[Hiring] National Accounts Project Manager @International Paper

Role Description

The National Accounts Project Manager will:

• Increase IP’s profitability, market share, competitive advantage, and enhance our Think the Customer reputation in the marketplace.
• Mobilize resources from both the customer and IP to focus on profitability, innovation, cost savings, design enhancement, quality systems, packaging equipment, and other areas that support the customer’s success in the marketplace.
• Interact with a wide variety of International Paper teams and indirectly teams within the customer’s structure to aid the customer’s growth in many different markets.
• Have a solid understanding of products sold to our customer, business portfolio, current products, go-to-market strategy, manufacturing strategy, and supply chain as they relate to corrugated products sold.
• Display skill set for advancing customer relationships and develop insight into organizational leadership to achieve results through collaboration and mobilization of appropriate resources.
• Achieve results on challenging projects in an aggressive time frame with aggressive cost savings goals while protecting and improving IP margins.
• Be customer facing—this position requires travel to both customer & IP facilities as needed.
• Communicate and review customer resource expectations with IP supply locations.
• Develop innovative service offerings with the customer to set us apart from our competition.
• Audit IP facilities to prepare for customer visits, audits, and expectations.
• Lead CVA activity to drive profitability.
• Assist in the management of new technologies to support both our volume growth and our knowledge growth.
• Actively support all US-based local teams on case erecting equipment performance and troubleshooting, optimal corrugated design development, and troubleshoot customer equipment as needed.
• Report to the National Account Manager and require timely project updates, project meetings/calls, and communication and action items with NAM and project teams.

Qualifications

• 4+ years’ experience in the corrugated industry preferred.
• 3 years’ experience in business and market knowledge of consumer products or industrial packaging preferred.
• BS degree or equivalent business experience.
• Thorough understanding of PSNA’s products, services, manufacturing capabilities, and quality processes.
• Creative thinker with strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Quick turn-around ability; very responsive.
• Flexible team player with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Highly personable with the ability to interact at all levels of an organization.
• Ability to work directly with the customer without allowing themselves to work for the customer.
• Must be willing and able to work in an extremely fast-paced environment.
• Must be willing to travel.
• Requires a combination of analytical, technical, and commercial skills.
• Understand how to lead without authority and how to influence to success.
• Strong computer skills including Microsoft Office—Excel, PowerPoint presentations.
• Competencies: Customer Focus; Action Oriented; Manages Complexity; Plans and Aligns; Quality; Communicates Effectively; Drives Vision and Purpose; Organizational Savvy.

Benefits

• Health, welfare, and retirement plans including Medical, Dental, Life insurance.
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Short-term and Long-term Disability.
• 401(k) with company-funded retirement contributions.
• Paid Time Off.
• Education & Development (including Tuition Reimbursement).
• Student Loan Repayment Assistance.
• Voluntary Benefits including insurance for home, auto, vision, and pets.