Avery Dennison is a global leader in labeling and packaging materials and solutions. The company’s applications and technologies are an integral part of products used in every major market and industry. With operations in more than 50 countries and 25,000 employees worldwide, Avery Dennison serves customers with insights and innovations that help make brands more inspiring and the world more intelligent. Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) is a Fortune 500® company with sales of $6 billion from continuing operations in 2015. We are based in Glendale, California.

For our Materials Group Europe business we are hiring a Sales Representative Eastern Europe - Labels/Adhesives. This is a very challenging supporting role in a very fast growing business and within a high performing team. 

You will be mainly based at our plant in Pruszków, Poland 

What we can offer you! - Your Role:
As Sales Representative Eastern Europe - Labels/Adhesives you will further develop business with our customers in Poland and the Baltic States. As well you realize and develop new business opportunities with current and potential customers and end users, maximize added value to customer leveraging our capabilities and building stronger customer intimacy.
Reporting: Direct-line to Country Sales Manager as a team-member
Activities may include, but are not limited to:
• Support Country Sales Managers to grow business in the country by managing current business and developing new opportunities.
• Initiate and continuously develop business relations with customers by offering suitable products & services and ensuring delivery as agreed.
• Monitor market developments and search for new business possibilities with potential and current customers.
• Co-operate with internal marketing and technical resources to exploit identified sales opportunities by “selling” customers effective solutions for developing their businesses.
• Support customers in testing newly developed applications.
• Create and maintain price-lists and payment policies for markets under responsibility.
• Assess financial status of customers, agree with them payment conditions and, if needed, propose to internal financial resources special payment or credit conditions.
• Support Credit Department on following up receivables from customers and, if needed, take appropriate actions to obtain due payments.
• Co-operate with internal supply chain resources to ensure suitable service conditions for markets under responsibility.

• strong enterprising spirit and sense of business with long-term perspective;
• six years of applicable sales or related experience;
• ability and energy to develop business in difficult conditions of emerging markets;
• very good command of English both spoken and written; additional languages are a plus;
• influential leader willing to take-up more responsibility over time;
• strong assertiveness and self-drive;
• strong interest and drive to identify/create and meet customer needs;
• personal accountability, good self-organization and thoroughness in all activities;
• team-player attitude, ability to operate in complex multinational organization;
• cultural empathy, ability to co-operate with people from many different cultures;
• ability to establish and develop trustful and productive relations with multiple internal parties and external customers;
• excellent communication & negotiation skills;
• logical analytical and numerical skills;
• strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities;
• creativeness and resourcefulness to find innovative solutions;
• experience in purchasing/sales in international business, ideally in developing markets;
• knowledge of finance, logistics and production processes;
• driving licence

More than 20 years operating with nearly 100 fresh minds full of inspiring ideas at our Distribution Center in Pruszków, we are on a daily contact with all our Eastern European customers and suppliers to set sustainable momentum for everyone.

please note the position includes a lot of travelling