US - Chicago Sales Representative

As Green Bay Packaging continues to grow, we are now looking for a Sales Representative for our Chicago, IL area. The successful candidate must be a dedicated, eager, driven sales professional with Industrial Sales experience to join our team. The selected candidate will have a strong understanding of the sales process and excel at generating new leads, building relationships, and closing deals. The sales representative will build on our existing relationships and develop new business with large and small customers. The ideal candidate will be a quick learner with strong negotiating skills and the ability to showcase our offerings in a compelling way. The ideal candidate must be both personable and professional.
Travel requirements include 2-3 overnights per month.

The selected candidate will be based in Chicago, IL because of its central location relative to most of our customers.

• Answer customers' questions about products, prices, and availability.
• Generate leads and build relationships by organizing daily work schedule to call on existing and potential customers. Willingly recommending products to customers, anticipating their needs and interests.
• Contact regular and prospective customers to demonstrate products, explain product features, and solicit orders.
• Perform follow-up calls. Estimate or quote prices, credit or contract terms, warranties, and delivery dates. Consult with clients after sales or contract signings to resolve problems and to provide ongoing support. Building solid relationships with our customers.
• Monitor market conditions, product innovations, and competitors' products, prices, and sales. Develop and implement territory action plan using comprehensive data analysis, preparing sales reports, keeping sales records, and filing expense account reports. Obtain credit information about prospective customers.

• Excellent communication skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to work independently
• Commitment to outstanding customer service
• Pressure Sensitive, label, printing, adhesives, coating or paper experience is a plus
• A four-year degree is preferred

Started in 1933, Green Bay Packaging Inc. is a family owned, vertically integrated company consisting of corrugated container plants, a folding carton facility, recycled and virgin containerboard mills, pressure-sensitive label roll stock plants, timberlands, a paper slitting operation, and a sawmill facility. Headquartered in Green Bay, Wis., Green Bay Packaging Inc. employs over 4,600 team members and operates 40 facilities in 16 states, each with a dedication to innovative development of its products and forestry resources, with a focus on safety, sustainability, quality, and continuous improvement. For more information about Green Bay Packaging Inc., visit gbp.com.