About this role
Assistant Sales Manager – Printing & Packaging Solutions
Reporting: Manger| Printing & Packaging Solutions
Key responsibilities
- Manage and grow existing PPS (printing and Packaging Solution) customers, including plate mounting, splicing and other specialty tape applications.
- Develop Printing Ink business with printing and packaging converters.
- Develop Packaging Coatings and new opportunities in packaging chemicals.
- Explore pulp & paper chemical applications and build new customer pipelines.
Principal & Supplier Management
- Able to support the Sales Manager in building and maintaining good relationships with key principals and suppliers, including tesa, Siegwerk and Stahl.
- Good English communication skills to coordinate directly with overseas suppliers through emails, online meetings and face-to-face discussions.
- Able to work closely with principals to explore new business opportunities, identify potential customers and develop new applications.
- Able to arrange and participate in supplier meetings, joint customer visits, product training and technical discussions.
- Able to prepare monthly sales reports, including sales performance, project pipelines, customer updates and action plans.
- Able to support the Sales Manager in preparing sales forecasts, business reviews and presentations for principals.
- Able to coordinate with suppliers and internal teams on product samples, technical support, pricing and customer trials.
- Good follow-up skills to ensure agreed actions are completed on time and business opportunities continue to progress.
- Experience working with international principals or suppliers in the printing, packaging or specialty chemicals industry will be an advantage.
Candidate qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Packaging Technology, Printing Technology or a related field.
- Direct B2B sales experience in printing, flexible packaging, paper, converting or packaging chemicals.
- Good knowledge of at least one relevant application: printing inks, printing plate mounting, specialty tapes, packaging coatings or pulp & paper chemicals.
- Existing customer relationships with printing companies, flexible packaging converters, paper mills or packaging manufacturers will be a strong advantage.
- Able to manage existing accounts while actively developing new customers and applications.
- Comfortable working with overseas suppliers, handling technical discussions and following up on customer trials.
- Can frequency travel to upcountry as Chonburi, Rayong and sometime for the south of Thailand
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