Account Manager

Account Manager - Yakima, WA

Opportunity Summary: As Account Manager, you will serve as a liaison between Corporate Accounts, Strategic Regional Accounts, Smurfit Westrock plants and Customer locations while providing specialized support for designated Smurfit Westrock customers. Additionally, this position will provide a value-based selling approach to engage Smurfit Westrock resources at designated locations to ensure customer critical business issues/needs are met.

How You Will Impact Smurfit Westrock:

• Serve as the liaison between Smurfit Westrock and customer to support supplier plants in improving overall customer service
• Create project plans and oversee end-to-end development of customer specifications, logistics, and troubleshooting customers
• Ensure the needs of customers are met while aligning to meet MD business objectives
• Assist with budget development and management cross-functionally with Sales and Financial Managers
• Develop understanding of customers' market landscape to proactively identify areas of opportunities to add additional value, improve efficiency, and provide training for customer manufacturing lines
• Manage both internal and external customer relationships, providing value-added sales and service support solutions to deliver ongoing value
• Complete and develop Opportunity Plans that are in support of and align with Corporate Account's Key Account Profiles (KAP's)
• Review Opportunity Plans with VP Sales on a regular basis
• Partner with production, manufacturing, and account team to ensure customer needs are properly communicated

What You Need To Succeed:

• Bachelor's degree preferred
• 2 to 3 years of experience in corrugated sales preferred
• 5+ years of related experience in sales, project management, and/or technical training
• Possess a broad understanding of different types of equipment, and technical and packaging capabilities related to the packaging industry
• Proven experience with packaging systems
• Demonstrated sales competence and business acumen
• Ability to provide clarity to complex problems and develop long-term solutions
• Ability to manage multiple accounts and deadlines and interact effectively with people from varying functions and levels
• Possess effective leadership qualities and insightful business judgment
• Excellent computer skills including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

What We Offer:

• Corporate culture is based on integrity, respect, accountability, and excellence.
• Comprehensive training with numerous learning and development opportunities.
• An attractive salary reflects skills, competencies, and potential.
• Benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401k with match and more!
• A career with a global packaging company where sustainability, safety and inclusion are business drivers and foundational elements of the daily work.

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.

The salary range for this position is $78,750.00 - $131,250.00, depending on your role, level, and location. The benefits for this role may include short-term bonus incentive, health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work. Your actual pay will be based on your work location and other factors, such as your skills, experience, and education. To learn more about the specific salary range for your preferred location, please contact your recruiter during the hiring process.