Account Executive

Accelerate the possible by joining a winning Amcor team that’s transforming the packaging industry and improving lives around the world.

At Amcor, we unpack possibility through our innovative and responsible packaging to provide solutions that benefit our customers, our people and our planet. More than 10,000 consumers worldwide encounter our products every second and rely on us for safe access to food, medicine and other goods. We value their trust by making safety our guiding principle. It’s our core value and integral to how we do business.

Beyond this core principle, our shared values and behaviors unite us as we work together to elevate customers, shape lives and protect the future. We champion our customers and help them succeed. We play to win – adapting quickly in an ever changing world – and make smart choices to safeguard our business, our communities and the people we serve for generations to come.

And we invest in our world-class team, empowering our colleagues to unpack their potential, because we believe when our people grow, so does our business.

To learn more about playing for Team Amcor, visit  I Linked In I Glassdoor I Facebook I You Tube Job  Description The key responsibilities of the Account Executive include managing a book of customers and products in our Rigid Packaging Solutions North America Business Group, selling (CBS, Containers, Food Service). This person will be actively involved at multiple levels within the organization in discussions and decisions for existing and future business developments.

This position will be responsible for maintaining and growing the assigned territory to accelerate growth and profitability for our customers and for Amcor.

Primary Responsibilities:

Develop new business and increase profitability within the region by driving organic growth of existing accounts

Develop business beyond current accounts as part of a formalized plan, to be aligned with the Sales Director.

Develop and execute strategic plans to provide organic growth to Amcor, including a strong pipeline of active opportunities for future business with your customers.

Identify comprehensive understanding of customer needs both long term and short term, differentiate and sell the value of Amcor’s products and services, and drive opportunities aligned with Amcor portfolio

Build highly collaborative relationships between Amcor and key account/s to include (e.g. senior leadership, procurement, engineering, quality, operations, sales management, support teams, key Amcor contacts)
Orchestrate and lead key business negotiations, supporting Amcor’s interests demonstrating an ability to influence decision and actions

Successfully identify solutions Amcor can provide to enable broad account relationships at the mid to high levels while spreading throughout the functional areas of each organization

Ability to drive business on a regional / national / global basis where applicable, travel as needed

Implementation and support of robust commercial processes (such as sales pipeline maintenance using company software) to provide visibility of your business throughout the organization and enable effective communication

Identify and develop key internal resources required to achieve customer growth goals

Be the voice of the customer inside Amcor articulating customer needs, timelines, priorities, insights

Qualifications:

Requires a minimum of a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent3-5 years of sales experience in distribution, direct sales, or national accounts required

Candidates with 3+ years of experience in the packaging field or in a related area will be preferred

Knowledge of plastics category will be preferred (injection molding, blow molding)
Self-starter who is results oriented

Excellent communication and presentation skills; be prepared to share a writing sample

Ability to work cross-functionally to drive business solutions

Solid relationship building focus

Proficient computer and organizational skills

Ability to learn new products and technologies

Effective analytical and problem-solving mindset

Strong negotiation and business skill sets Prefer candidates who live in the South or Midwest, near a major…