Description:
W. L. Gore & Associates is looking for Cardiac Field Sales Associate.
Responsibilities:
- Maintain ongoing high levels of services to all customers as per company philosophy and in cooperation with Customer Service Personnel
- Maintain level of knowledge in appropriate areas including competitive and clinical information
- Maintain and update key account profiles on customers, reviewing information on a constant basis and complete call records as necessary and providing copies to the Sales Leader
- Assist with the preparation of yearly budget and expense projections as required
- Able to work under pressure and within tight timeframes
- Able to build and maintain effective relationships, with a flexible approach to achieve mutual goals and ability to instruct and influence others, in diverse environments
- Have commitment and a strong sense of responsibility measured by the individual’s capacity to meet deadlines
- Have empathy with internal and external sales, marketing and technical teams
- Able to deal across all levels of the industry from Nurses to Surgeons
- Dedicate and demonstrate commitment to excellent customer service
Required Qualifications:
- Proven sales background, preferably with a minimum of three years in medical and surgical device sales
- Strong history of driving sales on territory, clear examples of “cause and effect”
- Will have worked in or able to demonstrate an understanding of the imperatives of a business environment
- Clinical background in the Operating Theatre areas or sales experience to this environment
- Product experience in the use of the above
- Computer skills relative to common software applications including word processing, spreadsheet and presentation computer skills
- Understanding of surgical/medical procedures and terminology
- Ability to absorb and impart technical information
- Ability to travel up to 75%