
Area Sales Manager
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Permanent
- Full-time
- A da Vinci Area Sales Manager is responsible for selling the daVinci™ Surgical System to greenfield hospitals and existing hospitals within the Area Sales Manager's assigned territory.
- This requires a number of capabilities including expert-level knowledge in the use of surgical robotics, the ability to build a team of advocates within each hospital, strong solution selling skills, and enough tenacity to ensure sales objectives are met on a consistent basis.
- Da Vinci Area Sales Managers are expected to provide an extraordinary degree of information gathering and presenting to buying teams throughout the capital equipment purchasing process.
- 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.
- Relevant work experience of at least 8 years in Medical Devices sector
- Knowledge of the operating room environment
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Proven successful track record in capital medical equipment sales.
- Ability to travel up to 50%, dependent upon account distribution.
- Fluent in English and local language as required.
- Minimum Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
- MBA from a premier business school preferred
- Success in introducing new technologies to the market is a plus.
- Experience in capital equipment sales is preferred.