Technical Sales Manager

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Benefits:
At Avery Dennison, some of the great benefits we provide are:

LGBTQ+ Health Care Program: Anthem Inclusive Care program helps you find doctors who will treat you with dignity and respect and who are experienced in providing compassionate, high- quality LGBTQ+ healthcare.

Retirement Readiness: Employee Savings Plan (401(k) Plan) where you receive an automatic contribution of 3% of eligible pay (even if you contribute $0) plus a matching contribution of 50% on the first 7% of eligible pay you contribute.

Healthcare Coverage: Choice PPO Plan, Health Savings HDHP, and Variable Copay Plan options to best meet your needs with the larger portion paid by the Company.

Paid Time Off: Paid Time Off:
We offer a generous vacation program that varies based upon your experience and position within Avery Dennison.

The Technical Sales Manager – Intelligent Labels serves as the primary technical leader and consultative solution partner dedicated to the Avery Dennison Enterprise Walmart Account. Operating in a synchronized co-selling partnership with the Strategic Account Manager (SAM), this individual is responsible for driving RFID adoption across Walmart U.S., Sam’s Club, and their tier-1/tier-2 supplier network by demystifying digital identification technologies and converting operational supply chain challenges into high-value solutions.

Reporting directly to the Director, RFID Technical Sales (Walmart Enterprise), the Technical Sales Manager acts as the critical bridge between Avery Dennison’s technical and product innovation capabilities and the end customer’s operational reality. By actively listening to customer pain points, conducting deep technical discovery, and educating stakeholders, this role transforms simple compliance mandates into scalable, value-driven enterprise RFID deployments.

Key Responsibilities:

On-site/hybrid status:
On-site/hybrid model based in Bentonville, AR.

Consultative Technical Sales & Discovery:
Serve as the lead technical authority, educating Walmart, Sam’s Club, and supplier engineering/operations teams on RFID capabilities, ARC specifications, and digital identification capabilities while conducting deep-dive discovery sessions to uncover high-ROI use cases beyond basic mandate compliance.

Commercial Partnership & Revenue Generation:
Partner side-by-side with the Strategic Account Manager (SAM) to co-develop enterprise account strategies, lead technical sales engagements, and take end-to-end ownership of the technical sales lifecycle to accelerate the transition from pilot phase to enterprise-wide rollout.

Value Quantification:
Co-create proof-of-concept (PoC) frameworks and technical business cases that demonstrate measurable ROI, enabling the commercial team to expand adoption and close revenue opportunities.

Voice of the Customer:
Act as the primary feedback loop between customer field operations and internal Avery Dennison teams—including Product Line Management (PLM), R&D, and Innovation—to influence future product roadmaps.

Ecosystem Orchestration & Deployment Quality:
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