This position will have responsibility for driving strategic brand growth among target specialists, prescribers, and new accounts via live face to face and virtual interactions that coincide with specific expectations for each (hospitals, teaching facilities, key homecare). This will be in partnership with the other Specialty Sales Executives in the assigned territory/s and in accordance with the strategy & plan. The role is responsible for growing business relationships with key decision makers and influencers. Responsible for focused detailing to specific targets with a carefully defined messaging strategy and call sequence, leveraging business and value solutions based on evidence, and outcome data, supporting the Pediatric, GI and critial care platforms.
Key Responsibilities:
- Focus on driving strategic brand growth among target specialists, prescribers, and new accounts via live face to face & virtual interactions that coincide with specific expectations for each. Meets/exceeds sales and profit objectives in assigned territory/s. Set specific growth plans within assigned accounts utilizing territory, and cycle plans. Create access points for product availability early in the selling cycle.
- Deliver financial benefits based on the evidence of research that translates to tangible cost saving for targeted accounts.
- Meets/exceeds required in-patient prescriber call activity within accounts, as well as out-patient call activity within the community of the assigned geography, effectively driving specialty sales.
- Contribute to meeting/exceeding national specialty sales and profit objectives for all channels.
- Create and drive relationships within targeted accounts including higher level stakeholders in order to gain buy-in for products within targeted accounts. Demonstrate an increased focus on the Specialists, Transition of Care departments, and Discharge Planners.
- Shares best practices with the broader sales organization.
- Cultivates and leverages long-term customer relationships including senior level relationships. Builds network of key advocates within assigned accounts, including committee personnel and system advocates for Nestle. Attends key events which local nutrition leaders also attend.
- Understand the Care healthcare environment and appropriately execute the selling process in a manner that is concise, compliant, professional and persuasive; and which addresses a need and leads the customer to action.
- Ability to attend in person meetings, (i.e. national sales meetings, regional meetings, required trainings).
- Ability to travel 50%+