Microbiology Account Manager Texas

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DESCRIPTION:

When you are part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll do challenging work, and join a team that values performance, quality and innovation. As part of a successful, growing global organization you will be encouraged to perform at your best. With revenues of more than $40 billion and the largest investment in R&D in the industry, we give our people the resources and chances to create significant contributions to the world.
Location/Division:
The Microbiology Business Division (MBD) offers a complete range of clinical lab supplies & automation platforms that support customers within the clinical diagnostic lab market segment. MBD has approximately $1.1B+ in revenue and 3400+ employees across the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Location: US - Remote / Field

Territory: Texas/New Mexico/Oklahoma
Discover Impactful Work:
The Account Manager (AM) is responsible for achieving annual revenue goals for both consumables & capital within the clinical segment of the Microbiology Division (MBD). The portfolio class of products used to achieve these goals primarily centers around Culture Media, Viral Transport Media, and our Capital Instrumentation (APAS Automation and Sensititre™).
The AM is responsible for technical sales to hospitals and reference laboratories including presentations/demonstrations, coordination of site visits and achieving an annual quota for the assigned region. The AM will target existing high-volume accounts to position our media & automation solutions, prospect for competitive targets and aggressively convert business to the MBD solution.

You will join a team of 8 Account Managers in the Northeast Region, working closely together with the Regional Business Manager, Instrument Sales Specialist (ISS), Key Account Manager (KAM), and an Inside Sales Representative (ISR).
A day in the Life:
• Identify prospective buyers of Thermo Fisher products and services with the goal of winning new accounts and expanding market share
• Negotiate contracts and close orders with end users and purchasing departments and support all procurement processes
• Enter accurate and complete customer data and sales information into the company sales database (SFDC CRM system)
• Provide accurate and timely weekly sales forecasts to sales management
• Assist sales leadership with future financial planning by providing insight into the prospects for growth within your territory
• Deliver technical and business presentations at trade shows, user meetings, customer seminars and other customer events
• Meet your key performance indicators (KPI's) as set by sales leadership
• Manage key Customer Relationships & Distributor Business Partnerships
REQUIREMENTS:

Keys to Success:
Education:
• Degree in a Life Science, ideally Biology or similar
Experience:
• Familiarity with or strong background selling in a Clinical Diagnostic Lab setting
• Ideally some experience of selling capital equipment and associated consumables
• 3+ years of consultative sales experience in a complex technical environment

• Alternatively, a candidate with no sales experience but with strong commercial awareness and good technical knowledge of Clinical Diagnostic Lab setting gained as a lab supervisor or technician (or similar)
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
• A broad familiarity with any of the following industries would be an advantage: Microbiology, Biology, Molecular, Clinical, or Chemistry
• A sales mentality; strongly motivated by targets and the desire to win new business
• Must reside within VA/MD/Wash DC and be able to travel frequently on a weekly basis within the assigned Territory
• Must hold a valid Driving License
• Fluent in English
What's in it for you:
• Competitive salary
• Sales Bonus
• Company car
• Sales Training
• Flexible benefits package: may include generous annual leave; Medical Insurance, Life Insurance; 401K & more
• Excellent career progression as part of a global organization
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