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Packaging Sales InternPratt Industries • Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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Packaging Sales Intern

Pratt Industries
  • US
    Atlanta, Georgia, United States
  • US
    Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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About

Packaging Sales Intern

As a fully integrated member of the team, packaging sales interns at Pratt Industries have the opportunity to work closely with all members of our operations including the General Manager, Sales Manager, Customer Service Manager and Design Manager. Interns will lead projects and participate in activities to learn design, production, sales, and quality within the manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities:

  • Travel within territory to call on customers.
  • Build sales funnel by prospecting and developing cold calls into opportunities.
  • Meet or exceed sales objectives.
  • Service existing accounts by improving the buying experience of our customers in every transaction.
  • Develop strong personal relationships with customers.
  • Coordinate with plant based design, quality, and customer service personnel to exceed customer expectations.
  • Develop expert knowledge of products, machine limitations and costing variables in order to be an effective packaging consultant.
  • Get accurate customer specifications in regards to specific orders and new opportunities.
  • Orchestrate any required testing to assure viability of packaging design
  • Spend time on the manufacturing floor, learning how to run machines, learn production scheduling, and understand the flow of material through the facility.
  • Learn VMI process for specific customers

Qualifications/Knowledge & Experience:

  • Must be able to handle multiple projects and effectively prioritize workload.
  • Effective analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and willingness to learn.
  • Work within, and contribute to, a team environment.

Education and/or Experience:

Be enrolled in college education or heavy college coursework in the field of drafting, packaging science, design, and engineering.

Language Skills:

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

Mathematical Skills:

Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Technical Skills:

The individual will be open to learning the following:

Equipment design and capabilities that can be translated into efficient operation.

Cost issues in order to make daily decisions that will reduce overall costs and will help the supervisor find areas that require improvement.

Budget development, adherence and analysis.

Quality standards.

Regulatory requirements including but not limited to wage and hour requirements, environmental and waste minimization, company policies, and personnel requirements including OSHA, DEQ and EEO.

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear and sit and stand. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans

Unpack your potential and grow with Pratt Industries!

This is a PAID Internship with a growing manufacturing company with locations all across the country.

Pratt Industries is America's 5th largest paper and packaging company with more than 9,000 highly skilled green collar employees dedicated to the environment and sustainability. Pratt Industries is one of the largest corrugated packaging companies in America, with sophisticated manufacturing facilities in more than twenty states. The company operates several of the most modern, cost effective paper mills in the country, as well as a series of sheet and box plants strategically placed throughout the United States offering a wide range of creative packaging solutions. Pratt Industries is committed to recycling and the environment by harvesting the urban forest.

  • Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Languages

  • English
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