Territory Business Development Manager, Medical Diagnostics
Type: Permanent
Location: M1 corridor (covers North East, areas of Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, Cheshire, North Midlands / Notts, Worcester etc) frequent travel with potential over night stays possible
Commission Scheme: Quarterly bonus incentives & annual (growth/ retention at 2% and 1% personal development) followed by an annual bonus initiative
Additional: Company car or car allowance scheme, private medical, company pension etc
Russell Taylor is working exclusively with a leading IVD - Medical Devices company who are growing their sales team and looking to appoint an experienced hunter within managed services (i.e NHS); this is a great time to join this team the company are innovating at a rapid pace, there's exciting partnerships being set up & the product range is very much at the forefront of the healthcare industry.
The Role:
�Managing a core territory as determined by the Sales Manager so that agreed sales
and profitability targets are delivered.
�Attaining annual sales to pre-defined sales targets within the territory by both growing
the number of products sold to each customer and growing the number of customers.
�Producing accurate, reliable market information in order to determine the potential
profitability of the introduction of new products.
�To communicate market intelligence on customer needs and competitor activity.
�Working closely and in conjunction with other departments within the Clients business- including Marketing, R&D and Customer Services
�To own, manage, keep up to date and ensure all appropriate databases are accurate.
This particularly includes the CRM system.
�To rigorously comply with all appropriate procedural documents
�To pro-actively develop, monitor and manage customer accounts.
�To pro-actively network with customers and prospects at specialist meetings, forums,
presentations etc
�To be pro-active in quotation opportunities, in managing electronic quotes and invitation
to tenders (ITT). To ensure such quotations and ITTs are responded to within the
appropriate deadlines and standards.
�To attend exhibitions and demonstrations as required.
�To deliver territory-based sales campaigns and achieve the planned new sales
�To contribute to being a member of a highly motivated sales team by actively networking
within the team and actively participating in all sales and company events
The Person:
�Educated to Degree level in a life science related industry (ideally Microbiology) or STEM related with experience in outlined industries to counter this.
�Candidates must have sold into MANAGED SERVICES and used to the process for this, ideally the NHS, VMD or similar.
�We are looking for hunters/ people with an appetite for new business development, proven experience winning contracts and retaining business.
�The ideal candidate will have an understanding of clinical diagnostic methodologies and will ideally have practical experience working in a micro lab
�Must have a valid (clean) UK driving licence
�Willing to travel and/or stay overnight when required.
�Strong IT literacy skills (Microsoft applications) and use of CRM systems
�Excellent communication skills/ interpersonal skills required (telephone, f2f etc)
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