Sales Manager Benelux

Sonoco Products
Belgium
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: SalesSkills: ["Problem-solving","Results-oriented","Continuous improvement","Customer relationship management"]

Lead sales and account management for the France Northern Region and Benelux, developing and executing sales plans to achieve customer targets and profitability. Manage customer contract negotiations, forecasting, and pricing/volume/budget monitoring while identifying margin improvement opportunities. Build long-term customer relationships through market and competitor understanding and ensure commitments are fulfilled. Collaborate closely with Customer Technical Service, Sales & Marketing, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Finance teams.

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Sonoco Products
Sonoco Products
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Sales Manager Benelux

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Job Summary

Lead sales and account management for the France Northern Region and Benelux, developing and executing sales plans to achieve customer targets and profitability. Manage customer contract negotiations, forecasting, and pricing/volume/budget monitoring while identifying margin improvement opportunities. Build long-term customer relationships through market and competitor understanding and ensure commitments are fulfilled. Collaborate closely with Customer Technical Service, Sales & Marketing, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Finance teams.
Location: Belgium
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Sales
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Develop and implement sales plans for customer accounts to achieve agreed sales targets.
  • •Manage customer negotiations and conclude/sign customer contracts in line with the commercial strategy.
  • •Participate in budgeting and forecasting, including preparing sales volume forecasts and monitoring pricing, volumes, and budgets.
  • •Identify and manage opportunities to improve margins across the customer portfolio and support cost-saving and commercial improvement projects.
  • •Develop and maintain regular customer contact, understand markets/competitors, handle commercial claims, and ensure commitments are monitored and fulfilled throughout the contract lifecycle.

Key Requirements

  • •Graduated from a Business School or University, demonstrating at least 10 years of commercial experience at a senior level.
  • •Experience ideally in a manufacturing environment and an international business context.
  • •Problem-solver with a results and continuous improvement mindset.
  • •Technical understanding to support customers and internal teams across Customer Technical Service and Supply Chain.
  • •Strong knowledge of the packaging making process and the Food Industry principles; fluency in English is mandatory and Dutch is a plus.
Experience:ManufacturingInternational businessPackagingFood Industry
Skills:Problem-solvingResults-orientedContinuous improvementCustomer relationship management
Languages:EnglishDutch

Company Brief

Sonoco Products
Produces industrial and consumer packaging solutions, including paper, rigid paper containers, plastics, and protective packaging. Sonoco serves a wide range of global customers across food, beverage, healthcare, and industrial markets.
Industry: Printing & Packaging
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Hartsville, United States
Founded: 1899
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