Associate Sales Representative (Raleigh Durham, NC)

Summary

The Associate Sales Representative is responsible for supporting the sales team within an assigned territory with installations, trouble-shooting and maintenance, demo inventory setup and customer in service. Other responsibilities may include transporting customer inventory between accounts and covering cases for sales reps within certain accounts. The position requires the ability to assimilate and learn a high level of technical information as it relates to surgery and procedures.

Responsibilities:

• Learns and maintains a high level of technical information as it relates to orthopedic trauma surgery and procedures.
• Gains and maintains an acceptable level of knowledge of the Trauma, Extremities and applicable Recon (Universal Products) product lines, business objectives, pricing strategies, and validated sales techniques for these products.
• Assists with inventory moves between accounts.
• Covers Cases for reps at various selected accounts and provides moderate sales support.
• Provides technical information to surgeons consistent with product user manuals
• Assists and trains hospital personnel in the accurate use and care of product and equipment
• Completes structured product/sales training assessments
• Supports the district sales targets by supporting existing accounts as well as developing and executing a plan to develop new business opportunities
• Meets encouraged scoring for all classroom and on the job training assessments
• Establishes regular performance evaluations to ensure targeted development of the crucial quantitative metrics for territory growth (technical/clinical/procedural/relational/financial)

Location: Raleigh Durham

Education: Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

Licenses/ Certifications: Requires valid driver's license applicable to current residence to facilitate travel requirements of the position

Experience: Prefers a minimum (2) two years sales experience

Competencies:

• Requires strong PC applications skills to include proficiency in various software applications such as spreadsheets, databases, and word processing, preferably Word for Windows, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.
• Requires a multifaceted, outspoken individual with technical-oriented leadership ability and well-developed communication and presentation skills
• Requires ability to get to all customers' operations and facilities via air, own automobile and local transport
• Requires the ability to meet deadlines, frequent assignment changes, periodic heavy workload, rapidly changing technology and multifaceted business growth
• Requires the ability to operate sophisticated medical equipment
• Requires the ability to hear and communicate customer problems with sales representatives in person and on the telephone
• Requires the ability to read computer output on CRT Screen and printed material
• Requires the ability to read sophisticated reference material and written user manuals
• Requires the ability to participate in interactive verbal group activities including brainstorming and application design working sessions

Travel Requirements: 50-75%

Smith+Nephew provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.