Sales Representative (Chattanooga Market)

Company Name: Confidential Packaging Manufacturer & Distributor

Location: Chattanooga, TN and surrounding regional territory (including North Georgia and Central Tennessee)

Position Title: Sales Representative - Packaging Solutions (Brown Box Focus)

The Opportunity:

This is a high-impact growth role for a driven sales professional who thrives on prospecting, autonomy, and building something meaningful in an underdeveloped market. The organization is actively expanding its commercial footprint and is seeking a sales representative who can immediately influence growth by developing new business, reactivating dormant opportunities, and bringing consistent activity to a territory with significant upside.

The individual in this role will play a visible part in shaping the company's presence in the region. Success is measured by activity, opportunity creation, and customer engagement, not by office time or micromanagement. This is a role designed for someone who wants to be in front of customers, opening doors, creating demand, and owning their territory end-to-end. For a sales professional who values accountability, freedom, and direct impact, this opportunity offers both challenge and reward.

The Company:

The organization operates with a unique hybrid model, combining the agility and customer focus of an independent business with the operational capabilities of a larger manufacturing platform. It supports customers through a network of facilities that range from smaller, highly responsive operations to large-scale, high-capacity manufacturing plants capable of servicing broad geographies.

What differentiates the company is its continued emphasis on customer service and responsiveness. While many larger organizations have become internally focused and burdened by process, this business has intentionally preserved a sales-first, customer-centric culture. Sales representatives are empowered to bring solutions to customers using a broad portfolio of packaging capabilities, without being constrained to a single facility or product type.

The Boss:

The role reports to a seasoned sales leader with decades of experience in the packaging industry, including leadership roles in both large corporate environments and more entrepreneurial organizations. She is known for her strong work ethic, direct communication style, and belief in empowering capable salespeople rather than managing through control.

Her leadership philosophy centers on trust and results. Sales professionals are given autonomy with the expectation that effort, activity, and outcomes will follow. She values energy, curiosity, and initiative, and she is particularly supportive of salespeople who want to grow, prospect aggressively, and build long-term customer relationships.

The Position:

The Sales Representative will be responsible for developing new business within an assigned regional territory, with an initial emphasis on the Chattanooga market and surrounding areas. While brown box packaging will represent the core focus of day-to-day selling, the role includes the ability to offer a broader suite of packaging solutions supported by other company locations.

This is a predominantly field-based role, designed for sales professionals who want to spend their time with customers and prospects. Administrative requirements are intentionally minimal, supported by a simple, efficient activity and note-tracking system that allows salespeople to stay focused on selling.

Essential Functions (Other duties may be assigned):

• Proactively develop new business through prospecting and direct customer outreach
• Build and maintain strong relationships within the assigned territory
• Identify customer needs and align them with appropriate packaging solutions
• Focus primarily on brown box opportunities while supporting additional packaging capabilities as needed
• Maintain timely and accurate activity documentation using a streamlined reporting system
• Collaborate with internal teams across multiple facilities to support customer success
• Manage and grow a geographic territory with a high level of independence

Qualifications: • Demonstrated ability to prospect and generate new business

• Comfort working independently in an outside sales environment
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• Customer-focused, solutions-oriented mindset
• Ability to manage time, priorities, and territory effectively

Education and Experience: • Sales experience in packaging or a related industry preferred

• Experience in either large corporate or independent sales environments is valued
• Proven success in outside sales roles with an emphasis on growth and new accounts

Competencies: • Self-motivation and accountability

• High energy and resilience
• Strong organizational skills
• Adaptability and willingness to learn
• Results-driven mindset

Work Environment:

This is a field-based sales role with significant time spent visiting customers and prospects throughout …