ETIMEX Primary Packaging GmbH

Sales Manager – Food Trays, Thermoforming Films

ETIMEX Primary Packaging GmbH

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Dietenheim • 🇩🇪 Germany

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

ERP

About the role

  • Independently manage and expand our customer base in the sales region of Southern Germany, Austria & Switzerland
  • Focus on the sales of thermoforming films made from PP and PP-EVOH-PP as a strategic product group of ETIMEX Primary Packaging
  • Active market development in the food packaging segment, e.g., for sausages, cheese, convenience products and ready meals
  • Responsibility for the entire sales process – from preparing quotes through price and contract negotiations to on-time delivery
  • Identification of customer potential, investment projects and market trends
  • Development and implementation of market and sales strategies to sustainably increase revenue
  • Conducting competitor analyses and deriving targeted measures
  • Close cooperation with engineering, R&D and production to realize customer-specific solutions
  • Participation in trade fairs, customer events and networking meetings to strengthen the market position

Requirements

  • Degree in packaging or plastics engineering, packaging technology or a degree in business administration; commercial vocational training; or equivalent qualification obtained through professional experience or continuing education
  • Several years of experience in technical sales of plastic packaging, ideally with a focus on thermoforming films and food trays made of PP/PP-EVOH-PP
  • Sales-driven, communicative and persuasive personality with high self-motivation and strong closing skills
  • Strong technical understanding and advisory competence
  • Entrepreneurial thinking as well as a structured, solution-oriented way of working
  • Confident manner, negotiation skills and enjoyment of customer contact
  • Very good German and English skills; additional languages an advantage
  • Proficient in MS Office and ERP systems (e.g., SAP)
  • Willingness to travel within the sales region and a good network in the packaging and food industry
Benefits
  • Responsible sales role with scope for initiative in a forward-looking, international company
  • Work on technologically advanced products with strategic importance
  • Attractive, performance-related remuneration including additional benefits
  • Company car, also available for private use
  • Individual training opportunities and personal development prospects
  • Collegial working environment with open communication and an appreciative corporate culture

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
packaging engineeringplastics engineeringpackaging technologytechnical salesthermoforming filmsfood traysmarket developmentcompetitor analysissales strategiesrevenue increase
Soft skills
sales-drivencommunicativepersuasiveself-motivationclosing skillstechnical understandingadvisory competenceentrepreneurial thinkingstructuredsolution-oriented
Certifications
degree in packaging engineeringdegree in plastics engineeringdegree in packaging technologydegree in business administrationcommercial vocational training