Sales Representative - Industrial Packaging Solutions
Job Description:
Alliance Consulting client (confidential) seeks a Sales Representative – Industrial Packaging Solutions covering the Southern California territory. Full-Time, Direct Hire, field-based. Experience: 4-5 years. Compensation: competitive base salary + uncapped commission.
The Opportunity: A growing organization specializing in custom industrial packaging solutions seeks a highly motivated, results-driven Sales Representative to develop new business and grow existing customer relationships throughout Southern California. Looking for a true hunter who thrives on prospecting, cold calling, networking, and opening new accounts, with experience selling industrial packaging products or related B2B solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute a strategic territory sales plan to drive revenue growth
- Prospect, identify, and secure new business within the industrial packaging and distribution industries
- Present and sell custom industrial packaging products and value-added solutions
- Generate new business through cold calling, networking, referrals, and LinkedIn
- Build and maintain long-term customer relationships through consultative selling
- Conduct customer business reviews to identify growth opportunities
- Perform needs assessments and cost-benefit analyses to recommend customized solutions
- Negotiate pricing, contracts, and long-term supply agreements
- Manage and grow an assigned book of business while meeting or exceeding sales goals
- Maintain an accurate CRM, sales pipeline, forecasts, and activity reports
- Stay informed on market trends, customer needs, and competitor activity
Requirements:
- 3+ years of outside B2B sales experience in industrial packaging, packaging products, industrial distribution, shipping supplies, or related industries
- Proven success developing new business through prospecting, cold calling, and territory management
- Experience managing customer accounts and growing long-term relationships
- Strong consultative, solution-based selling skills
- Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation, and relationship-building abilities
- Self-motivated, competitive, organized, and results-driven
- Proficiency with CRM systems and Microsoft Office
- Ability to travel throughout the Southern California territory
Preferred experience selling: corrugated packaging, protective packaging, stretch film, shrink packaging, tape and adhesives, foam packaging, shipping supplies, warehouse packaging products, custom packaging solutions.
Compensation & Benefits: Competitive base salary; uncapped commission; performance-based incentives; comprehensive benefits package; career growth; full-time, field-based position.