Sales Assistant

OptiMed Health Partners; Kalamazoo (MI); On-site; USD 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

OptiMed Health Partners is seeking a Sales Assistant to support sales efforts and administrative functions for the Vice President of Business Development. The ideal candidate will engage in customer relations, manage appointments, and enhance efficiency within the sales department, while embodying the company’s values.

Benefits

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Disability insurance

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business or 7+ years as an administrative assistant in healthcare.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills and experience in sales.
• Ability to manage diverse problems and prioritize effectively.

Responsibilities

• Assist with customer relations and facilitate the sales process.
• Schedule appointments and manage travel for sales staff.
• Prepare key metric reports demonstrating departmental progress.

Skills

Communication

Project Management

Interpersonal Skills

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in business

Tools

Microsoft Office

CRM experience (Monday.com preferred)

Job description

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OptiMed Health Partners provided pay range

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Base pay range

$50,000.00/yr - $60,000.00/yr

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The Sales Assistant will be responsible for supporting sales efforts and administrative functions for the Vice President of Business Development. Duties will include assisting with customer relations, facilitating the sales process, completing various tasks performed by the sales department, and supporting all efforts for service demonstrations and sales calls.

The Sales Assistant will need to coordinate schedules, lead key correspondence and CRM entries, manage travel efforts, and support meeting and event needs of the sales team. The Sales Assistant will be a key representative of the sales department and will work to ensure partners and/or clients have positive experiences.

Primary responsibilities are:

• Be the check point for leads and referrals.
• Scheduling appointments and activities for sales staff.
• Support RFP (Requests For Proposals) analysis.
• Support sales events and any associated coordination of in-person meetings for the sales staff.
• Prepare various key metric reporting and status reports demonstrating progress in achieving departmental objectives.
• Ensure compliance and completion of necessary documents related to contracts.
• Assist in maintaining high levels of service, and response times for key sales leads.
• Develop and implement sales activities as required for business needs.
• Coordinate delegated sales efforts with marketing.
• Coordinate delegated program training efforts among departments.
• Provide timely sales updates with a focus on territory strengths, weaknesses and account specific opportunities and threats.
• Support the mission, vision, and values of OptiMed Health Partners.
• Understands industry, involved parties, and key elements of the sale’s process.
• Is effective in a variety of communication styles.
• Good Time and project management skills.
• Is persistent in accomplishing objectives, despite obstacles and/or setbacks.
• Diverse problem solving and communication skills.
• Can prioritize work to meet commitments and organizational initiatives.
• Applies others’ diverse experiences, styles, background, and perspectives to obtain results.
• Superb interpersonal skills, including the ability to quickly build rapport with both internal and external customers.
• Demonstrates professionalism; maintains a positive attitude despite adversity. Follows through on commitments and is direct, kind, and truthful.
• Shows a commitment to continuous improvement and excellence.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products, including Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams, as well as CRM experience (preferred platform is Monday.com), as well as other office systems including automation and AI functions.

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no direct reports and will report to the Vice President of Business Development.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in business or 7+ years as an administrative assistant, with a focus on healthcare, marketing, or a related field. Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to develop and deliver presentations in many mediums (including remote and live speaking opportunities). Previous sales or sales training experience in healthcare, specialty pharmacy or insurance industry is preferred. This person will be required to maintain a professional appearance and provide a positive company image to the public. They will be expected to support project management and showcase cross-functional team collaboration skills, with a demonstrated ability to plan, drive results and achieve deadlines is key.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative that an employee encounters during the essential functions of this job. This role will require occasional overnight travel, and weekend and/or evening work as necessary. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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Medical insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Disability insurance

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