What are the responsibilities and job description for the National Account Project Manager (Remote) position at Lensa?
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The Opportunity
The National Accounts Project Manager will work with the company's sales representatives, branch managers, customers, and suppliers to define new business opportunities, establish suppliers, establish daily procedures, and integrate new national accounts into Packaging Solution's operational systems. Entry level project managers are designated as "Associate" Project Managers and work within close supervision of the director and senior project managers for the first 6-12 months of their employment on solely owned projects. Senior project managers work under minimum supervision, taking full accountability and ownership of their projects.
How You Will Impact Smurfit Westrock Packaging Solutions
Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) is a global leader in sustainable paper and packaging solutions. We are materials scientists, packaging designers, mechanical engineers and manufacturing experts with a shared purpose: Innovate Boldly. Package Sustainably. Guided by our values of safety, loyalty, integrity, and respect, we use leading science and technology to move fiber-based packaging forward.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.
If you have questions about this posting, please contact support@lensa.com
The Opportunity
The National Accounts Project Manager will work with the company's sales representatives, branch managers, customers, and suppliers to define new business opportunities, establish suppliers, establish daily procedures, and integrate new national accounts into Packaging Solution's operational systems. Entry level project managers are designated as "Associate" Project Managers and work within close supervision of the director and senior project managers for the first 6-12 months of their employment on solely owned projects. Senior project managers work under minimum supervision, taking full accountability and ownership of their projects.
How You Will Impact Smurfit Westrock Packaging Solutions
- Manage smooth transition of new national accounts to multiple Packaging Solutions branches by ensuring SLEAs invoicing requirements are clearly communicated, tax forms and other new customer setup forms (credit approval, W9, taxable/non-taxable...etc.) are completed.
- Manage the communication and implementation of customers' service requirements on a location-by-location basis, as per the contractual obligations. This is attained by utilizing project management practices and working in close relationships between customer sites, local and national level suppliers, national account and local sales and local Packaging Solutions branches.
- Understand, implement (train branches on new/changed process) and monitor these changes to business processes that have the potential to impact customer's account (ordering, invoicing and/or payment process)
- Conduct audits for prospective customers and identify opportunities at customer sites that fit the Packaging Solutions inventory management program.
- Closely monitor AR levels for existing accounts
- Work closely with other NAX team members, AR department, cash applications and AP department
- Assist the local branches and sales team in projects aimed at improving service levels.
- Tools utilized included executive summaries and analysis.
- Minimum of a bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience, Master's preferred.
- Must be eligible to work in the United States and/or Mexico without a Visa.
- Minimum of three years' experience consistently excelling in operational, business analysis, or project management roles.
- Bilingual (Spanish/English) a plus
- Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel and Word.
- Occasional travel - less than 10%.
- Experience using Coupa, Ariba and other third-party systems.
- Experienced in AR and AP.
- Corporate culture based on integrity, respect, accountability, and excellence.
- Comprehensive training with numerous learning and development opportunities.
- An attractive salary reflecting skills, competencies, and potential.
- A career with a global packaging company where Sustainability, Safety and Inclusion are business drivers and foundational elements of the daily work.
Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) is a global leader in sustainable paper and packaging solutions. We are materials scientists, packaging designers, mechanical engineers and manufacturing experts with a shared purpose: Innovate Boldly. Package Sustainably. Guided by our values of safety, loyalty, integrity, and respect, we use leading science and technology to move fiber-based packaging forward.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.
If you have questions about this posting, please contact support@lensa.com