Lab Solutions Sales Consultant

Cardinal Health; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 134,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Paid time off plan

Health savings account (HSA)

401k savings plan

Access to wages before pay day with my

Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

Short- and long-term disability covera

Work-Life resources

Paid parental leave

Healthy lifestyle programs

Job summary

Cardinal Health in Los Angeles seeks a Sales Consultant for Laboratory Products & Distribution to grow the brand and distribution services within the lab market, delivering high-value solutions to hospitals and independent labs. You will lead account penetration and build lasting relationships with current and new customers.

Responsibilities include territory management, presenting products, negotiating contracts, providing demonstrations, coordinating with national accounts and vendors, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related field, or equivalent work experience, preferred
• Previous successful sales experience in distribution or healthcare preferred, lab experience beneficial.
• Lives within the managed territory (lives within 30 minutes of city where largest prime vendors are located)
• Experience working with Microsoft applications and other CRM tools (i.e. salesforce).
• Understands the sales process in a faced paced, highly complex selling environment
• Must be experienced with business development and cold calling
• Strong organizational skills & business acumen
• Demonstrate history of high achievement and coachability through new challenges
• Ability to travel as needed (about 4-6 overnights a month on average)
• A valid driver's license issued in one of the 50 States with a clean driving record
• Customer/Vendor credentialing is required (this may include vaccinations).

Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing a large territory with the direct objective to increase account penetration, and customer satisfaction within the lab space.
• Drive new business, providing optimal service, targeting Cardinal brand conversion opportunities and growth across the lab products portfolio and distribution services.
• Collaborates both internally and externally within various business units such as key contacts within national accounts, GPO , and other vendors to archive results.
• Initiates and takes ownership of principles of territory management, including account planning, selling processes, post-sales implementation processes, deal economics.
• Negotiates contracts locally, including costing agreements with manufacturers.
• Ensures optimal service levels and holds internal teams accountable for customer service, operations, pricing, inventory, etc.
• Validates that contacts are loaded in a timely manner and that contracts are back dated correctly and that the integrity of the contract is maintained.
• Submits and processes all account maintenance for customer accounts within the internal system.
• Provides technical support on products such as providing demonstrations of products, samples of products and conducting trainings of staff.
• Complete all administrative tasks & training including expense reports, pipeline, maintain accurate SFDC records, market feedback, etc.
• Attend and participate in sales meetings, training programs, conventions, and trade shows as directed.
• Attend all regional, divisional and sector events including National Sales Meetings.
• Maintain required sales activity level - examples include the number of expected visits & calls, number of products presented/account, etc.
• Assists distribution order support and coordination as needed.
• Assist customers with back-orders and other related service issues
• Maintain knowledge of the current industry/competitive landscape including, GPO's, healthcare economics, reimbursement, competitors, competitive products, etc.
• Travel within assigned territory to call on accounts including overnight travel.
• Maintain active, in-person presence

Skills

Sales experience

Relationship building

Account planning

Cold calling

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

CRM tools (Salesforce)

Microsoft Office

Job description

Cardinal Health in Los Angeles seeks a Sales Consultant for Laboratory Products & Distribution to grow the brand and distribution services within the lab market, delivering high-value solutions to hospitals and independent labs. You will lead account penetration and build lasting relationships with current and new customers.

Responsibilities include territory management, presenting products, negotiating contracts, providing demonstrations, coordinating with national accounts and vendors, and