Principal Sales Rep, Peripheral - Boston

at  Medtronic

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.
A Day in the Life
Bring your sales talents to a leader in medical technology and healthcare solutions. Rooted in our long history of mission-driven innovation, our medical technologies open doors. We support your growth with the training, mentorship, and guidance you need to own your future success. Join us for a career in sales that changes lives.

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

The Principal Sales Rep will grow sales and market share for an assigned territory by promoting, selling, and servicing Peripheral Vascular products. This individual is responsible for building business by aggressively developing new accounts and driving therapy adoption of DCB, Atherectomy, and the full PV product portfolio across the continuum of care for PAD. The Sales Rep will practice good, ethical territory management in terms of organization, planning, administration, and expense planning and control. Additionally, this Sales Rep will train medical staff on products and procedures; and will be required to meet expectations as defined by Sales Management.

IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION, THE FOLLOWING BASIC QUALIFICATIONS MUST BE EVIDENT ON YOUR RESUME

• Bachelor’s degree, and 7+ years of Business to Business (B2B) sales, or Healthcare sales experience with 4 years selling to interventional cardiology &/or radiology, hospital/Cath Lab setting; vascular surgery or EP

DESIRED/PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS :

• Medical industry sales experience (selling physician preference products) in hospital setting (capital equipment sales, surgical sales & in-hospital pharmaceuticals)
• Degree in biological science or business preferred
• Must be able to meet hospital vendor credentialing requirements
• Business planning skills
• Presentation skills
• Demonstrated ability to work independently & drive results
• Must be willing to travel, some overnight potentially required
• Knowledge & experience in operating room, hospital & physician office protocol/conduct
• Ability to teach & educate medical personnel, peers & technical support personnel
• Demonstrated ability to grasp use of technology & applications (ie. iPad, SalesForces.com); PC literate
• Top 10% past performance; President’s Club winner

PHYSICAL JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Lifting/carrying 20 pounds
• Sit/stand/walk 6-8 hours a day
• Operate moving vehicle

Environmental Exposures

• Infectious disease; radiation; blood borne pathogens
• Must be able to wear all required personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Ability to work in Cath Labs

Work and Travel Requirements

• Ability to travel extensively by car and plane
• Ability to conduct company business outside of typical Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; work schedule preferred

A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage. Learn more about our benefits
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In addition to Base Salary, this position is eligible for a Sales Incentive Plan (SIP), which provides the opportunity to earn significant incentive compensation for achieving or exceeding your goals. Learn more about total rewards
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ABOUT MEDTRONIC:

Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be. We can accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future.
Medtronic has five Diversity Networks globally — African Descent Network, Asian Impact at Medtronic Network, Hispanic Latino Network, Medtronic Women’s Network, and PRIDE Network — with hubs serving members by location or function. We also have site-based employee resource groups (ERGs) supporting employees of various ages, faiths, military veteran status, abilities, and other shared affinities. In total, 25,000+ employee-members engage in 235+ Network hubs/ERGs in 70+ countries.
Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.
The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.
Benefits & Compensation
Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):
The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).
Medtronic benefits and compensation plans
About Medtronic
We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.
Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity
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It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
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Self-Development and Product Knowledge

• Develop and maintain comprehensive technical/clinical knowledge and capabilities
• Recognize and understand competitive products, features, strengths in relation to the company’s products
• Participate in product and skills development programs, managing own self development
• Maintain strong ongoing knowledge of the reimbursement landscap

Planning/Results Orientation

• Consistently meet and exceed AOP, sales budget and account development targets (QoQ and YoY)
• Develops and executes accurate and on-going sales plan to achieve sales objectives
• Maintains and consistently grows market share across all product lines
• Identify opportunities within current and new customer base; develop and implement sales strategies to drive business growth and account penetration
• Leverage the full product portfolio to maximize sales and share performance
• Monitors key market trends and competitive market information and informs sales management of relevant data/changes
• Ensure maximum coverage of all accounts within territory geographic areas to maintain optimum level of exposure and effective time management
• Effectively manage expenses to drive business growth and adhere to company policies and procedures
• Adheres to financial, regulatory, quality compliance standards and requirements

Influence and Selling

• Identify, establish and maintain productive working relationships with key decision makers, customers and their staff, administrators, etc. that drive business and therapy adoption
• Drives value in accounts through disciplined pricing resulting in strong ASPs
• Effectively uses contracts to drive high compliance and pull through of all products
• Leverage APV, Corporate Accounts, and CVG partnerships to capitalize on partnership and contracting opportunities
• Probes to understand and confirm customer needs, effectively engages and overcomes customer objections
• Effectively plans and manages referral marketing resources to drive expected outcomes
• Effectively builds consensus, gains appropriate commitments and closes business
• Plan and implement effective sales/product presentations to customers
• Maintain and expand existing business; develop new business opportunities
• Represent company at industry conferences and maximize potential by targeting specific customers to gain sales leads and pursue opportunities to promote the company’s product range
• Develop and implement strategies to counter competitors

Customer Service

• Educates customers to ensure that products and features are understood and used effectively
• Respond to customer requests and resolve complaints in a prompt and effective manner
• Effectively plans cases with physicians, manages their expectations and improves outcomes when supporting cases
• Engages physicians in clinical conversations about advantages of the Peripheral Vascular products
• Conducts all business with customers in a manner that adheres to ethics & compliance guidelines and FDA requirements

Communication

• Work with internal functions (marketing, customer service, finance, etc.) to meet targets (ie. Inventory management audits, customer service protocols, etc.)
• Communicate market intelligence/competitor activity promptly, including potential sales leads, information regarding product pricing or account activity to District Sales Manager and other appropriate company personnel
• Contribute to the development of a strong team effort

Self-Development and Product Knowledge

• Develop and maintain comprehensive technical/clinical knowledge and capabilities
• Recognize and understand competitive products, features, strengths in relation to the company’s products
• Participate in product and skills development programs, managing own self development
• Maintain strong ongoing knowledge of the reimbursement landscape