East Regional Sales Director, Wide Format Equipment

Konica Minolta has an exciting opportunity for a Regional Sales Director of Wide Format in the East Region! This position will drive sales while supporting the Direct Sales Channel's Industrial Print classification of products ranging from Wide Format, Packaging, Label and associated solutions and accessories. This role will be responsible for establishing a footprint for KMBS in the light and entry level Packaging markets, increase our footprint in the UV InkJet Wide Format market, and penetrate the Top 350 Industrial Print accounts selling AccurioWide and packaging equipment.

• Develop Go to Market IPP Business Plans for the overall Region and each Market supported.
• Create a uniformed sales process for AccurioWide & Packaging for Field Reps & Specialists.
• Identify key applications that fit inside our Industrial Print portfolio.
• Articulate TCO advantages with our AccurioWide, AccurioLabel & Packaging products.
• Assist in customer/prospect strategy, relationships, proposals, demonstrations and partnerships.
• Train our Production Print Specialists on the Konica Minolta AccurioWide & Packaging portfolio.
• Collaborate with Direct & IP Teams developing Pipeline, Activity & Forecasting for AW, AL & PKG.
• Establish High level customer and prospect relationships.
• Assess Sales Skills of our Commercial Print Specialists in supported Markets and create a customized training path along with Direct Management to improve skill sets and develop our people.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures and work processes throughout the selling process.
• Drive company objectives of profitable IPP hardware, sales and service revenues.
• Emphasize customer retention and growth along with strategic initiatives of systemically connecting more production/industrial/multifunction print hardware and solutions.
• Embrace and support CRM initiatives.

• 4-year college degree preferred or equivalent experience.
• 10 years sales work related experience in the industrial & production print (IPP) industry
• Documented history of meeting and exceeding quotas
• Background in selling Wide Format, Packaging & Labels
• Strategic product and prospect knowledge of Wide Format, Packaging, Label & InkJet products/solutions in the market.
• Current on industry trends, challenges, competitive landscape, and market conditions.
• Strong knowledge of competitive strategy, equipment, applications, and solutions.
• Strong Presentation and communications skills.
• Must possess time management and organizational discipline.
• Mac and software knowledge required.

Konica Minolta's journey started 150 years ago, with a vision to see and do things differently. We innovate for the good of society and the world. The same purpose that kept us moving then, keeps us moving now. Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. is reshaping and revolutionizing the workplace to achieve true connectivity through the Intelligent Connected Workplace. The company guides and supports its clients' digital transformation through its expansive office technology portfolio, including IT Services (All Covered), intelligent information management, managed print services and industrial and commercial print solutions. Konica Minolta has been included on CRN's MSP 500 list nine times and The World Technology Awards named the company a finalist in the IT Software category. Konica Minolta has been recognized as the #1 Brand for Customer Loyalty in the MFP Office Copier Market by Brand Keys for sixteen consecutive years, and is proud to be ranked on the Forbes 2021 America's Best-in-State employers list. The company received Keypoint Intelligence's BLI 2021 A3 Line of The Year Award and BLI 2021-2023 Most Color Consistent A3 Brand Award for its bizhub i-Series. Konica Minolta, Inc. has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for nine consecutive years and has spent six years on the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World list. Konica Minolta partners with its clients to give shape to ideas and works to bring value to our society. For more information, please visit us online and follow Konica Minolta on Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn and Twitter.

Konica Minolta is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, sex, pregnancy, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender identity, disability, alienage or citizenship status, marital status or partnership status, genetic information, veteran status or any other characteristic protected under applicable law.