Taligent LLC is working with a St. Louis-based manufacturing company that is a trusted global provider of highly specialized tooling solutions for the print and converting industries. With a strong reputation for quality, engineering excellence, and customer partnership, this organization is continuing to expand its international footprint—particularly across Latin America. They are seeking a Regional Sales Manager to play a key role in driving market growth, strengthening customer relationships, and delivering technical solutions in a dynamic and evolving market.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
Candidates are required to reside in Saint Louis, Missouri or a US city with a global hub airport
Primary Responsibility:
Strategically prospect and grow market share in the Latin American, including Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean, market for rotary cutting die, print and converting solid tooling, and flexible cutting die products to the print and material converting industries.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Experience:
Physical Requirements:
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
Candidates are required to reside in Saint Louis, Missouri or a US city with a global hub airport
Primary Responsibility:
Strategically prospect and grow market share in the Latin American, including Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean, market for rotary cutting die, print and converting solid tooling, and flexible cutting die products to the print and material converting industries.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Search out, pursue, and obtain new customer market share growth
- Maintain, service, and support existing customer base
- Travel to Latin American customers and prospects in the pursuit of market share growth, and existing customer maintenance. Expectation is eight (8) weeklong trips annually for customer visits
- Ability to conduct on-site and remote customer sales calls, explaining product application, problem solve, and identify technical needs and requirements at customer production sites
- Assist and facilitate customer technical support and training
- Direct activities of Latin American Customer Service team
- Identify, evaluate, and disseminate market trends and intelligence to leadership and colleagues.
- Assist in facilitating and participating in small and medium-scale trade shows, 1-2 times annually
- Attend large scale US based trade show bi-annually
- Complete all necessary administrative functions including but not limited to, forecasting, new business development, quotations, order entry, etc.
- Other duties assigned to meet departmental and Company objectives.
Experience:
- Spanish Language fluency
- English Language fluency
- Prior die cutting, converting or flexographic printing equipment experience strongly desired (minimum of 3-5 years)
- Prior technical or industrial sales experience strongly desired
- Mechanical/technical aptitude
- Experience and comfort in traveling to and operating independently in major Latin American Metropolitan areas
- Basic use of IT equipment and software, PC, MS Office, MS Teams, Outlook
- Demonstrated knowledge of flexographic printing techniques, product design for manufacturability and production methods required to meet customer requirements.
- Bachelor’s degree from four-year college or university is preferred but not required
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent organization and follow through skills
- Sense of urgency, resilience, creativity, problem solving, self-motivation
Physical Requirements:
- You must be able to make sales calls at the customer location.
- Must be able to travel by car or flight to customers locations throughout Latin America
- Working from St. Louis Office or dedicated home office space is required.
- Work in conditions typical of a manufacturing environment – noise, dust, odors, etc.
- Able to wear required personal protective equipment – safety shoes, safety glasses, hearing protection, etc.
Ability to lift to 35 pounds. - Ability to stand, sit, and walk for extended periods of time.
