About Avery Dennison

Avery Dennison (NYSE: AVY) is a global materials science company specializing in the design and manufacture of a wide variety of labeling and functional materials. The company’s products, which are used in nearly every major industry, include pressure-sensitive materials for labels and graphic applications; tapes and other bonding solutions for industrial, medical, and retail applications; tags, labels and embellishments for apparel; and radio frequency identification (RFID) solutions serving retail apparel and other markets. Headquartered in Glendale, California, the company employs more than 30,000 employees in over 50 countries. Reported sales in 2019 were $7.1 billion. Learn more at www.averydennison.com.

What we can offer you! - Your Role:
To support our sales team in Sweden, we are searching for an Account Manager. based in Stockholm.  This is a challenging role in a very fast, highly competitive changing business and within a high performing sales team. In this position you will travel to our customers as well as work from home.
As an Account Manager, you are responsible for driving consistent profitable growth by achieving sales objectives within designated accounts. You will further develop business with our customers, improve added customer value by demonstrating our capabilities and building stronger customer relationships, and become a trusted advisor for our customers. You will partner in this position with accounts in the retail apparel and footwear industry to provide solutions for branding (e.g. packaging, tags and labels) and variable data management that enhance brand value.

Activities may include, but are not limited to the following:

• Increase revenue by achieving sales objectives in existing and new accounts
• Create and manage account strategies to deliver on sales goals to enable top-line growth and gain share, and maximize profitability
• Building new and strengthening relationships with our customers
• Collaborating with colleagues from different teams around the globe
• Lead the coordination of product development and sampling activities between the customer and our internal teams
• Act as the customer’s primary point of contact for coordinating global account needs
• Being creative in finding solutions for our customers and winning new business
• Developing  a sound understanding of the competitive landscape assessing continuously for trends and opportunities
• Using SalesForce to effectively analyze sales activities and customer base as well as creating regular sales forecasts and performing an efficient pipeline management

What we expect from you! - Your Expertise:

• You love being a sales professional and providing excellent customer service is always a given for you
• You have experience in sales including quota responsibility, market development, account planning, and customer engagement - ideally in an international business
• experience in and knowledge of the Apparel industry preferred
• You have excellent communication and negotiation skills in Swedish and English both spoken and written;
• entrepreneurial thinking comes natural to you
• You are able to work independently with little supervision
• You are able to handle a number of key tasks at the same time and prioritize your work on your own
• You have an energetic, dedicated and enthusiastic work approach combined with strong self management to meet deadlines and to do what it takes to get the job done
• Your have a strong cultural empathy and are a team-player with a relationship-building attitude to operate in a complex multinational organization

We not only embrace change… we drive it.  We work hard, push hard, and take brave risks. Our culture is innovative and collaborative - where bold ideas turn into action. We grow strong talent through stretch opportunities only restricted by your interests.  We are committed to workplace diversity, both for employees and for the business. We are a force for good, embedded in industries and communities worldwide. We are challenging ourselves and others to reach higher and think bigger to improve the quality of all life. Avery Dennison is a great place to work for everyone. We offer:

• State of the art facilities 
• Workplace & work hours flexibility
• International environment 
• A growing team with good spirit!
• Competitive total rewards

Avery Dennison is an equal opportunity employer.

If you are interested in knowing more about our Diversity & Inclusion approach, please go to https://www.averydennison.com/en/home/about-us/diversity-and-inclusion.html

Please provide your application in English! Thank You!