Area Manager

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all You ll lead with purpose breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected compassionate world A Day in the Life Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned Experience of 6-9 years into medical device or pharma industry Promotes and sells Medtronic s products and services within an assigned geographic area and or specific customer accounts to meet or exceed sales targets Responsible for developing building and strengthening long-term relationships with stakeholders including distributors and healthcare professionals Responsible for pursuing leads assessing needs and providing product services to maximize the benefits derived from Medtronic s products and or services Promotes and establishes education of the company s products and or services Conducts market research including customers and competitors activities Implements market development plans strategies and changes as needed Communicates customer feedback on new products and or modifications to existing products or applications to internal stakeholders including R D Operations and Marketing SALES PROFESSIONAL CAREER STREAM Typically sales professional individual contributors with direct sales responsibilities May direct the work of other lower level sales professionals or manage sales processes and or accounts involving multiple team members The majority of time is spent establishing and maintaining customer relationships developing new customer relationships implementing sales strategies and closing sales DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS Autonomy Seasoned sales professional managing large accounts involving multiple team members Secures and maintains product distributions and or services and maintains effective agreements Works independently with limited supervision Builds a network of relationships Organizational Impact Works to achieve individual sales targets and execute on sales plans by developing new accounts and or expanding existing accounts expanding market presence and building strong client base Has significant impact on achieving department s sales results and may contribute to the development of goals for the department and planning efforts Works on one or more large accounts involving multiple team members Drives adoption and penetration in accounts Innovation and Complexity Makes improvements of sales processes and tools to enhance performance of the job area Recommends changes in account strategy and tactics to achieve sales goals Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions Communication and Influence Influences internal contacts within the job area and external suppliers customers and or vendors regarding policy practices and procedures Communicates with external suppliers customers and or vendors involving advanced negotiation and or presentations in order to manage relationships and close sales Leadership and Talent Management Normally receives little instruction on day-to-day work general instructions on new assignment May be responsible for providing guidance coaching and training to other sales professionals and or support employees May manage large accounts at this level requiring responsibility for the delegation of work and the review of others work product Required Knowledge and Experience Requires advanced knowledge of job area typically obtained through education combined with broad sales experience Physical Job Requirements The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position Benefits Compensation Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values We recognize their contributions They share in the success they help to create We offer a wide range of benefits resources and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage About Medtronic We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions Our Mission to alleviate pain restore health and extend life unites a global team of 95 000 passionate people We are engineers at heart putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people From the R D lab to the factory floor to the conference room every one of us experiments creates builds improves and solves We have the talent diverse perspectives and guts to engineer the extraordinary Learn more about our business mission and our commitment to diversity