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General Information<br><br>Job ID<br><br>ATR54831<br><br>Posting Job Title<br><br>Sales Representative - Cullman, AL<br><br>Locations<br><br>AL Cullman<br><br>Employment Type<br><br>Full Time<br><br>Date Posted<br><br>09-Sep-2025<br><br>Relocation Support<br><br>No<br><br><strong>Description & Requirements<br><br></strong>Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) is a global leader in sustainable paper and packaging solutions. We are materials scientists, packaging designers, mechanical engineers and manufacturing experts with a shared purpose: Innovate Boldly. Package Sustainably. Guided by our values of integrity, respect, accountability and excellence, we use leading science and technology to move fiber-based packaging forward.<br><br><strong>Opportunity Summary<br><br></strong>The Sales Representative is responsible for successfully managing existing customer accounts and establishing new opportunities to achieve annual sales objectives.<br><br>The Sales Representative manages current customer relationships, prospecting and engaging new customers.<br><br>The Sales Representative partners with management to complete budget planning, working with the Area Operations teams to understand and sell open machine capacity and value-added services, and supports cross-functional teams to ensure sales strategy execution.<br><br><strong>How You Will Impact WestRock<br><br></strong><ul><li>Define overall account vision, ‘Play to Win’ and account growth plan for targeted customers by aligning market trends and customer needs with WestRock solutions</li><li>Identify pricing dynamics within accounts to inform WestRock commercial decisions</li><li>Effectively articulate sales vision and strategy to identify leads on new opportunities, manage prospects and develop a robust sales pipeline</li><li>Meet or exceed individual budgeted and volume sales goals to contribute to the organization’s annual targets objectives</li><li>Effective utilization of CRM system (Salesforce.com) to manage opportunities & pipeline on a consistent basis </li><li>Ability to navigate within customers organizational structure and build relationships at multiple levels</li><li>Manage contractual relationships and negotiate multi-year contracts</li><li>Deliver results by executing on weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual sales targets</li><li>Drive Commercial Excellence to exceed Area volume and profit goals through new account development within targeted segments, growth in existing accounts, margin improvement plans and enterprise sales support</li><li>Utilize internal resources to leverage knowledge of market trends and competition</li><li>Monitor profitability levels to track progress against budgeted targets and analyze monthly financial summaries</li><li>Understand market dynamics and business drivers that define long-term commercial strategies and have an impact on Area and develop strategies to reach company objectives</li><li>Develop working relationships with other WestRock facilities to create opportunities for additional revenue streams across the enterprise capabilities</li><li>Seek and qualify prospective customers in accordance with Sales strategy</li><li>Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure effective execution of the overall Sales strategy</li><li>Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify value add opportunities to improve margins</li><li>Manage customer engagement through the sales lifecycle to ensure contractual obligations are met and to enable customer satisfaction<br><br></li></ul><strong>What You Need To Succeed<br><br></strong><ul><li>Bachelor’s degree preferred</li><li>4-5+ years of business-to-business (B2B) Sales experience (Manufacturing/service industry preferred) </li><li>Related experience in sales execution and pipeline management</li><li>Ability to drive results by influencing others within different functions</li><li>Ability to create and deliver engaging presentations to internal and external audiences</li><li>Demonstrated sales competence and financial acumen</li><li>Microsoft Office – Excel, Outlook</li><li>Experience with Salesforce.com</li><li>Reporting tools such as Power BI, QlikView<br><br></li></ul><strong>What We Offer<br><br></strong><ul><li>Corporate culture based on integrity, respect, accountability and excellence</li><li>Comprehensive training with numerous learning and development opportunities</li><li>An attractive salary reflecting skills, competencies and potential</li><li>A career with a global packaging company where Sustainability, Safety and Inclusion are business drivers and foundational elements of the daily work.<br><br></li></ul>Candidates are required to undergo a drug screening after receiving a conditional job offer, but before starting employment.<br><br>Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.

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