ALPLA is a global family-owned, privately held company that makes innovative, customized, recycled packaging for top companies such as P&G, Unilever, L'Oréal, Pepsi, and more. ALPLA values their employees, work-life balance, personal growth, compensation and sustainability.
As the Associate Account Manager reporting to the Head of Inside Sales, you’ll play a key role in supporting the NOAM Sales Team in managing and growing profitable business for ALPLA.
What Can You Expect From ALPLA
- Health and Wellness Care Program
- Dependent Care Cost Savings Program
- Recognition programs
- Promotional opportunities
- 401K Retirement Plan and excellent Matching Plan
- Medical, dental, vision plan
- Education assistance program
- Short term, long term and life insurance paid by ALPLA
- Paid vacation
- Paid holidays
What You Will Enjoy Doing
- Develops Business Plans and submit to appropriate Key Account Manager
- Prepares customer proposals/RFQs
- Executes award kickoff meetings, Bottle Passport, PDO
- Acts as liaison to ALPLA Technical Center, Project Management, Finance,
- Procurement, Operations, and Quality teams
- Analyzes market trends by utilizing information provided by Key Account Managers
- Works closely with technical and manufacturing departments to provide market insight on new technologies and product developments
- Maintains updated pricing information in Account Price Sheets for submission to customers
Hybrid Role: For the first 6 months, this employee would be in the office 4 days a week to be trained on ALPLA processes and systems.
Immigration sponsorship is not eligible for this role.
What Makes You Great
Education / Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Business or a related field.
Skills
- Excellent computer skills, particularly Excel
- Leadership skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Detail oriented
- Excellent time management skills
- Ability to work independently and in teams
- High energy, self-motivated and quick thinking
- Professional office/phone etiquette and presence
- Ability to travel as necessary.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job the employee is:
- Frequently required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear
- Frequently required to stand; walk; climb stairs
- Occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds
- The noise level in the work environment is usually low
ALPLA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: ALPLA is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at ALPLA are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. ALPLA will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.