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Account Sales Manager- California Central Valley/Las Vegas

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Location: Field, UT, United States
Position Type: Unfixed Term
Job Function: Sales & Key Account Management

A world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics for more than 60 years, bioMérieux provides diagnostic solutions which determine the source of disease and contamination to improve patient health and ensure consumer safety.

In North America we have more than 6,200 team members across 11 sites or subsidiaries, including Salt Lake City-based BioFire Diagnostics and one subsidiary in Montreal, Canada.

Come and join a family-owned global company with a long-term vision, and a human-centered culture.

Description

The ideal candidate will reside within the California Central Valley/Las Vegas area.    
    
The Account Manager is responsible for maintaining and growing the Microbiology, Immunoassay, Molecular and Vision Suite customer base. This role will focus on creating new business opportunities through the placement of instruments, reagents and services leading to increased revenues for the company within a designated Region. The Account Manager is directly responsible for achieving the territory sales goals and maintaining existing customers within their assigned territory in order to sustainably achieve high performance in terms of customer satisfaction, revenue, and profitability. The Account Manager acts as the direct contact to the customer and is accountable as the point person for all communication both internally and externally.     
 
The estimated salary range for this role based in California is between $ 91,000 and $ 133,000 annually. This role is eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and individual performance per bioMerieux’s bonus program. This range may differ from ranges offered for similar positions elsewhere in the country given differences in cost of living. Actual compensation within this range is determined based on the successful candidate’s experience and will be presented in writing at the time of the offer. 
 
Primary Duties:     
     
Business Development and Execution:     
  • Create and execute business plan to achieve or exceed territory growth per company plan and drive new business revenue through selling new instruments and reagents:
  • Develop strategy and individual responsibilities to close sales of all high value targets.
  • Maintain existing customer business to minimize lost business.
  • Manage pipeline to ensure timing of closes matches Monthly Forecast & Quarterly Business Plan.
  • Coordinate activity of other field sales personnel in context of business plan.
  • Monitor monthly sales as reported in Tableau for accuracy and adjust action plans to account for shortages towards goal achievement.
  • Deliver effective Sales Call Management, Opportunity Management, Pipeline Management and Forecast Accuracy
     
Product and Technical Sales:     
  • Provide technical expertise/assistance in product line as required in sales process.
  • Support and/or deliver key sales presentations/demonstrations where required.
  • Communicate with customers on product line technical issues where required.
  • Work collaboratively in a matrix environment with Regional and US Product Specialists for all product franchises including Microbiology, Molecular, Immunoassay and Vision Suite.
  • Leverage timely and effective engagement of Product Specialists, Service, Marketing and other internal personnel to progress, advance and close Opportunities within Region.
     
Relationship Management     
  • Develop relationships with key customers/opinion leaders within defined territory.
  • Identify and develop key opinion leaders/reference sites within defined region.
  • Establish relationships with these identified opinion leaders/reference accounts.
  • Leverage relationships to expand existing business within defined region.
  • Channel competitive information gathered in field to marketing and sales teams.
  • Implement and participate in pilot projects with new product launches.
     
Administrative Responsibilities:     
  • Conduct quarterly business reviews with the Product Specialists and other supporting sales associates.
  • Submit expense reports on a weekly basis.
  • Maintain customer records in CRM on a daily basis for all accounts in their database.
  • Close all appointments with notes and update milestones on a daily basis.
  • Achieve minimum forecast accuracy for US dollars on a monthly basis performance expectations.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.
  • Perform all work in compliance with company policy and within the guidelines of bioMérieux Quality System.
     
Training and Education:     
     
  • Associates degree and a minimum of 5 years of professional sales experience required; Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 3 years of professional sales experience preferred
     
Experience:     
     
  • Capital and Reagent sales experience within clinical laboratory preferred
  • Proven and documented track record in exceeding territory Capital and Reagent goals
  • Proven and documented track record of consistent top finishes within sales team
     
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:      
     
  • Knowledge of clinical lab operations preferred, not required.
  • Work in a matrix environment with Account Managers, Region Sales Directors, Product Specialists and other bioMérieux colleagues. Collaborate and coordinate in order to close business system wide.
  • Ability to describe and explain highly detailed technical information to multiple buying influences including laboratorians, C-Suite, physicians, stewardship teams, IT, and other buyers
  • Proficient in operation of Microsoft Windows and Office Suite of products
  • Formal sales competency training courses preferred (i.e. Miller Heiman, Strategic Selling, BASE)
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to clearly communicate with key internal and external stakeholders.
  • Excellent presentation skills. Adept at using multi-media presentation tools.
  • Proficient in CRM Salesforce preferred
  • Excellent selling, organization, communication, and presentation skills required.
  • Team player attitude: ability to build consensus among team members/collaborate with other team members
     
Approx. 70% domestic travel   
   
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BioMérieux Inc. and its affiliates are Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information. Please be advised that the receipt of satisfactory responses to reference requests and the provision of satisfactory proof of an applicant’s identity and legal authorization to work in the United States are required of all new hires. Any misrepresentation, falsification, or material omission may result in the failure to receive an offer, the retraction of an offer, or if already hired, dismissal. If you are a qualified individual with a disability, you may request a reasonable accommodation in BioMérieux’s or its affiliates’ application process by contacting us via telephone at (385) 770-1132, by email at [email protected], or by dialing 711 for access to Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS).

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