Strategic Account Executive - Austin, United States - Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Verified Company

Austin, United States

2 weeks ago

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Mark Lane

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Description

Strategic Account Executive, South Texas

By becoming a valued member of the Thermo Fisher Scientific Team, you will do important work, and will be recognized for your performance.

With dedicated managers and encouraging coworkers to support you, you'll find the resources and chances to create meaningful contributions to the world.

The ImmunoDiagnostics Division (IDD) develops, manufactures, and markets complete blood test systems to support the clinical diagnosis and monitoring of allergy, asthma and autoimmune diseases.

With 1,500 employees worldwide, IDD is the global leader in in-vitro allergy testing and also the European leader in autoimmunity diagnostics.

The allergy and autoimmunity product lines operate on a common instrument platform, Phadia Laboratory Systems, which supports both productivity and cost efficiencies in clinical laboratories around the world.

The top tier products include ImmunoCAP for allergy and asthma tests and EliA for autoimmunity tests.

This is a remote-based position that covers South Texas and Louisiana. This person will need to be located in Houston.

How will you make an impact?

The Strategic Account Executive has responsibility in securing established revenue objectives for IDD's allergy and autoimmune products in a designated geographic territory.

The individual is expected to prospect and close new Laboratory and Health System business, maintain and grow existing laboratory accounts, and see that laboratory logistics are in place in specified markets to facilitate efficient and effective pull-through.

Aligning with all Thermo Fisher Scientific divisions, specifically Fisher Healthcare, to improve a total Thermo Fisher Scientific experience.

What will you do?

Drive opportunity by effectively communicating and consistently selling our value proposition at the C-Suite level, as well as ensure total account agreement and happiness. Understand the dynamics of healthcare delivery in designated markets (including knowledge of healthcare systems, hospitals, laboratory providers, payers, key influencers, and leaders with vision in the medical community).
Protect our current base through excellent account management to grow our Autoimmune business in all key markets. This requires successfully balancing the financial goals of the organization and the customer to sell capital equipment to secure longterm contracts and relationships with customers.
Collaborate with Marketing, Operations, Market Development team, and District Managers to facilitate effective, appropriate instrument placements to drive sustained clinical adoption in assigned territory.
Grow autoimmune market share through competitive conversions using all contractual options (purchase, lease, and placement).
Sell Capital serving as IDDs Instrument specialist and work closely with Area Director to ensure strategic goals are met by appropriately placing instruments that facilitate longterm growth before, during, and after placement.
Travel is frequent, at approximately 80% of total time.

How will you get here?

Bachelor's degree is required preferably in business, sciences or a related field.
5+ years of relevant commercial diagnostic sales experience, or related, working in partnership with senior level team members is preferred.
2+ years successful experience in capital diagnostic or medical device sales, and a 3 year track record of success as a Regional Account Manager (or equivalent) is preferred
Prefer successful C-Suite sales history.
Prior Medical Technologist, Clinical Laboratory Technicians (CLTs) or Medical Laboratory Technicians (MLTs) background or other 'hands on' laboratory experience is a plus.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

Ability to Achieve regional sales objectives for Autoimmunity (Elia and IFA).
Demonstrated success and strength in developing strong customer relationships and translating customer business goals and challenges into companyprovided solutions and services.
Consistent record of success, demonstrating ability to go above and beyond.
Proven skills in leadership, strategic selling, negotiating, presentation and financial/business insight
Selfstarter, able to work independently in a remote capacity, and be willing to travel approximately 80% of time (mainly in your own Area, but also throughout the U.S.).
Ability to cultivate, leverage, and develop longterm customer relationships, including "C" level and Senior VP level relationships, coupled with the ability to identify and capitalize on opportunities that immediately satisfy customer needs. Maintain strategic focus on lifecycle cost for Phadia Lab system equipment. Collaborate with Director of Operations to provide magnificent customer service.
Ability to reliably partner with internal functions in order to address and direct customer needs.
Experience, proficiency and ability to Lead amongst cross functional teams and collaborate with IDD and Channe