Business Development Manager 1st Shift

Airlite Plastics is a premier, privately held, family-owned manufacturer headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. Our family style and personal culture is what makes Airlite an amazing place to grow and build a successful career. Airlite’s company values of unquestionable integrity and respect and appreciation for each other are at the core of our success! These values set a strong foundation to build on where we can ‘wow’ our customers with innovative products and sustainable solutions, and continuously improve our processes and efficiencies.

Our product lines include rigid plastic containers and lids for food packaging and cosmetics, dry powder scoops, plastic drink cups, shipping containers, industrial strength insulated concrete forms (ICF) and sustainable permeable paving systems. As pioneers in our industry, focused on sustainable solutions, we strive to provide our customers with top-notch service and quality, which aligns with our award-winning products.

This role is a contributing member of our Airlite - KODIAKOOLER team, located in Statesville, NC. As a Business Development Manager, you are a key to continued growth and success of Airlite. This role is responsible for leading Airlite’s business development strategies to find and enter new markets and target customers.

• Develop and execute a business development process in collaboration with the leadership team to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of closing incremental sales.
• Translate and execute performance packaging growth strategies into actionable plans to achieve growth objectives.
• Research potential targets to create a customized narrative and solution strategy to gain access and advance the prospective sale.
• Work closely with Marketing and serve as a subject matter expert on trends and packaging disruption to facilitate collaboration and credibility with targets.
• Actively participate in strategically vetting target markets as defined by the VP of Sales & Marketing and in collaboration with Marketing.
• Develop a standard protocol for transitioning new business to a Regional Sales Manager once it has been commercialized.
• Manage, cultivate, and develop major Accounts as assigned by the leadership team.
• Train sales and marketing personnel on business development processes to refine the team's skills.
• Publish monthly updates on business development progress to the ELC team.
• Participate in the bi-monthly Pipeline, Funnel meeting with the ELC team.
• Manage manufacturer reps and brokers currently representing assigned business sectors; explore growth opportunities within other sales channels.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on trends and solutions to facilitate collaboration and credibility with targets as well as opportunities for new business development.
• Attend target trade shows and develop leads as assigned.

Thisrole does not have personnel supervisory responsibilities but is responsible for the daily management of an assigned sales territory. This includes working with cross functional teams in a matrixed organization.

Airlite Plastics is a versatile employer; complacency is not one of our strengths! We work hard each day to ensure that equipment efficiency and customer satisfaction never leave our line of site. Successful candidates for the position will possess the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing or business administration, or related field, MBA preferred.
• Minimum of five years of experience selling packaging to consumer-packaged goods customers preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills with the ability to persuade and negotiate.
• Ability to deliver communication in a tactful and mature manner to a diverse population.
• Knowledge of a variety of negotiation techniques and strategies.
  
  Ability to tailor appropriate persuasion or negotiation styles for the situation.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to internal and external customers.
• Advanced computer skills - (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, & Outlook as a minimum)
• Must be able to work as a team in collaboration with the team.
• Must be able to travel domestically approximately 40%-50% of the time.

• Do you conduct yourself with unquestionable integrity?
• Do you demonstrate respect and appreciation for those around you?
• Are you innovative?
• Do you strive for continuous improvement and to deliver the “wow” factor?
• Do you care about environmentally sustainable solutions?
• Do you take pride in a job well done?

As a full-time employee, you will be eligible for the following benefits:

• Health, dental and vision insurance
• Company paid short- and long-term disability
• Generous 401k match and PTO
• A family culture deeply embedded in growth and success