Sales Trainee, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, 1020 North 145th Ave East, 74116

Description

Competitive Pay / full-time, quicker benefits!

Perks of Pratt?

· Insurance benefits within ONE MONTH of hire

· Upon Hire: Paid holidays

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

· 401(k)

· 401(k) matching

· Dental insurance

· Disability insurance

· Employee assistance program

· Flexible spending account

· Health insurance

· Health savings account

· Life insurance

· Paid time off

· Parental leave

· Vision insurance

POSITION TITLE: Sales Trainee

LOCATION: Tulsa, OK

REPORTS TO: General Manager

Summary

Our Sales Trainee program is designed to familiarize the employee with corrugated manufacturing to better prepare the employee for entering Sales. Exposure to the business will include, but is not limited to: Design, Testing, Customer Service, Scheduling, Quality, Waste, Corrugator, Converting, Shipping and Sales. Active participation and skills practice during and after the training period are critical to a successful transition into Sales.

Sales Trainee Duties and Responsibilities

Possess good project management skills driving commercialization and other opportunities against business strategies
Self-starter and proactive in challenging technical assumptions and current business practices
Demonstrate strong troubleshooting skills with the mindset of continuous improvement techniques (such as Lean, Six Sigma, etc.), showing thorough understanding of the interactions between process operations, ingredients, methods, environment and people to provide robust operating systems
Work closely with all departments on a rotation to share workload and will be fully immersed in as many job functions as necessary. The objective is to learn interactively through contribution.
Demonstrate technical and business expertise for our packaging systems offering strategic direction for existing and new packaging solutions and technologies

Education and Experience Requirements

Bachelors Degree
One to two years outside selling experience or related experience and college course work

Preferred background to include:

Production experience
Knowledge of quality standards
Design knowledge
Interaction with customer

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and interpret documents such as sales reports, operating instructions, and training and procedure manuals. Ability to write reports and correspondence. Ability to speak and communicate clearly and effectively. Bilingual preferred.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, costs, proportions, percentages, and volume.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or graphic form.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Employee is regularly required to walk and talk and hear, stand, and sit. Vision requirements include: close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Able to move materials on pallets at Pratt and VMI location and stock stations with said materials.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, and fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

In addition, the employee frequently drives to and from customers and prospects and may experience hazardous driving conditions.

PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS

The performance of the Sales Trainee will be measured as follows:

Operating Standards

Personal

Employee relations

Creativity

Computer Skills: