Area Sales Manager

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Area Sales Manager leading Georgia-Pacific’s Northern California agricultural packaging sales team. Developing sales strategies, customer partnerships, and profitable growth across the integrated box business.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead the Northern California Agriculture Product Segment and support the integrated box business
  • Develop and execute sales strategies
  • Lead, recruit, retain, mentor, and develop the commercial sales team
  • Build partnerships between sales and operations
  • Collaborate with Business Analytics, Revenue Management, Supply Chain, Marketing, Salesforce Effectiveness, and S&OP
  • Use Northern California agriculture market knowledge to support the sales team and customers
  • Improve profit margins and identify opportunities to innovate and drive profitability
  • Develop strategic road maps and assess impact on the P&L
  • Create market sales and pricing strategies
  • Build relationships with existing and prospective customers
  • Create customer value by adopting and utilizing the sales training process
  • Hold the sales team accountable for maintaining a regional sales pipeline
  • Ensure compliance with governmental regulations, safety standards, and site practices
  • Use Microsoft 365 applications and Microsoft Dynamics CRM

Requirements:

  • At least 5 years of outside B2B sales experience in packaging, corrugated, or a related field
  • Experience mentoring or leading a sales team and motivating them to achieve sales targets
  • Experience developing and implementing sales strategies and plans
  • Business and financial acumen, particularly in analysis, pricing, forecasting, market trends, and budgeting
  • Experience in corrugated packaging sales in agriculture or produce markets in California preferred
  • Knowledge of the packaging sector, manufacturing processes, and design preferred
  • Proven experience as a sales manager or in a similar role preferred
  • Experience with P&L analysis preferred
  • Bachelor's degree or higher preferred, with preference for business, marketing, finance, management, or a related field
  • Completion of a formal sales training program or demonstrated experience leading teams through a successful sales process preferred
  • Ability to travel up to 40%
  • Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications and Microsoft Dynamics CRM
  • Must comply with applicable governmental regulations, GP safety standards, and site practices
  • Employment offers may be conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test
  • Must satisfy applicable work authorization requirements; employer uses E-Verify

Benefits:

  • Variable pay eligibility
  • Medical coverage
  • Dental coverage
  • Vision coverage
  • Flexible spending accounts
  • Health savings accounts
  • Life insurance
  • AD&D coverage
  • Disability coverage
  • Retirement benefits
  • Paid vacation and time off
  • Educational assistance
  • Possible infertility assistance
  • Possible paid parental leave
  • Possible adoption assistance
  • Potential relocation support
  • Flexible work environment