Service Inside Sales Rep
About this position
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.
Responsibilities
• Meet Revenue and Attach Rate targets
• Source new sales opportunities through inbound lead follow-up and outbound calls and emails
• Creates customer sales quotes & participate in contract negotiations (within approved pricing parameters) with field employees, external customers, & hospital buying groups with minimal supervisory involvement. Ensure the product sales team is updated on significant customer related issues regarding service and brainstorm solutions, possibly involving other Medtronic businesses, as appropriate.
• Administer, extend and negotiate standard and nonstandard contracts including completing the red-line/editing process to meet customer specifications, and partnering with Legal where appropriate.
• Collaborate with Sales Management in forecasting monthly and quarterly sales and in long term funnel management. Regularly update and maintain opportunities to reflect their point in the sales stage.
• Develop creative service and/or pricing solutions to complex hospital scenarios.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to determine annual list prices, improvements to service offerings, sales tools, and other pertinent issues involving service revenue.
• Maintain customer files, complete and accurate information in databases. Review and confirm customer purchase orders and prepare them for order entry.
• All activities must be performed in compliance with the Quality System.
Requirements
• Bachelor’s Degree and 3+ years negotiating service contracts with current or potential customers or working in a hospital contracting department. Preferably with Medical technology product/ service sales background.
• Proactive Customer focus: enjoys being on the phone, pro-actively searching for information needed to service customers.
• Excellent communication skills – both oral and written.
• Ability to analyze and negotiate complex, large value service agreement contracts.
• Strong organization skills & able to effectively prioritize daily work demands with high attention to detail.
• Responsive, confident problem solver.
• Willingness to work in a team environment including working in a matrix organization with a high sense of urgency.
• Experience with SalesForce.com, SAP & Excel.