Manage national account projects by coordinating sales, customer service, specialists, and internal teams. Lead project planning, business reviews, timelines, resource allocation, meetings, deliverables, stakeholder reporting, and margin improvement initiatives. The role requires approximately 10% travel to key account locations and supports consistent procedures for business reviews.
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The National Accounts Project Manager will partner with the assigned National Account Executives in managing all aspects of existing business including directing customer service, Sales Professionals, and engaging Sales Management, Corrugated Specialists, and Equipment Specialists as necessary. The Project Manager will be responsible for managing National Account projects and will assist sales to develop a consistent procedure for business reviews.
- Lead the planning and implementation of Key Account projects.
- Lead and coordinate business reviews. Work closely with Sales Manager and Account Manager, and work with Branch Administration to develop pertinent, effective presentations.
- Review commission reports to ensure all vendor deviations are in place. Identify margin improvement projects by customer and/or product category.
- Hold weekly team meetings to ensure priorities for the week are identified, communicated and assigned.
- Define project tasks and resource requirements.
- Assemble, direct, and motivate internal and external resources to peak performance.
- Plan and schedule project timelines.
- Track project deliverables using appropriate tools.
- Provide direction and support to project team.
- Constantly monitor and report on progress to all stakeholders.
- Travel to various key account locations as needed (Approximately 10%)
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree (B.A.) from four-year college or university; or equivalent experience
- Minimum 1 years of experience of B2B experience as a customer service rep, sales assistant, sales professional or buyer;
- Packaging industry experience preferred
- Strong organizational skills, project management experience, and people management experience.
- Microsoft Office with emphasis on Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
The base pay range for this role is $65,000 – $75,000 per year.
Shorr Packaging does not provide work authorization sponsorship for this position.
Shorr Benefits
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) - Together, We Own It!
- Comprehensive Employee Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, Paid Time Off and other insurance coverages
- Generous PTO with vacation, sick and floating holidays.
- 401K plan plus matching
- Team based Employee Owner company culture
Shorr Packaging Corp is an equal-opportunity employer. It is the policy of Shorr Packaging Corp to afford full Equal Employment Opportunity, and all applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected veteran status or disability status or any other legally protected status.
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