Sales Manager Midwest Region - Medical Extrusion
| Company: | Natvar View Company Profile | See all Jobs at this Company |
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| Job Location: | Minnesota |
| Pay: | Not Specified |
| Date Posted: | July 28, 2010 |
| Job ID: | 7164 |
| Required Education: | Bachelor's Degree |
| Required Experience: | 5+ to 7 Years |
Job Description
Position Summary
Position will understand extrusion capabilities and have an understanding of plastics that can be used to develop new opportunities. Will target customers/markets where extruded plastics can be used to reduce cost or bring an advantage to that market. Travel within the Midwest region to maintain and gain accounts.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
*Responsible for understanding full scope of customer's business, developing multiple relationships within customer and the company.
*Create multi-functional teams from both companies to address cost reduction initiatives and develop new business opportunities to eliminate competitive situations.
*Working with customer's technical/engineering group to develop new products within company's capabilities.
*Developing new business for Natvar, by working with prospective customers, solving customer complaints and issues, preparing customer sales budgets/forecasts and coordinating sales related activities within company to drive in new business.
*Negotiating contracts, pricing decisions, quoting and marketing initiatives.
Job Requirements
Experience and Education Requirements
* 5-7 years experience in a senior sales and/or sales engineering position.
* 3-5 years experience/ knowledge of the plastic industry market and plastic materials.
* 3-5 years technical knowledge of extrusion plastic process and plastic material properties, preferred.
* Knowledgeable of business management principles involved in strategic planning and developing pricing and marketing strategy and tactics.
* Able to travel 50% of the time.
* Bachelors degree in Marketing, Business, Engineering or related field, preferred.
* Knowledge of medical device applications / design helpful but not required.
Minimum Skills, Knowledge and Ability Requirements
* Exceptional negotion skills
* Self Starter
* Well developed organizational and management skills
* Outstanding interpersonal communication skills
* Excellent Presentation skills
* Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office products
* Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals