Description
Description
Job Summary: Drive sustainable financial growth within a geographic territory by securing profitable new business.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Manage and execute an annual business plan to drive success; including analyze assigned territory, monthly updates, develop and execute a strategic plan to increase net revenue to meet all goals
- Target and secure profitable new business by identifying prospective accounts, creating in-depth prospect files, building relationships, preparing and presenting proposals and bids
- Drive sales through pre-call planning, post-call analysis and consistent follow up
- Maintain a high close rate by effectively managing the Sales Cycle
- Collaboratively develop processes to identify competitive tactics and how to overcome them and develop proactive approaches to competition
- Safeguard total compliance with all company policies and government regulations
- Complete all administrative tasks thoroughly and promptly
- Participate in trade shows and events as needed
- Track customer needs and volume potential; track market trends, create, and implement sales strategies
- Communicate key opportunities, issues and information on accounts with management and sales team members
- Assist in development and delivery of responses to RFPs, RFls and bid proposals for key accounts.
Requirements
Requirements
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
- 3 years Laboratory/Health care experience preferred
- Demonstrated selling, planning and leadership skills and business acumen are required
- Self-motivated, with high energy level and a drive for results
- Proven interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written)
- Strong relationship management and negotiation skills
- Learning agility to adapt to new products, markets, and develop innovative approaches
- Out of state travel required
- Toxicology lab sales required
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Ability to interface effectively with all levels in the organization, and excel in a team-oriented environment
- Proficient with Microsoft applications, including Excel, Word, Access, and PowerPoint, and with customer relationship data bases (Salesforce a plus)
- Effective sales closing and outstanding customer service skills
- Possess a solid background in market, sales and account development, including client qualification, acquisition, and creating and implementing successful business strategies that drive market and sales growth
- Ability to analyze information to fully understand customer needs
- Ability to interact with all levels of employees