Business Development Manager - Packaging

H.B. Fuller is a leading global adhesives provider focusing on perfecting adhesives and sealants across all industries throughout the world. While our products are virtually invisible, they play a vital role in ensuring the quality of modern life and we are committed to connecting what matters to solve some of the world's biggest adhesion challenges.

Business  Development Manager  - Packaging

Location:  U.S.A., 100% remote position

The key objective of the Business Development Manager (BDM) is to implement the market strategy and hunt for new business and product extensions for H.B. Fuller North America in the packaging consumable space.  By working with market segment leaders and regional market experts, the BDM will execute the strategy and develop account plans to target and penetrate chosen customers, brand owners, packaging suppliers, and OEMs/AEMs to deliver the financial results and market plans.  This is a 100% new business development role and the successful candidate will have a proven track record on building new business.

She/he will focus on trends to gather market intelligence and keep the regional teams abreast. She/he will be the Packaging Maker product expert to help solve strategic and business challenges partnering with marketing and R&D on new innovations, product line extensions etc. She/he will lead and represent the company at regional conferences by providing an expert view on emerging product line technologies, and disruptive factors. He/she will be the face of H.B. Fuller packaging makers.

She/he will implement the vision, generate new ideas to improve products and meet unmet market needs. She/he will actively participate in company innovation meetings across multiple business segments to pass on market knowledge, assess product line by highlighting promote products as well as identifying product gaps. She/he will work with the regional teams to coordinate and rapidly launch new products to capture market share in targeted market segments.

The role will be responsible for developing and maintaining customer contact plan and cultivating a significant understanding of customer's business model, processes and work to ensure H.B. Fuller becomes and remains a key business partner.

The successful candidate will prioritize contact activity based on existing value and potential new business and close new business deals with robust value propositions, it is anticipated that 100% of the role will focus on new business generation.

Primary Responsibilities:

• This individual will be involved in a variety of duties and responsibilities including:
• Work safely following the company guidelines.
• Execute the Packaging Makers market & product line goals and objectives.
• Directly manage opportunities and build network of key stakeholders within the Packaging Makers industry.
• Act as the voice of the customer to lead internal product and service initiatives and drive sales force priorities.
• Develop strong personal relationships with strategic packaging makers, brands companies, and equipment manufacturers.
• Develop a process to educate and promote partnership with equipment manufacturers to choose, promote and sell company products.
• Actively participate in the Packaging Makers marketing strategy, bring ideas to create marcom content. Work with each regional marcom expert to customize content for their regions.
• Transfer sales strategy into operational plans for developing new accounts Be the product line expert at key exhibitions and industry trade shows.
• Be the subject matter expert and face of H.B. Fuller’s Packaging Makers product solutions.
• Implement and validate the regional product strategies for Packaging Makers including value proposition, product line, target markets, target customers, sales targets, innovation strategy and marketing plan.
• Work with the regional stakeholders and key decision makers to identify target potentials within packaging makers, brands companies and equipment manufacturers.

Minimum Qualifications:

• BA/MBA or equivalent educational qualifications or relevant work experience
• 5-10+ years sales /technical sales experience in Packaging Makers market, preferred
• Demonstrated business acumen and understanding of the sales process
• Recognized as an effective influence leader
• Strong strategic and business development capabilities
• Ability to influence and gain alignment with both external and internal key decision makers as well as all levels of the organization
• Proven ability to lead projects in multi-functional teams and navigate effectively in a matrix organization
• Strong presentation skills
• Process and technical knowledge and aptitude; technical curiosity
• Good team player with proven a