Home-based Luxury Packaging Key Accounts Manager

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This position has now been filled, but has been left on our website as we have other similar vacancies to this on an ongoing basis that might interest you. More importantly, we have vacancies that are not advertised due to their confidential nature therefore it would certainly be in your interest to email your CV, as a word document, depending on which sector you are in, to :-

Head of Packaging recruitment – Greg Nelson – greg@harrison-scott.co.uk

Head of Print recruitment–Neil Pearson – neil@harrison-scott.co.uk

Head Paper recruitment – Gary Young – gary@harrison-scott.co.uk

Board level, account management and all levels of sales vacancies –

George Thompson – george@harrison-scott.co.uk

Our divisional heads will then email your CV internally to the consultant who specialises in your exact sector, for example a category of packaging is cartons, a category of print is print management, in fact we have over 30 specialist categories. Our specialist consultant will contact you if we have a live vacancy that matches, or contact you in the near future as soon a good match to skill set and experience becomes available.

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We have an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and experienced packaging specialist to drive forward our client’s strategy, increasing its profile and market share in the luxury sector. Home based, your role will be to build on current core business and drive further opportunities for significant growth by promoting the company’s expertise and capabilities in luxury/gift packaging for prestigious, international brands within the drinks, health & beauty, cosmetics, toiletries and confectionery sectors.

Responsibilities

• Build strong relationships with core customers and maintain a high profile with new  prospects.
• Maintain a proactive pipeline of new opportunities and prospects to support new business development.
• Champion the strategic commitment to a greener future by promoting sustainability initiatives and plastic replacement.
• Position the company as a market leader in the design and production of eCommerce packaging.
• Be a passionate supporter of design led innovation with strong project management skills for the management and delivery of new product development.
• Portray strong communication skills and an ability to build strong personal relationships with customers and colleagues.
• A proactive and creative approach to identify and develop other high value packaging markets in premium food, confectionery, gifting, health and beauty.
• Ensure effective and timely market intelligence on industry trends and competitor activity.
• Attend major industry events, trade shows and exhibitions as required.

The candidate we seek will have a proven track record in packaging sales/business development and a genuine passion for international, premium brands.
You will be commercially astute, self-motivated with a positive approach to life and career.
This role requires a team player, highly organised and capable of working on multiple projects at one time.  This is a unique opportunity to join a pioneering, highly successful global organisation with a great reputation for quality and service with a strategic commitment to deliver significant growth in high value packaging markets.