Responsibilities:
- Employ strong prospecting and cold-calling skills and networks in assigned territory to establish themselves as a valued resource to existing and potential customers.
- Develop, implement and execute an account territory plan; prospect and identify new opportunities within account and territory while protecting core revenue base.
- Manage the entire sales process from prospect initiation to securing commitment with customer(s) by identifying new opportunities and filling the new product pipeline.
- Own customer relationship; communicate the Ascential business offering by demonstrating alignment of Ascential capabilities with customer needs.
- Maintain regular and timely communications with key customers within territory/account. Ensure corrective actions are in place and communicated to management or other key Ascential functional areas.
- Develop relationships with critical decision makers in the prospecting phase through regular face to face customer engagements, understanding needs and continued follow up to ensure new quoting opportunities.
- Expand knowledge of customer business trends and markets by creating and maintaining an account profile, developing an account strategy and detailing a tactical execution plan.
- Take ownership of all strategic quotes and contracts, serve as a key negotiator and utilize sales processes to solicit and to coordinate feedback internally.
- Create and present a business case for new opportunities to Ascential‘s management team.
- Understand industry and market trends as well as sales analytics related to customer and translate into targeted opportunities.
- Attend and engage with customers at trade shows, conferences, and industry meetings.
- Demonstrate strong computer skills and update CRM (Salesforce) daily based on sales activities.
- Serve as an advocate of Ascential Medical & Life Sciences by being able to clearly define the company from a high level to the detail of a specific product offering.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Strong prospecting and cold-calling skills.
- Must possess an active network of contacts to help with prospecting activities.
- Business acumen to understand how to qualify an opportunity based on customer business case, ROI, budget, and strategic fit.
- Strong sense of personal accountability, self-directed, process focused and performance orientation.
- Experience dealing with multiple deadlines and working in a fast-paced environment.
- Demonstrated ability to generate revenue growth using strategic account management techniques.
- Strong sales call planning/execution skills and sales opportunity development and management skills.
- Ability to deal effectively with pressure, recover quickly from setbacks, and remain optimistic and competitive even under adversity.
- Demonstrated customer focus and orientation to creating value for the customer.
- Strong work ethic, high results oriented and high tolerance for ambiguity.
- Curious and constantly looking to improve professional and personal performance.
- Must be able to work with and lead teams both internally and externally.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, influencing, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience in selling complex technical automation solutions to customers.
- Contract negotiation and project management experience.
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