Project Manager, Business Development

Description

Blower and Dempsay is a family-owned business in the heart of Santa Ana. Our mission is to help businesses flourish through innovative packaging solutions.

We are experts in all areas of packaging and merchandising – concept development, planning, design, engineering, printing, manufacturing, consumer trends analysis, and project management. We offer competitive benefits and the ability to work with a team of talented individuals. We currently have an opening for a Project Manager in our Benicia office.

Listed below are the requirements for the position.

Responsible for assisting the Sales Team by partnering with Sales Professionals to create sales growth, develop new leads, and make sales calls, with the goal of building and maintaining quality relationships with key purchasing and allied personnel within high profile accounts.

• Develop critical path timelines, and establish tasks and deadlines required to successfully complete project-related opportunities, closely following from concept to invoicing while keeping the customer and Sales Professional informed of all milestones or delays.
• Partner with Sales Professionals to pursue and secure new sales leads.
• Assist Sales Professionals with daily duties and special projects as needed, including but not limited to, merchandising, scheduling and attending appointments and meetings, preparing sales quotations, maintaining pricing and margin, updating project tracking software, and coordinating and delivering samples and artwork.
• Maintain relationships with existing clients/customers.
• Assist with research for projects, including potential visits to various food or packaging retailers, trade shows to view packaging concepts, or purchase samples for sourcing projects/presentations.
• Perform other duties as needed to support sales growth.

• Ability to communicate to internal and external customers, both in person and via email while maintaining a high standard of professional etiquette.
• Ability to effectively gather and present information and respond to questions from managers, clients, customers and the general public.
• Ability to work independently with little supervision.
• Strong problem-solving and organization skills
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment where priorities are often changing, while maintaining flexibility since meetings, press checks, etc. often change with little notice.

• High school diploma or GED.
• Minimum three to five years’ experience in a project management-related role.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, Word, Excel, Power Point.

• Bachelor’s degree in business.
• Prior sales support and merchandising experience.
• Prior work experience in the packaging industry.

Regularly required to sit at a desk and operate a computer. At times, may be required to travel by vehicle, or airplane.