Regional V.P., SD (Los Angeles, CA)

Working Location: California, Los Angeles 

Workplace Flexibility: Field

 

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Job Description

The RVP for Surgical Devices is the leader for the Surgical Devices Business Unit (SDBU) In their Region. The individual in this role is accountable for executing the go-to-market strategy and deliver profitable sales growth through the deployment of the Global Business Strategies and achieving the objectives set for their region - primarily to the Advanced Surgical Energy portfolio for Olympus.  They ensure proper cross-BU collaboration with other BUs, specifically the Surgical Endoscopy business and others as appropriate. 

Job Duties

• Continuously improve sales team through strong recruitment, hiring, training, development, motivation and management.
• Support the development and successful execution of annual territory business plans to meet and exceed region's numeric objectives.
• Manage and positively influence each sales representative's daily activities, monthly sales forecasts, business plan updates through consistent, scheduled, field visits with Sales Team
• Monitor All Regional/Territory Salesforce.com Activity and evaluate for accuracy and consistency.  Deliver timely reporting out of SFDC to demonstrate current forecasting and activity levels that build into and support territory Business Plans.
• Build and develop KOL base within the Region.  Seek to understand who they are and why they use the technology they do.  Utilize Sr, Olympus Leadership to meet with this group during visits. 
• Effectively manage regional expense budget to include participation in local trade shows / events, travel, telephone repairs, promotion and sample expenditures.
• Ensure all Company assets are carefully managed and maintained. Personally manage and cultivate strategic account and clinical relationships within region as well as support and monitor key relationships involving sales representatives and other Company personnel.
• Build and maintain a comprehensive needs assessment and business plan for each strategic account in order to deliver superior value to the customer and accelerated profitable growth for the Company.
• Collaborates with Peers from other BUs to maximize Olympus’s influence in the Region.
• Communicate competitive activities and market opportunities to appropriate internal parties.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Job Qualifications

Required:

• Minimum of 5-7 years of successful single-use medical device sales, Sales training, Clinical Sales Support and / or sales management experience.
• Proven track record of success.
• Excellent computer skills: Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Establishes, develops or maintains field contact with key customers, clinicians and researchers, and other decision makers in assigned accounts including travel to customer facilities and onsite support. Employees must adhere to all customer vendor credentialing requirements when visiting medical facilities.
• Ability to travel up to 75%.

 

Preferred:

• Bachelor’s degree or MBA strongly preferred, or equivalent sales/business expe