Country Manager (m/f/d)

We are Packiro

Take the next step with Packiro and become part of our sales team. At Packiro, we are making the packaging industry more digital and sustainable.
After 3,5 years and >60 employees, Packiro is one of the fastest growing printed packaging companies in Europe. After Packiro focused on the German speaking regions first, we now want to conquer the European market. Here you have the chance to be an essential part of our internationalization to Italy and to acquire new customers.
As a new Country Manager (m/f/d) / Italy, you will give every company from start-ups to large corporations the opportunity to package their own products individually, easily and flexibly. We make it as easy & digital as possible for the customer, using e-commerce and state-of-the-art systems (CRM, automation, 3D models).
We start with small teams in the new market, but step by step with increasing sales of Packiro in ‘your’ country, the team size will grow as well. With Packiro you have the chance to start a new business in the huge packaging industry, let’s make the Packiro internalization to a joined success. For your daily work: Your future customers will include coffee roasters, CBD retailers and big players in the food industry. You'll find product packaging realized through your projects in supermarkets, boutiques and cafes.
Bring your experience to a dynamic team, take direct responsibility and shape your individual approach with your own ideas. Along a structured plan, you will continuously develop your sales and product know-how and transparently achieve your financial and business goals. As Packiro is part of the Siegwerk Group, you will build on the stable foundation of a global player with 190 years of packaging know-how.

Your Challenges

• Be responsible for the sales expansion into the italian market, do sales on your own and build up a solid customer base
• Qualify existing italian hot leads or independently convince cold leads of our packaging innovations
• Build a pipeline of suitable new customers and increase their sales in the long term
• Become an industry expert in sustainable packaging
• Make a name for yourself in the scene by networking and selling Packiro's sustainable packaging solutions to potential new customers at European trade shows, innovation days and start-up events
• Based on our joined success: Build up a sales organization in Italy and steer the strategic and operative business
• Work with our CRM (HubSpot/ Salesforce) and store system

Your skills

• Entrepreneurial thinking and a sales driven mentality
• At least 5-10 years of sales experience in new customer acquisition and key account management
• > 3 years of experience to steer sales people
• Very good knowledge of italian (native language desirable) and English
• No in-depth expertise of packaging? No problem! We are looking for sales talents and will introduce you step by step to the topic of packaging
• Initial experience with CRM tools, such as Hubspot and Salesforce

Benefits

• The opportunity to build up a new sales territory (Italy) from scratch
• Attractive and performance-related salary package (unlimited bonus model for our success in Italy
• Structured development plan and transparent prospects
• Work from home or from our office in Cologne city center
• Modern equipment and systems (Lenovo X1 laptop, IPhone 13, HubSpot, etc.)
• Benefits like Urban Sports Club, job ticket and company pension plan

Your Contact

Your contact person will be Nadine Simon, Senior HR Business Partner. If you have any questions regarding your application, please feel free to contact her .
Please note that for data protection reasons we can only accept applications via our online form.


We are looking forward to your application! PS. For further information about Packiro have a look here!