Direct management, leadership and coaching of sales team to deliver a high-performance culture and impact
Implementation of business strategy and alignment of sales strategies to market trends and new product opportunities
Relentless focus on opportunity management and sales data / analytics
Forecasting, budgeting and target setting
Ensure the adoption of modern business technologies, tools and initiatives to improve performance effectiveness throughout the sales team
Control of operating expenditure with awareness relative to platform’s P&L
Conduct regular business reviews with salespeople and provide coaching & feedback to optimise ongoing performance
Build close working relationships with range of internal and external contacts, including key opinion leaders, societies and educational bodies within industry and UK and European work colleagues
Build strategic customer partnerships in conjunction with BD’s UCC team
Maintain a high level of technical competence in the fields of operation to aid anticipation of future clinical and business trends and opportunities
Demonstrate creativity with the ability to challenge the norms with thoughtful concepts
Requirements
5–10 years’ medical device sales experience
Proven sales leadership (c.5 years)
Degree educated
Strong leadership, coaching and people development capability
Solid understanding of the NHS and healthcare landscape
Experience building and growing key customer relationships in hospital settings
Confident presenting and communicating technical information
Excellent communication, negotiation and networking skills
Commercially minded with strong business development focus
Customer-centric, hands-on and self-driven
Highly organised with strong prioritisation and problem-solving skills