Landsberg Orora started in 1947, with the philosophy that everything begins and ends with the customer. Today, with locations across North America, Europe and Asia, Landsberg Orora is a market leader in designing custom packaging solutions and supplying a broad range of commodity packaging and stock packaging for our global customers. At Landsberg Orora, we take pride in powering innovations in packaging while ensuring sustainability is fundamental to everything we do. We believe our packaging touches lives and together, we, together as a team, deliver on the promise of what’s inside. From custom packaging design and packaging materials, to prototype development and manufacturing, packaging automation and equipment, kitting and fulfillment, global sourcing, and full service warehousing and logistics, our packaging consultants develop cutting-edge, innovative solutions that take a product from concept to consumer.  It is with this passion and commitment to innovation, we believe in hiring and developing the very best talent by living our core values of Teamwork, Passion, Respect, and Integrity every day. These core values define who we are and how we operate. They shape the way we work with each other, with our customers, and with our communities. Every day, we deliver packaging solutions that exceed our customers’ expectations while solving complex problems as a team.  We believe that all team members (irrespective of their role or level), should aspire to distinctive leadership behavior, as we continue to deliver on the promise for our customers, shareholders and each other. Leadership is not tied to a job title, i.e. you don’t need to be accountable for a team to be considered a leader.

 

 

The Role

 

Sales Assistant
At the direction of the contributing Sales Representative and Regional Sales Leadership, the Sales Assistant will partner in all dutiesrelated to account support, management and business development that are not deemed current responsibilities of existing Co-workers including but not limited to CRPMs, CSRs, Buyers, and Planners.
 

Summary of Role and How You’ll Fit In
In this role, you will interact with Coworkers, Customers and Vendors to ensure the Sales Representative will be able to meet the customers’ needs for total packaging solutions.
 

This position reports to the: Director of Sales
Travel Requirement: 20% of Travel Required/Frequency
FLSA Status: Non-exempt
 

Key Responsibilities
The Sales Assistant will play an important role in the day to day support of the Sales Team and the management overseeing the organization. The role will schedule appointments, provide pertinent information to clients, and general office support as needed and assigned.
 

Revenue, Budget or Expenditure directly managed by this role 3-5 areas of responsibility/accountability preferred Assist in aged inventory/AR communication with customers Visit customers to address delivery/quality concerns Review Customer Profitability Reports to create proposed solutions on negative/low profit accounts. Update and maintain customer specific order forms to reflect current pricing Enter and help maintain the Sales Reps’ pipeline with current active projects Lead critical projects initiated by Sales Rep and Customers from initial concept to completion Review Customer Material Reports to identify opportunities to increase margin (pricing, costing, deviations, trends, etc.) Review Sales reports to anticipate potential shifts in business to reduce churn Review & escalate emails while the Sales Rep is traveling or in front of customers Assists in providing product, design, promotion and pricing information to customers Assist with Vendor managed inventory Responsible for coordinating customer status meetings, assigning action items and follow up Provides direction for customer critical product and service expedites Assist in identifying alternative solutions through samples and other materials Prepare sales presentations and samples for meetings Attend all Sales Meetings, understand all new initiatives that impact customers Perform other duties and/or responsibilities as assigned

 

Requirements
Minimum Qualifications:

 

High School education or equivalent is required. The ideal candidate will have 3 to 5 year experience supporting a Regional Sales Team in a fast paced environment.

 

Additional Required Qualifications:

Ability to work effectively as a team player with a diverse group of co-workers. Excellent organizational skills with high attention to details and willingness to take initiative are required. Ability to multi-task and prioritize projects in a fast-paced environment. Excellent grammar and writing skills required. Experience in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio required.

 

Physical Demands & Work Environment

Refer to Job Analysis

 

The physical demands and work environment are representative of those a team member encounters while performing the essentialduties. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Please reach out to careers@ororagroup.com for additional support and guidance

 

Reasonable Accommodations

 

Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. If you are interested in applying for employment with Orora and need special assistance to apply for a posted position, or if you believe you do not meet any of the required qualifications of a posted position due to a protected disability and would like to explore the possibility of an accommodation, please contact our Talent Acquisition team at: careers@ororagroup.com for additional support and guidance

 

What We Offer

 

Our rich benefits packages are designed to support the health and well-being of both our eligible co-workers and their families.  Here's a sample of the benefits we offer:

 

Medical Dental Vision Generous PTO 401(k) with a Company Matchj Flexible Spending Accounts Employee Assistance Group Life and AD&D Voluntary Life and AD&D Group Short-Term Disability Group Long-Term Disability

 

Equal Employment Opportunity

 

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a culturally diverse organization. We strive for inclusiveness and a workplace where mutual respect is paramount. We encourage applications from a diverse pool of candidates, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, or veteran status. We will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities, as need, to assist them in performing essential job functions.

 

Recruitment Agencies

 

Orora does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Orora is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

 

Solicitation of Payments

 

Orora does not solicit payment from our applicants and candidates for consideration or placement.