Senior Sales Representative (South East)

ABOUT AVIENT:

Avient Corporation provides specialized and sustainable material solutions that transform customer challenges into opportunities, bringing new products to life for a better world.

Examples include:

• Dyneema®, the world’s strongest fiber™, enables unmatched levels of performance and protection for end-use applications, including ballistic personal protection, marine and sustainable infrastructure and outdoor sports
• Unique technologies that improve the recyclability of products and enable recycled content to be incorporated, thus advancing a more circular economy
• Light-weighting solutions that replace heavier traditional materials like metal, glass and wood, which can improve fuel efficiency in all modes of transportation and reduce carbon footprint
• Sustainable infrastructure solutions that increase energy efficiency, renewable energy, natural resource conservation and fiber optic / 5G network accessibility

Avient employs approximately 10,000 associates and is certified ACC Responsible Care®, a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and certified Great Place to Work®. For more information, visit www.avient.com.

WHY AVIENT:

Avient Corporation is a world-class sustainable organization built on innovation, collaboration, and employee development. We are committed to providing a supportive and dynamic work environment where our diverse associates can grow and succeed, as well as positively impacting our planet and the communities we serve. Our Great Place to Work culture, values, and benefits make Avient an employer of choice for top talent.

We believe diversity of ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world. In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring, promotion, development, compensation, or advancement are based solely on a person's qualifications, abilities, experience, and performance.

General Summary:

The Specialty Inks Sr. Sales Representative is responsible for aggressively pursuing sales of products to customers in geography or market. Duties include forecasting and achieving annual objectives for sales, margins, and volume growth. The position is focused on securing business from prospective and current accounts in an effort to meet sales objectives. Expectations include the ability to sell at all levels of management and build relationships that ensure Avient will continue to get the first and last look. This individual will interact effectively at the managerial level. Ability to function independently with minimal direction based on prior 3-5 years of experience and is skilled at customer-centric selling approaches and effectively selling the value of our products and services are also keys to success. Individuals must have the ability to assist customers in problem solving to deliver solutions, bring energy, enthusiasm and professionalism to their daily routines. Up to 75% travel is required.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The Purpose of the Sales Function is to Deliver:

• Profitable revenue growth, including robust new business development.
• Achieve stated gross margin targets as a percentage of sales.
• Approach the sales process with a high degree of professionalism and effectiveness by successful utilization of customer centric selling skills and tools, such as use of scorecards, business reviews, EVE tools, high/wide/deep, 5 warning signs, prospecting & new account calls, development of a robust sales funnel, collecting ARs, avoidance of bad debts, cross selling, and effective CRM system management.
• Establish, track and close new business targets consistent with long-term growth objectives.
• Implement marketing programs and provide feedback on resource needs and emerging opportunities.
• Establish account development plans and network resources up, down and across both the customer’s organization and Avient.
• Develop, execute and manage sales plans, sales budgets, and expense budgets.
• Prospecting and cold calling.
• As an individual and sales team member, contributes to the company's planning of both long- and short-term business objectives. This will include periodic and annual sales forecasts, as well as the setting of sales volume goals.
• Deliver the planned results (AOP).
• Exercises discretion and judgment with respect to specific selling activities. These include, but are not limited to, solutions including appropriate product grades to be offered for specific applications and markets; appropriate use of standard product grades versus a custom compounded product and; competitive pricing of products.
• Work both directly and cooperatively with channel partners to close business based on customer's purchasing requirements.
• Maintains current accounts as well as develops new accounts. This includes independent assessment of a customer's needs and the presence of competitive pressures.
• May be required to serve as a primary company representative at trade shows, conferences and in other promotional settings.
• Works to establish selling strategy/tactics; obtains orders and establishes new accounts; plans and organizes daily work; calls on existing and prospective clients; analyzes customer requirements and objectives to recommend Avient product solutions.
• Keeps Sales Manager informed of progress through regular activity reports/communications.
• Adds customer value by acting as a business consultant to customers’ key management; develops a thorough understanding of customers’ business, overall strategy and operational issues; advises customer on best Avient product(s) to accomplish their objectives; recommends customer pricing, custom solutions, and/or special considerations.
• Implement marketing programs and provide feedback on resource needs and emerging opportunities; recommends to Marketing changes in Avient product/service mix by evaluating product results and competitive developments; market development activities to include performing analysis of customer plans and creating forecasts for sales results, executing and managing sales plans, sales budgets and expense budgets.
• Works with Technical and Customer Service team(s) to ensure customer requirements and satisfaction are met.
• Delivers the planned results (AOP). #LI-CB1 #LI-Remote