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Berry Global Business Development Specialist - FIBC in United States
Overview
Berry Global Berry Global, headquartered in Evansville, Indiana, is committed to its mission of ‘Always Advancing to Protect What’s Important.’ With $13 billion in revenue for fiscal year 2019 on a combined pro forma basis from operations, Berry is a leading global supplier of a broad range of innovative nonwoven, flexible, and rigid products used every day within consumer and industrial end markets. Berry operates over 290 manufacturing facilities worldwide, on six continents, and employs over 48,000 individuals.
At Berry, we pursue excellence in all that we do and are always advancing to improve the way we work along with the products and services we provide. Our culture fosters trust and partnerships through appreciation, acknowledgement, and inclusion. At Berry, we are continuously improving to support our mission and exemplify our values of partnerships, excellence, growth, and safety. To learn more about Berry, visit berryglobal.com
Purpose: This sales role is focused on organic growht and development of new customers and/or new products within existing customers in the FIBC (Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers) channel. Primary reponsibilities include developing new programs, products, and prospects to increase volume and sales for FIBCs. This role will interface with the management team, customer service, operations, quality, and application engineering in order to develop business programs and to service key assigned customers. Candidates for this role should have experience in new business development, techincal aptitude to determine customer requirements, and project management skills.
Responsibilities
Analyze and definenewbusiness strategy, volume, profitability, technical feasibility,marketing,andproduct development processes
Strategically balancekey customerexistingbusiness with active new businessand programdevelopment
Develop new business prospects throughleads, cold-calling,and other methods
Develop long-term,multi-level commercial relationships, including needs assessmentand targeted budget by customer
Interact with existing customers for organic sales volume growth and new product/program development
Negotiate andimplement strategy,projects, pricing, and technical specs with customers
Coordinateon-sitetrialsat customer locations for new FIBCs, including an assessment of bag performance
Articulaterecommended technical changes/alterations to the FIBC application engineering and operations teams to meet customer performance criteria and to gain product approval
Provideweekly and monthly reports and forecasts to management team
Stay apprised of market and commercial developments to cite new areas of opportunity or need
Conduct in-field analysis between Berry Globaland competitiveproductsas possible
Develop solid working relationships internally to navigate the system independently
Qualifications
Minimum of abachelor's degree in business,Marketing,or Engineering
1-3 years of experience in a packaging or technical sales role
Experience in new business development and demonstrated success with new customers added to a portfolio of business
Highly motivated, result-oriented, self-starter, able to work independently
Expectional negotiation, project management, and follow-up skills
Strong technical aptitude to learn, understand, and communicate customer manufacturing processes - and to assist in developing the product spec to meet customer requirements
Ability to work cross-functionally at all levels to bring projects to fruition
Excellent communication and presentation skills
High level of business acumen
Strong computer, reporting, and organizational skills
Understanding of resin indices for pricing reviews
Travel 50% of the time
Basic spanish skills are a plus
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We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. (https://careers-berryglobal.icims.com/jobs/21248/business-development-specialist---fibc/job?mode=apply&apply=yes&in_iframe=1&hashed=-1834445335)
Location US-Remote
Job ID 2023-21248
Position Type Regular Full-Time
Category Sales & Marketing
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