Enjoy a career, packaged with care, whilst helping protect food, people and the planet
We are a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions. We’re on a mission to make all packaging recyclable, reusable, or compostable. Every day, we ensure the hygiene and safety of food and drink for people around the world. We are Huhtamaki.
You could be part of our vision. Because it’s our talented people that make it happen. Our people on the shop floor producing innovative, sustainable products. Our people in our offices delivering excellence for our customers every day. It’s every one of us working together.
We offer a place where you can feel safe, be supported, and make an impact so we can all focus on the future together.
- Develop and maintain strong, long-term relationships with clients within the flexible packaging industry.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for key accounts, ensuring a deep understanding of customer requirements and delivering tailored packaging solutions.
- Drive high levels of customer satisfaction through proactive communication, timely follow-up, and consistent service excellence.
- Maintain in-depth knowledge of flexible packaging materials, technologies, industry standards, and market trends.
- Provide both technical and commercial expertise to recommend the most suitable packaging solutions aligned with customer needs.
- Identify and capitalize on opportunities for upselling and cross-selling to support account growth and maximize revenue.
- Design and implement strategic account plans to increase sales volume, market share, and overall profitability.
- Lead negotiations on commercial terms and agreements, ensuring sustainable and mutually beneficial partnerships.
- Support the onboarding of new customers by assessing packaging requirements and coordinating successful project implementation.
- Deliver ongoing consultation to enhance customers’ packaging efficiency, performance, and cost optimization.
- Collaborate closely with internal teams (production, R&D, quality, and logistics) to ensure seamless execution and timely delivery.
- Monitor market dynamics, competitor activities, and emerging technologies to propose innovative and competitive packaging solutions.
- Prepare and present regular reports on sales performance, customer engagement, and market insights.
- Address and resolve customer concerns related to quality, delivery, or performance in a timely and professional manner.
- Conduct training sessions and share technical knowledge to help customers maximize the value and effectiveness of packaging solutions.
- Customer focus
- Strategic thinking
- Commercial acumen
- Technical knowledge (flexible packaging)
- Negotiation & influencing
- Problem-solving
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Communication & presentation
- Relationship management
- Sales & business development
- Analytical thinking
- Time management
- Conflict resolution
- Technical advisory
Join us. Help protect food, people and the planet.
Skills Required
- Relationship management and key account ownership
- Knowledge of flexible packaging materials, technologies, and industry standards
- Sales and business development skills including upselling and cross-selling
- Commercial negotiation experience and agreement management
- Technical advisory capability to recommend packaging solutions
- Cross-functional collaboration with production, R&D, quality, and logistics
- Strong communication, presentation, analytical thinking and time management
- Ability to design and implement strategic account plans
Huhtamaki Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Huhtamaki and has not been reviewed or approved by Huhtamaki.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive with dental and vision options, and employer contributions toward premiums are portrayed as generous. Feedback suggests this breadth makes the overall package feel competitive for many roles.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a 401(k) with pre‑tax and Roth options, with certain groups also having access to a pension and even deferred compensation. Feedback suggests these features stand out positively in a manufacturing context.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, paid holidays, and generous parental leave are emphasized alongside meaningful PTO accruals. Feedback suggests this leave structure strengthens perceived total rewards even where base pay is viewed as only fair.
Huhtamaki Insights
What We Do
Huhtamaki is a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions for consumers around the world, enabling wellbeing and convenience. Our innovative products protect on-the-go and on-the-shelf food and beverages, ensuring hygiene and safety, and help prevent food waste. We embed sustainability in everything we do. We are committed to achieving carbon neutral production and designing all our products to be recyclable, compostable or reusable by 2030. We are a participant in the UN Global Compact and EcoVadis has awarded Huhtamaki with the Gold medal for performance in sustainability. To play our part in managing climate change, we have set science-based targets that have been approved and validated by the Science Based Targets initiative. With 100 years of history and a strong Nordic heritage we operate in 37 countries and 103 operating locations around the world. Our values Care Dare Deliver guide our decisions and help our team of around 18 000 employees make a difference where it matters. Our 2023 net sales totaled EUR 4.2 billion. Huhtamaki Group is headquartered in Espoo, Finland and our parent company, Huhtamäki Oyj, is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. Find out more about how we are protecting food, people and the planet on www.huhtamaki.com
