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Reiser

Packaging Specialist

Reiser, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290


Packaging SpecialistRemote from Minnesota, Michigan Wisconsin or Greater Chicago

Company Description

With more than 60 years of success in the food equipment industry, Reiser is recognized worldwide for its high-quality equipment, innovative engineering, and outstanding service and support. Total commitment to our customers makes us the one supplier that food manufacturers can trust for better, smarter solutions.

Working at Reiser will be the most satisfying job you'll ever have. As an International Company and industry front-runner, Reiser focuses on innovative solutions for food processing and packaging equipment. You'll be part of a talented and passionate team of professionals that works hard, embraces challenges, and is dedicated to the success of Reiser and its customers. You can build a career here at Reiser. We take great pride in providing the resources and creating an environment where you can learn, grow and develop with the company.

Duties and Responsibilities

Provide the Reiser sales team with technical support on packaging machines.

Support and communicate with sales team on all packaging calls with customers.

Professionally represent our products to new and to existing customers.

Continually build pipeline through cold-calling, networking and maintaining positive relationships; internally and externally.

Share best sales practices with team.

Be actively involved with sales industry associations and attend relevant packaging trade shows.

Ensure documentation and reports are accurate, and are received on time.

Help to facilitate quotations, product samples and deliveries.

Maintain a strong working knowledge of each packaging machine and their application in the market.

Track sales of packaging equipment in their territory to track growth and market penetration.

Train new sales personnel on packaging and what market each product is best suited.

Work with the Reiser Service Team on machine installations.

Attend national and regional sales meetings and packaging trade shows.

Qualifications

Direct experience selling or providing technical support of packaging equipment or products (preferably in the meat/food/cheese industries).

Strong knowledge of Overwrap, Thermoform, Lid Seal and Modified Atmosphere Packaging Applications.

Understands importance of selling equipment with the added service component and working closely with service team.

Ability to work independently, prioritize and multi-task.

Comfortable communicating with people on the shop floor to presidents of companies.

Ability to travel overnight roughly 70% during the week throughout Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota and the Greater Chicago area. Overnight travel will be less if based in Chicago.

Undergraduate degree preferred but not required.

Must reside anywhere in the territory, ideally within an hour radius of a major airport.

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