As Sales Manager, you will develop sales opportunities for Pact's Health and Personal care packaging products through engagement of existing and new customers and will manage customers at state and national level. This is a great opportunity to step up your sales experience in packaging to the next level as you specialise in your category.

About this opportunity

As Sales Manager, you will be known for your excellent sales, communication and presentation skills and will bring experience in sustainable growth success. As a part of a solid team of likeminded professionals who have our customers and solution provision at the heart of everything we do, you will be able to develop lasting relationships, be flexible and strategic and are seeking the next step in your career. This role is based at Minto and works closely with our customers in New South Wales.

 Reporting to the Senior Sales Manager- Health and Personal Care, you will:

• Ensure that the customer base is served including   management of customer relationship, accurate and timely orders/forecasting/inventory/slow stock management and development of new product and business opportunities with both new and existing customers
• Develop and maintain Account Plans for customers
• Conduct regular customer business review meetings
• Identify and deliver on new opportunities and product sales strategies 
• Prepare and present detailed reporting and analysis on business activities, 
• Support preparation and submission of proposals that deliver a competitive and valuable service offering for customers and our business
• Develop and update the sales plan to achieve the sales budget for the allocated accounts
• Preparing weekly forecasts as to the current and future months’ forecast sales for allocated accounts
• Represent the customer's "voice" within the business and ensuring that their experience throughout PACT is aligned with the strategic importance of the account

Your skills and experience

 With experience in sales management and astute commercial acumen, you will also bring:

• Resilience with a strong desire to achieve, operational excellence and delivery of agreed growth objectives
• Strategic and collaborative approach that embeds and harnesses commitment to customer value and service excellence
• Entrepreneurial mindset, technical aptitude and understanding of manufacturing processes is highly beneficial
• Enthusiasm and solutions provision in your Account Management
• Demonstrated commitment and belief of Safety in the workplace and working “Toward Zero Harm”

Your experience and skills include:

• Service focused personality.
• Proven customer service skills with sophisticated communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Computer literate with strong abilities in Microsoft Office.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to connect with others easily, as well as proven problem solving abilities.
• Highly responsible and reliable, demonstrating initiative as required.
• Ability to work well under pressure in a fast-paced, team-based environment.

What you will be doing:

• Consistently offer professional, friendly and engaging service while corresponding with guests via various methods in a timely manner.
• Book, enter and update room reservation requests & rooming lists, as well as build & maintain group blocks, using the relevant systems to ensure a flawless check-in & check-out process.
• Ensure accurate payment information is received and inputted in a timely manner.
• Maximize revenue by upselling guestrooms and recommending hotel facilities.
• Assist with balancing inventory/room types.
• Liaise and maintain strong working relationships with Sales, Food & Beverage, Front Office & other departments as required.
• Assist guests regarding hotel facilities in an informative and helpful way.
• Due to the requirements of the role needs to be performed onsite, no working from home options available. 

Your Career

As a Palo Alto Networks Specialist Cortex Systems Engineer, a Next-Gen AI-powered security operations platform, you will be the expert for the broader Cortex portfolio within our offerings. 

Your portfolio includes Cortex XSIAM (Extended Security Intelligence and Automation Management), Cortex XDR (Extended Detection and Response platform across endpoints, network and cloud), Cortex XSOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, Response & Threat Intel Management), and Cortex Xpanse (Attack Surface Management).

The Cortex Specialist Systems Engineer is the interface between business and technology. Working closely both internally - with product and engineering to share feedback from the field, and externally - with our prospects and customers to understand their business needs and to design technical solutions that take the best advantage of the Cortex platform. With your colleagues, you will displace competing technologies and build market share - most importantly, help your client sleep at night as our product integrates to build secure digital transactions.

Your Impact

• Drive complex deals in the pre-sale stage, alongside sales engineers and sales reps
• Present to customers as our expert at all levels in the customer hierarchy from technician to manager
• Support the technical field sales engineer on POCs (proof of concept) – assist with the pre-sales process by answering technical questions, conducting POC evaluations, and working with engineering to bridge any gaps
• Work closely with product and engineering to debug and correct challenges encountered during POCs
• Training of the field sales engineers to present new features, product roadmap, new improvements, and sprint summary
• Create new demo scenarios and use cases
• Discuss complex platform architectures to prospects
• Respond effectively to RFIs/RFPs while serving as the main technical point of contact