Interstate Packaging
Interstate Packaging
Interstate Packaging is a flexible packaging and label manufacturer serving brands across food and beverage, health and beauty, tobacco, and pet products. Founded in 1969, the company develops rollstock, labels, shrink sleeves, bags, and pouches, combining digital printing with end-to-end packaging services. Its work centers on practical packaging solutions shaped by quality, sustainability, and customer-focused, certified woman-owned leadership.

Regional Sales Representative - Tennessee (Remote)

Drive flexible packaging sales across Tennessee through customer prospecting, quoting, service, and delivery coordination. Manage packaging orders, plant visits, production updates, and long-term customer relationships.

Description

  • Ensure existing customers receive suitable products and services
  • Develop new markets and identify prospective customer leads
  • Present solutions to prospects and pursue new business opportunities
  • Build strong customer relationships and provide ongoing service
  • Generate leads through telephone outreach and in-person sales visits
  • Collect project details, prepare job quotes, and deliver completed quotations
  • Prepare accurate orders with all required information
  • Track orders through artwork, plate preparation, and production scheduling
  • Notify customers about artwork or production-scheduling concerns
  • Communicate customer-facing price increases and decreases
  • Host prospects and customers during plant visits and represent the company appropriately in external business settings
  • Deliver completed products to customers
  • Document sales-call activity and participate in joint calls with the sales manager
  • Prepare and submit expense reports
  • Work with colleagues to share and develop effective practices
  • Follow regulatory, facility food-safety, quality, and product-safety policies and procedures

Requirements

  • An associate or bachelor's degree in business, marketing, or a related field is preferred
  • Prior outside sales experience in the flexographic packaging industry is required
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Effective communication skills
  • Ability to work independently
  • Willingness and ability to travel
  • Valid driver's license
  • Reading, writing, computer, mathematics, and analytical skills
  • Strong presentation and interpersonal communication abilities
  • Strong negotiation capabilities
  • Technical knowledge of printing and flexible packaging
  • Leadership and mentoring skills
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office
  • Strong oral, written, and social media communication skills
  • Ability to evaluate situations, assess options, and make decisions
  • Physical mobility to work with departments throughout the facility
  • Ability to accurately distinguish subtle color differences; successful completion of a color-blindness test is required
  • Excellent reflexes and sustained awareness around operating machinery
  • Strong organization and attention to detail

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