About this role
Service Representative – Georgia-Pacific
Georgia-Pacific’s Corrugated Packaging division is hiring a Service Representative to support our corrugated packaging business in the Northeast region.
People buy from people they like, but it is also about the service they receive! The Service Representative will be a crucial part of the Commercial Team, which will be responsible for servicing top strategic accounts. In this role, you will spend time in front of key customers and work with our National Accounts Team to ensure GP is the preferred supplier to our strategic accounts. This role is a home-based position with the expectation that you will be in the sales field up to 60% of the time. We offer a competitive salary plus variable compensation and a company car, among other benefits, for this exciting sales opportunity. This position reports to the Area Sales Manager.
Our Team
This is an exciting time for the Northeast market as we continue to improve our capabilities and grow our capacity to service customers. We have a strong & diverse team that is committed to developing preferred partners and delivering best-in-class service.
We are open to candidates residing in or near the following locations or willing to relocate within reasonable proximity to the sales territory:
- Southern and Western New York
- Northern PA
What You Will Do
- Build strong relationships with strategic national accounts by delivering quality products, excellent service, and on-time delivery
- Identify and implement solutions to optimize the customer’s packaging needs, improve product performance, and reduce waste at the GP box plant
- Work cross-functionally with various GP capabilities and serve as the link between your customers and GP internal teams such as customer service, quality, design, production, accounting, shipping, etc.
- Maintain a high level of visibility and communication with national account customers
- Visit customers regularly to review quality initiatives and take action based on customer feedback and insights
- Assist in conducting item trials with customers
- Reconcile credits issued at month end with customers
- Visit nearby GP facilities as needed for team meetings, sample collection, and distribution
- Foster a long-term partnership between GP and your customer beyond the day-to-day interactions
- Support the GP quality team on customer visits to ensure quality compliance
- Demonstrate technical skills daily using tools such as Microsoft Office 365 (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, etc.)
- Log activities/data in Microsoft Dynamics CRM
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Corrugated industry experience or, instead of industry experience, 2 or more years of outside sales/B2B experience or a bachelor’s degree in packaging science, operations/manufacturing, engineering, business administration, or a related field
- Open to travel up to 60% within the assigned territory
For this role, we anticipate paying $70,000 - $90,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.
Hiring Philosophy
All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.
Who We Are
As a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day – to make everyday products even better.
At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.
Our Benefits
Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu)