Regional Sales Manager – USA

Company: Emba Machinery Inc
Location: North Americas

About Emba Machinery

EMBA is a global leader in the manufacture of high-performance corrugated converting equipment. EMBA was established in 1954 in Örebro, Sweden. As we celebrate 70 years, our goal is to remain at the forefront of corrugated box production. By focusing on customer-driven product development, continuous process improvements, and a strong market presence with good service. EMBA provides high-quality machines for today and the future.

EMBA machines set new standards in converting operations by delivering outstanding productivity, print quality and material efficiency. Inspired by the challenges of our global customers, developed for ultimate results converting knowledge into productivity. EMBA is always looking ahead to develop innovative new products and services to improve our customers’ productivity, safety, and product reliability.

To continue our long-term growth, we have an excellent opportunity for a Regional Sales Manager reporting directly to the President and administratively reporting to our North American headquarters in Westlake, Ohio. We aspire to be the supplier, employer and investment of choice in our industry, with core values that promote a culture built on integrity, respect, teamwork and accountability.

Our Westlake office is also the OEM supplier of McKinley Machinery machines, parts. Several hundred machines of both EMBA and McKinley product lines are in production in North America.

Position Overview

Regional Sales Manager’s drive revenue within their designated territory by developing business relationships and providing customer focused solutions to our customer’s toughest requirements. They are subject matter experts and consultants for internal and external customers in the application of our range of converting equipment. Technical and Marketing staff will support the Regional Sales Manager from our North America headquarters as well as EMBA AB headquarters in Sweden.

Key Responsibilities

  • Daily territory management to maintain and gain new accounts and meet or exceed revenue goals through visits to various customer plants and offices actively searching for new customers and projects to achieve desired results and goals
  • Identify customer needs and collaborate with operations to deliver on those needs
  • Understand market conditions and competitive environment to optimize marketing pricing opportunities and supply reports
  • Optimize product and service offerings to diversified customer base and reach additional market segments especially in the area of the technically demanding Integrated customers. Support will be provided from the technical staff both in the USA and from the EMBA Headquarters in Sweden
  • Make formal presentations to customer decision-makers and educate them on EMBA equipment
  • Excellent behavior with customers’ top-level management
  • In conjunction with technical department, make formal presentations to customer decision-makers and educate them on equipment
  • Understand market conditions and competitive environment to optimize pricing opportunity and negotiate a sales price up to an advance agreed discount level.
  • Follow projects actively.
  • Give feed-back about competitor activities in dedicated market area

Qualifications

  • Experience selling/marketing technically complex capital equipment
  • Self-motivated to achieve goals and deliver results with passion for customer service
  • Communicates professionally and effectively
  • Ability to negotiate with and influence decision makers adapt to changing business needs.
  • Good level of knowledge specifically from the Corrugated board industry
  • Experience and willingness to travel extensively
  • Technically savvy with today’s fast-moving multimedia and social media platforms, conducting ZOOM and TEAMS meetings
  • Above average computer skills, weekly submission of electronic expense report and monthly sales activity reports

Professional Experience

  • Several years technical sales experience preferably from the machinery or manufacturing Corrugated industry
  • Proven sales experience of large capital equipment projects
  • Technical Sales Engineer and/or Education at the university level, preferably in mechanical engineering, automation or similar.

📩 Interested candidates: For more information or to apply, please contact Desiree Börjeskog HR Manager at Emba Machinery. desiree.borjeskog@emba.com +46 19 300 665