
Area Sales Manager
- Oslo
- Fast
- Fulltid
- Manage the complex sales process of daVinci Surgical Systems into new hospitals and upgrades into existing hospitals.
- Build clinical and administrative support through technical presentations, executive meetings, marketing events and system test drives.
- Build support from surgeons and administration for da Vinci® Surgery.
- Identify key institutions, generate market awareness, and drive sales of the daVinci™ Surgical System within an assigned sales territory.
- Effectively manage transition of initial sale and installation to the clinical sales team to drive procedural volume and growth.
- Achieve quarterly sales targets.
- Partner with the da Vinci Area Sales Director to develop a sales plan for their local territory.
- Build surgical advocacy teams at each hospital.
- Develop initial contact with CEO and senior hospital administrators.
- Organize and manage the sales process.
- Develop expert level knowledge of primary OR procedures.
- Make business case for system purchase.
- Resolve contractual issues and coordinate system installation upon purchase approval.
- Handle all communications and administrative follow-up.
- Collaborate with team members across the Intuitive commercial organization to develop people, processes, and pipeline opportunities.
- Implement strategies for early-stage new product launches that accelerate procedures and capital placements.
- Develop general executive development activities (round tables, executive sessions, etc.).
- Participate in designing QTI, BAM content and defining approach with targeted customers
- Active involvement in weekly and quarterly sales planning process for the dedicated territory.
- Manage expenses within budget.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
- Minimum of 5 years' sales experience preference for experience in healthcare or capital sales.
- Knowledge of the operating room environment.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Proven successful project management.
- Proven successful track record in capital medical equipment sales.
- Proven track record of high performance and collaboration in various sales roles.
- Strong Account Management and Value Selling.
- Demonstrate collaborative leadership and influence management.
- Foster creative solutions and idea sharing for common problems.
- Ability to travel up to 80%, dependent upon account distribution.
- Fluent in English and Norwegian required.
- Sales management experience a plus.
- Success in introducing new technologies to the market is a plus.