Area Sales Manager

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Area Sales Manager selling Topcon ophthalmic diagnostic instruments and software across a three-state territory. Managing strategic accounts, demonstrations, quotas, and extensive customer travel.

Responsibilities:

  • Promote, influence, and sell Topcon’s Diagnostic and Refractive instrument platform within a designated territory
  • Travel at least 50% of the time within the territory and attend local and national trade shows, including weekends
  • Maintain knowledge of clinical and technical applications of products and new advances
  • Promote and sell clinical diagnostic instruments, including OCTs, retinal cameras, topographers, refraction systems, and Topcon’s Harmony Healthcare Digital Management System
  • Develop and update an annual business plan quarterly with action items and strategies to achieve quotas
  • Plan territory activity to prospect and cultivate new accounts, develop current accounts, obtain orders, and meet sales goals
  • Communicate with sales management and Topcon departments regarding competitive issues, territory issues, orders, and complaints following QMS processes
  • Conduct weekly instrument demonstrations tailored to customer needs
  • Serve customers as a consultant, information source, problem solver, and educator
  • Maintain high-quality account profiles in the CRM
  • Perform special projects and duties for individual or company benefit
  • Collaborate with Topcon sales and marketing teams to identify and win opportunities and promote Topcon Healthcare

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's Degree preferred
  • Experience selling capital equipment into physician offices, hospital systems, Integrated Delivery Networks (IDNs), Government and National accounts preferred
  • Business-to-business sales experience demonstrating comprehensive understanding of the sales process and ethical business practices
  • C-level call points and strategic selling skills strongly preferred
  • Evidence of top performance in prior sales roles
  • Understanding of health insurance and payers strongly preferred
  • Strong presentation skills, business acumen, and leadership qualities
  • Solid grasp of sales metrics, performance measures, and technical indicators
  • Aptitude for analysis and strategy
  • Excellent interpersonal and client-relations skills
  • Negotiation, conflict resolution, and presentation skills
  • Dynamic and creative problem-solving abilities
  • Strong client-focused mindset
  • Must reside within one of the territory locations in Kansas, Nebraska, or South Dakota
  • Must live no more than 1.5 hours from a major U.S. airport
  • Ability to work remotely
  • Ability to travel extensively by plane and automobile
  • Ability to lift and lower boxes and instruments weighing 25–100 lbs.
  • Ability to stand occasionally for 8 hours or more during trade shows

Benefits:

  • Designated fleet vehicle or $600 monthly car allowance until a vehicle is assigned
  • Sales incentives/commissions eligibility
  • Medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Disability insurance
  • Tax-saving spending accounts
  • 401(k) plan with employer match
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Paid company holidays
  • Paid personal time off
  • Paid sick time
  • Flexible paid time off policy for salaried employees
  • Other perks and benefits