Area Sales Professional

Do you want to help shape the future of healthcare? Our name, Siemens Healthineers, was selected to honor our people who dedicate their energy and passion to this cause. It reflects their pioneering spirit combined with our long history of engineering in the ever-evolving healthcare industry.

We offer you a flexible and dynamic environment with opportunities to go beyond your comfort zone in order to grow personally and professionally. Sound interesting? **Then come and join our global team as Account Executive (GRIP: Area Sales Professional) based in KZN, South Africa.**

Our global team: Siemens Healthineers is a leading global medical technology company. 50,000 dedicated colleagues in over 70 countries are driven to shape the future of healthcare. An estimated 5 million patients across the globe benefit every day from our innovative technologies and services in the areas of diagnostic and therapeutic imaging, laboratory diagnostics and molecular medicine, as well as digital health and enterprise services.

Our culture: Our culture embraces different perspectives, open debate, and the will to challenge convention. Change is a constant aspect of our work. We aspire to lead the change in our industry rather than just react to it. That’s why we invite you to take on new challenges, test your ideas, and celebrate success.

The Sales Professional plans and executes sales targets and activities in a specified region and assigned Key Account for the portfolio of Siemens Healthineers In-Vitro instruments, in order to increase sales with all existing and potential customers and to achieve defined commercial targets.

**Your tasks and responsibilities**
- Plans sales volumes and potentials of all customers in the assigned region.
- Provides information via CRM for forecasts and planning.
- Analyses the specific market conditions and builds a sound market related network of stakeholders.
- Spots opportunities for local product and service portfolio solutions.
- Prepares customer contact, builds and maintains a customer focused network.
- Prepares / coordinates and negotiates proposals in cooperation with proposal mgmt. / other involved professionals and management.
- Coordinates the realization of assignments, may coordinate and contribute to set up respective product developments, projects or services programs.
- Completes sales and revenue related key reporting.
- Contributes to the development of After-Market business in the region.
- May act as a point of contact to customers in commercial matters and influences collaboration within the organization to secure customer support.

**Dimensions/KPI’s**:Revenue target, Market Share, SoW, CCL status Improvement.

**Sales Skills**:

- Probes customers in order to fully understand their needs and problems.
- Suggests solutions, products and services that fit customers’ requirements.
- Leverages industry trends to position Siemens Healthineers solutions
- Sells Siemens Healthineers products and solutions to all key stakeholders within targeted accounts.
- Successfully launches new products and services.
- Good interpersonal skills
- Work in a team, and individually without supervision

**Healthcare Industry Knowledge**:

- Has deep knowledge of the healthcare market, developments and trends.
- Knows the business of healthcare ownership, structure, reimbursement, regulations, capital markets,
- Operating margins, key legislation, products, technology, etc.
- Foresees how developments and trends could impact the healthcare industry, customers and Siemens Healthineers Business environment.

**Account Management Skills**:

- Researches and compiles information on targeted accounts
- Efficiently prospects and qualifies new customers and business opportunities, Sets objectives and prepares on-going account strategies and plans to achieve sales targets.
- Creates overall account-level and call-level plans to drive sales activities - using proven planning concepts.
- Is skilled at creating interest and setting sales appointments
- Establishes rapport and cultivates relationships with key players in assigned accounts.
- Serves as a trusted advisor across assigned accounts C-Level.
- Accurately assesses probability of closure.
- Analyses sales losses and defines corrective actions
- Maintains complete and accurate account documentation in company-supported sales and CRM tools.
- Maintains total involvement during the sales cycle, bringing in additional resources as needed.
- Ensures the highest level of customer satisfaction in every engagement, helping facilitate long-term, repeatable business.
- Good organizational skills

**Product Knowledge**:

- Has knowledge of peripherals (if applicable), interfaces, compatibility, networks, and other IT-related items.

**Clinical Knowledge (If applicable)**:

- Understands customers’ clinical workflows.
- Competitor Knowledge: Understanding of competitor offerings in basic.

**Your qualifications and experience**
- Degree or Diplo