Sales Manager

Position: Sales Manager
Location: East Midlands
Salary: Competitive, depending on experience

Our client is an independent corrugated packaging manufacturer, providing innovative, sustainable, and high-performance packaging solutions across multiple industry sectors. 
Delivering exceptional customer service, technical expertise, and manufacturing excellence.

The Role
•    Sales Manager to develop new business opportunities, grow existing customer relationships, and drive revenue growth across their corrugated packaging portfolio.
•    The Sales Manager will be responsible for identifying and securing profitable new business opportunities while managing and developing key customer accounts. 
•    The successful candidate will combine strong commercial acumen with a high level of technical corrugated packaging knowledge, enabling them to provide consultative packaging solutions that deliver value to customers and support their growth strategy.
•    Identify, target, and secure new corrugated packaging opportunities. 
•    Develop sales strategies to achieve business growth targets. 
•    Build and maintain a strong pipeline of prospects across multiple market sectors. 
•    Generate leads through networking, referrals, market intelligence, and industry contacts. 

This role would particularly suit candidates with experience gained within:
•    Corrugated sheet plants
•    Conventional corrugated packaging manufacturing
•    Packaging merchants and distributors
•    Independent corrugated converters
•    Integrated corrugated packaging businesses

Required experience:
•    Proven sales experience within the corrugated packaging industry.
•    Strong background in sheet plants, corrugated box manufacturing, packaging merchants, or distributors.
•    High level of technical knowledge of conventional corrugated packaging.
•    Track record of winning new business and developing key customer relationships.
•    Commercially focused with excellent negotiation and communication skills.

The position is field-based and would suit candidates located around Huntingdon, Peterborough, Stamford, Spalding, Bourne, Grantham, Wisbech, Cambridge, Corby, Kettering, Northampton, and surrounding areas.