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 overnight 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.
Company Overview:
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.
- Communicating 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.
- Owning, managing, keeping up to date and ensuring all appropriate databases are accurate, particularly the CRM system.
- Rigorously complying with all appropriate procedural documents.
- Pro-actively developing, monitoring and managing customer accounts.
- Pro-actively networking with customers and prospects at specialist meetings, forums, presentations etc.
- Being pro-active in quotation opportunities, managing electronic quotes and invitations to tenders (ITT). Ensuring such quotations and ITTs are responded to within the appropriate deadlines and standards.
- Attending exhibitions and demonstrations as required.
- Delivering territory-based sales campaigns and achieving the planned new sales.
- Contributing 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.
- Must have sold into MANAGED SERVICES and be familiar with the process for this, ideally the NHS, VMD or similar.
- Looking for hunters/ people with an appetite for new business development, proven experience winning contracts and retaining business.
- Understanding of clinical diagnostic methodologies and practical experience working in a micro lab is ideal.
- 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 and interpersonal skills required (telephone, face-to-face etc).
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