW Michigan with over 25 years of B2B experience.

Background in building relationships, cultivating partnerships, retaining top accounts and growing profit channels by establishing trust. Persuasive, self-motivated leadership professional with a proven track record.

Skills

  • Post-sales support

  • Product management and pricing

  • Relationship selling

  • Inside and outside sales

93930 Sales Professional - Accomplished sales leader (envelopes, converted packaging and flexible packaging) from New England, with over 20 years of experience in new business development and account management.

  • Demonstrated ability to retain and acquire customers while maintaining strong relationships

  • Effectively apply product knowledge and experience to create innovative sales strategies to develop business, and provide creative solutions to meet customer needs

  • Proficient in all aspects of new business development, account management, sales strategy, market analysis, relationship management, and sales presentation and promotion

  • Developed sales strategy with lead customer to cross-sell value-added mailer program

  • Developed and managed an inventory reduction plan focused on pieces over six months, ultimately billing $75,000

  • Increased business by creatively working with company’s various plant locations to meet specialty equipment needs, freight costs and logistics

  • Reestablished key business supply relationships, resulting in increased new business sales of $500,000

  • Increased sales from $1,800,000 to $4,500,000 in a seven-year period

  • Recognized as Sales Leader Club Qualifier in four out of the seven years

  • Developed and drove implementation of national sales prospecting strategy, resulting in acquisition of major accounts with increased sales opportunities

  • Acquired a $250,000 new business account by establishing a relationship with customer’s purchasing agent, qualifying a customized product and establishing competitive pricing

  • Recaptured a $200,000 account by reestablishing credibility and rebuilding relationship with key customer

  • Recovered $100,000 from delinquent accounts by capitalizing on existing contract agreements

  • Acquired $100,000 in new business by developing and implementing a strategy to expand sales to an operating division of an existing account

  • Increased contribution margin for an international account by 15% through material cost recovery program implementation

67080 Operations Performance Manager - From NW New York and Green Belt Certified.  8+ years of experience working in a manufacturing environment (filling, labeling, packaging, printing and finishing.

  • Work within the operations team to focus on continuous improvement with a focus on equipment reliability

  • Manage and build out CMMS system (SAP) from a ground floor level (SAP work orders, build non-existent PMs, establish assets, etc.)

  • Implement TPM strategies and for equipment reliability

  • Manage day-to-day maintenance functions for a food production facility operating 11 manufacturing lines and processing equipment

  • Completed 5S project around current spare parts storage and maintenance shop work area

  • Manage 20-25 direct reports with an additional ~30 indirect reports daily

  • Team with engineering to develop risk analysis tools and reports for equipment reliability and criticality of spare parts

  • Drive audit readiness at all times throughout the plant (especially from a maintenance standpoint)

94012 Sales Representative - With 20-plus years of experience maximizing revenue opportunities in corrugated and containers. Bi-lingual in English and Spanish. Located in CA.

Skills

  • Account acquisition

  • Team Leadership

  • Goals and Performance

  • Consultative Sales Strategies

  • Expertise in cold calling

  • Fluent in Spanish

  • Persuasive negotiator

  • Multi-tasker

  • Exceptional Customer Service

  • Client Retention

  • Tenacious follow-up

  • Management skills

43877 Sales/Account Manager – Texas based and experienced in sales with an emphasis in disposable, thermoformed plastic, aluminum, molded fiber, paper wraps, and plastic bags.

  • Extensive involvement in all aspects of selling products to food manufacturers, quick serve restaurants (QSRs), casual dining, grocery stores and distribution

  • Knowledge of a wide variety of production materials, including PETE, OPS, PCPETE (post-consumer) and polypropylene (PP)

  • Adept at dealing with key decision makers with companies on a local, regional and national basis

  • PC literate with hands-on experience using MS Word, Excel and Outlook

  • Exceptional customer service skills

  • Able to identify, isolate and successfully resolve problems/issues with customers on an end user, distribution and major account level

  • Strong management skills with the ability to work without supervision and produce tangible results

  • Highly motivated, self-starter and dependable with excellent follow through on assigned duties or tasks

  • Effective communicator with a high success ratio in evaluating client needs and closing sales

  • Possess superior knowledge of operational aspects of business, including administration, distribution and inventory control

  • Progressive history of advancement and promotion through outstanding performance

39565 Sales and Marketing – Located in SC and provides services for 25+ manufacturers of quality food service, paper, plastics, cartons, towel/tissue, industrial, chemical, and janitorial supplies.

  • Experienced packaging professional partnering with clients to help strengthen brand initiatives by designing and implementing packaging solutions to drive awareness and improve performance and visibility

  • Successfully market and implement green and sustainable packaging solutions

  • Became a go-to resource on environmental products for customers and distributors

  • Meet with distributor salespeople to train them on effective selling techniques for our manufacturers’ products

  • Provide unsurpassed sales and marketing services to manufacturers of quality foodservice, paper, industrial and janitorial supplies

  • Consult with large national food and grocery chain accounts to implement food packaging solutions

  • Interpersonal effectiveness – written, spoken and perceptual skills; effective public speaker

46342 Sales and Marketing Leader - Progressive roles in manufacturing, direct sales, and distribution channels. Based in Ohio.

Skills include:

  • National Accounts

  • Enterprise Sales

  • Strategic Planning & Execution

  • Team Leadership

  • CRM

  • New Business Development

  • Suppliers Relationship Management

  • Process Improvement

  • Account Management

  • Cross-Functional Team Leadership

  • Project Management

  • Operations

  • Territory Management

  • Budgets

  • Supply Chain Management

  • P&L

  • Change Agent

  • Sales Reporting & Analysis

  • Customer Service

  • Talent Management & Development

59229 Sales Representative - Poly bags and shrink film to food processing, fish processing, industrial accounts, and distributors. Located in WA.

  • Proven success in growing accounts, increasing revenue and developing new business

  • Extensive training and experience in team leadership

  • Responsible for selling poly bags and shrink film to food processing, fish processing, industrial accounts, and distributors.  

  • Manage and grow a territory comprised of 3 Northwestern states and CA.

  • Started and developed a number of new end-user customers and distributor accounts.  

82469 Sales Representative – Located in Pennsylvania with knowledge of thermoforming, injection molding and other plastic-forming processes. Sales of flexible packaging, poly bags and jan/san.

  • Experienced sales professional with 20+ years of experience executing sales plans and objectives which resulted in an average territory growth of 10% per year

  • Extensive knowledge of manufacturing, health care, public sector, grocery, foodservice and financial/ insurance vertical markets

  • Diversified skill set includes new business development, account management, national account management, client relations and project management

  • Knowledge of thermoforming, injection molding or other plastic forming processes

  • Understanding of consumer/retail products, plastic packaging

  • Business development and account management

  • Cutting edge e-commerce strategy and development

  • National account management

  • New business development

  • Manufacturer/wholesaler/distributor public sector sales

  • Contract negotiations

  • Extensive C-level interaction

  • Solution selling for jan/san products and solutions

  • Computer and software skills: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Salesforce.com and Oracle

  • Excellent interpersonal communication skills

  • Understanding of technical processes

  • Excellent organization, presentation and time management skills

64067 Sales Account Executive, Territory Account Manager - Seasoned professional. Proven ability to exceed employer revenue goals, acquire new accounts while retaining existing accounts. Jan/san

  • Professional Sales Skills

  • Positive Leadership in Sales

  • Excellent Customer Service

  • Proven Ability to Close Sales

  • Skilled in Complex Negotiations

  • Clearly Articulates Product Delivery

  • Computer Skills/Reports/Internet

  • Experienced Managing Aggressive Timelines

37466 Regional Sales Manager - Plastics & paper. Manage two brokers and 40 distributors with considerable national account focus.

  • Responsible for 25% average growth resulting in an $8M territory

  • Closed the several national accounts resulting in $2M of incremental sales

  • Closed packer/processor business resulting in $300K of incremental sales

  • Broker internship and management

  • Distribution management

  • Corporation-wide collaboration to create new and custom articles

  • Administrative duties include contracts; business reviews; distributor and broker product presentations; market pricing; web-based sales reporting; budgeting and forecasting

53832 Director of Business Development - Develop and drive new sales initiatives in stretch films, thermoformed paper goods, replacing plastic in regional and national bakeries, food processing, and retail chains. Closed nearly $1 million in forecasted new business. Based in Ohio.

Experience includes

  • Selling cast stretch film at packaging distributors and major direct accounts

  • Generating interest and driving growth at major national accounts

  • 15% average monthly growth to-date, $15 million pipeline

  • Develop and drive new sales initiatives in thermoformed paper goods, replacing plastic in regional and national bakery, food processing, and retail chains.

  • Resident expert in cast and blown stretch film with an emphasis on value-added selling

  • Achieved number 1 status in the sales group for 2019; 129% of quota based on operating income through direct sales, teaming with regional colleagues, and leveraging intercompany partnerships

  • Proficient in all major brands of stretch film and stretch wrapping equipment

  • Grew strategic national account Pepsi by 72% since February 2018; on pace to 100% by end of 2020

  • Consult/coach over 80 sales reps in cross-selling stretch film at new and existing customers

48011 Account Executive - Developed the jan/san and safety product lines in major account. Worked with management on developing product line and what suppliers to be used in various programs. Cold called to develop a book of business with packaging supplies, safety supplies, and jan/san products. Located in WI.

  • Dynamic and exacting sales management professional with extensive experience

  • Positioned to provide experience in full business management as well as proven excellence in sales to benefit mutual growth and profitability

  • Recognized for excellence in goal setting and profitability as regional sales manager

  • Well versed in researching and targeting prospective markets, developing marketing strategies to overwhelm competition and increase profitability

  • Sound planner capable of quarterly/annually forecasting and meeting sales goals with continued growth and increase

  • Devise, implement and modify operational policies and procedures to facilitate smooth and efficient profitable operations

  • Maintain sound P&L authority, and develop and administer budgets

  • Develop and implement media campaigns and informational and marketing pamphlets for use as sales tools to increase overall company visibility and to enhance expanded sales

  • Train, support and motivate staff with an emphasis on continued development

  • Work diligently to develop the distinctive talents of each representative, allowing for individual achievement and excellence

  • Experience functioning as representative at nationwide trade shows, educating prospective client companies on products and services

  • Success in following-up on shows leads and establishing new clients

  • Superior talents at account cultivation and retention, with proven history of becoming the primary source for many client companies

  • Initiate rapport and establish credibility through dependability and ongoing follow-up and training

  • Work to develop long-term partnerships

  • Devise and conduct executive presentations tailored to individual situations

  • Effectively counter and remove potential barriers, resulting in win-win contracts

  • Develop and deliver focused, knowledgeable presentations on a variety of topics, including the environment, disinfecting, coolant management programs and other subjects related to the jan/san industry

  • Skilled and experienced in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook

  • Effectively utilize programs both as a training tool and to produce informative presentation materials

58796 Outside Sales Executive / Account Management / Business Development - Senior jan/san account executive who is seeking a business development/account leadership role. Located in NC.

Skills summary

  • Outside Sales/Account Management

  • Customer Training/Product Education

  • Customer Relationship Management

  • New Business/Client Base Development

  • Contract Negotiations

  • P&L/Budgeting/Purchasing

  • Marketing Program Management

  • Sales and Marketing Presentations

  • High Impact Proposal/Writing Tools

  • Manufacturing Engineering Industry Expertise

  • Account Development/Prospecting

  • Business Operational Management

  • Local/Regional/National Network

  • Strategic Planning/Consulting

  • Sales and Service Strategies

  • Industrial Cleaning Chemicals Expertise

  • Team Building/Motivation/Team Player

  • Process Streamlining/Profit Increases

 

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