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Field Sales Manager

Pratt Industries

Rock Hill, SC

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JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Accounts Receivable, Budget Forecasting, Business Development, Coaching, Cold Calling Skills, Conflict Resolution, Contact Management, Cost Estimates, Credit and Collections, Depth Perception, Disciplinary Action, Employee Relations, Field Sales, Green Business, High School Diploma, Leadership, Lift/Move 100 Pounds, Lift/Move 50 Pounds, Manufacturing, Mathematics, Parts Sales, People Management, Performance Reviews, Pricing, Problem Solving Skills, Reporting Skills, Resolve Customer Issues, Sales, Sales Administration, Sales Forecasting, Sales Management, Sales Prospecting, Sales Training, Sustainability, Team Building, Time Management, Training/Teaching, Writing Skills
LOCATION
Rock Hill, SC
POSTED
Today
POSITION TITLE: FIELD SALES MANAGER

SUMMARY

Responsible for the training and oversight of Sales Representatives. Assist Sales Representatives with generating new business and sales opportunities.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Assist Sales Representatives with prospecting, cold calling, qualifying accounts, and calling on current customers on a weekly basis. Coach representatives on performance and motivate to sell.
  • Train new sales force members.
  • Call on assigned accounts and maintain contact with all accounts.
  • Assist in performance reviews of sales force and in preparing annual sales budget forecast.
  • Oversee the collections of accounts receivables.
  • Develop new business opportunities.
  • Understand costs, estimating system, and assist Sales Manager in pricing.
  • Deal with and solve problems with customers and sales force in a professional manner.
  • Comply with company policies and procedures.
  • Additional duties as assigned by management.


EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

High school diploma or GED plus related college courses

Five years successful, corrugated sales experience

Candidates are PREFERRED who offer the following:

Three years' supervisory experience as a proven manager

Five years or more experience in the corrugated industry

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Directly supervises all Sales Representatives. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; conflict resolution; team building; coaching and leading employees to improve; addressing complaints and resolving problems; documentation; and setting an example of superior behavior, attitude and performance.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and interpret documents such as sales reports, operating instructions, and training and procedure manuals. Ability to write reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, costs, proportions, profits, percentages, and volume.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or graphic form.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Employee is regularly required to walk and talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Vision requirements include: close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

LEADERSHIP ATTRIBUTES

The individual must possess the following:

Superior time management skills including the ability to manage multiple issues concurrently and the ability to lead an effective and efficient meeting.

Teaching skills in order to function effectively as a teacher for his personnel both in the sales and administrative parts of the position.

Excellent crisis manager who demonstrates that he/she has a high emotional control under adverse conditions and can lead his/her personnel to a successful resolution.

Excellent employee relations skills including being an active listener, understanding how to appraise personnel, applying both positive and corrective feedback, being able to resolve conflicts either involving the supervisor directly or as a third party, understands and demonstrates positive motivational skills including coaching and delegation techniques.

Pratt Industries is America's 4th largest paper and packaging company with more than 10,000 highly skilled green collar employees dedicated to the environment and sustainability. Pratt Industries is one of the largest corrugated packaging companies in America, with sophisticated manufacturing facilities in more than twenty states. The company operates several of the most modern, cost effective paper mills in the country, as well as a series of sheet and box plants strategically placed throughout the United States offering a wide range of creative packaging solutions. Pratt Industries is committed to recycling and the environment by harvesting the urban forest.

Pratt Industries offers competitive compensation plans with incentive opportunities, full benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, All State, Pre-Paid Legal, and 401(k) with company match, paid vacation, paid holidays, and childbearing and parental leave.

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