A Day in the Life
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.
- Promotes and sells Medtronics products and services within an assigned geographic area and /or specific customer accounts to meet or exceed sales targets.
- Responsible for developing, building, and strengthening long-term relationships with stakeholders including distributors and healthcare professionals.
- Responsible for pursuing leads, assessing needs and providing product services to maximize the benefits derived from Medtronics products and/or services.
- Promotes and establishes education of the companys products and/or services.
- Conducts market research including customers and competitors activities.
- Implements market development plans/strategies and changes as needed.
- Communicates customer feedback on new products and/or modifications to existing products or applications to internal stakeholders including R&D, Operations and Marketing.
SALES PROFESSIONAL CAREER STREAM: Typically sales professional individual contributors with direct sales responsibilities. May direct the work of other lower level sales professionals or manage sales processes and / or accounts involving multiple team members. The majority of time is spent establishing and maintaining customer relationships, developing new customer relationships, implementing sales strategies and closing sales.
DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS
Autonomy: Established and productive sales professional managing multiple small to mid-size accounts.
Sells products and/or services to a group of clients and identifies new and potential customers. Works independently with general supervision . Builds relationships.
Organizational Impact: Works to achieve individual sales targets within product area and/or account by selling products/ services, developing new accounts and/or expanding existing accounts.
Has a direct impact on achieving department s sales results. May help to set objectives or goals for individual or team accounts . Works on larger, moderately complex accounts or have a small or medium-sized quota/territory. Understands market landscape, marketing and pricing structure, more influence on pricing structures. Works with sales, marketing and finance to structure complex contracts.
Innovation and Complexity: Makes adjustments or recommends enhancements in sales processes to solve problems or improve effectiveness of job area.
Recommends changes in account tactics to achieve sales goals . Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.
Communication and Influence: May influence parties within own job function at an operational level.
Obtains or provides information requiring some explanation or interpretation . Communicates with external customers and / or vendors, involving negotiation and / or presentations in order to manage relationships and close sales.
Leadership and Talent Management: Normally receives general instructions on routine work, detailed instructions on new projects or assignments.
May provide guidance and assistance to entry level sales professionals and / or support employees.
Required Knowledge and Experience: Requires practical knowledge gained through experience of sales techniques and job area typically obtained through education combined with sales experience.
Developing professional expertise, applies company policies and procedures to resolve a variety of issues . Requires a Baccalaureate degree (or for degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree which satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. 214.2(h)( 4)(iii)(A) and minimum of 3 years of relevant experience and working knowledge of company products and services.
In Sri Lanka a GCE Advance level and a minimum 7 years of work experience in the healthcare industry,
or
A Bachelor s degree AND a minimum of 3 years of relevant work experience in the healthcare field.
