Manager, Sales
At STERIS, we help our customers create a healthier and safer world by providing innovative healthcare and life science product and service solutions around the globe.
How You Will Make A Difference
Do you want to spend your working time making a difference in the world around you? Are you motivated by impactful work? Do you have a passion for cleanroom environments, microbiology, and possess strong stakeholder communication and service delivery skills? If so, then a career with STERIS in our Life Sciences team could be a great fit for you.
At STERIS we are a leading global provider of products and services that support patient care with an emphasis on infection prevention. Our mission is to help our customers create a healthier and safer world. Working at STERIS, you GROW, LEARN and MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
What You Will Do
Business Management: 30%
- Facilitates the development and expansion of the region’s business by initiating and nurturing key relationships and associations in the Life Sciences industry.
- Monitors and reports market trends to appropriate internal partners and implements region strategies to capitalize on all opportunities.
- Monitors processes and work flow to ensure business objectives are met.
- Partners with sales leadership to develop and manage the region’s business.
- Identify top prospects, projects and opportunities.
- Comply with the spirit and letter of laws, government regulations and company policies.
- Demonstrates and reinforces compliance with company policies and programs.
- Continuously identifying means to improve productivity and drive continuous improvement in the sales process.
Achieving Financial Objectives: 20%
- Develops and clearly communicates business strategies.
- Drives activities to achieve financial targets for the region and/or assigned territories.
- Participates in setting pricing strategies using established policy guidelines.
- Manages region business within budgeted expense levels.
- Manages time, travel, and sales activities to maximize effectiveness.
Customer Focus: 25%
- Ensures customer needs are communicated and interpreted into all facets of organizational structure.
- Interacts regularly with other functional leaders to ensure process improvements are implemented effectively.
- Monitor and prioritize activities to maximize your team’s ability to respond to customers without loss of quality.
- Assures that all direct reports are trained properly and can deliver an integrated, customer solution presentation.
Employee Development: 25%
- Recruits, interviews, and selects individuals matching the profile of the respective STERIS job description.
- Creates an environment which encourages self development, creative thinking and problem solving.
- Coaches the team to leverage their role to ensure positive team selling relationships.
- Conducts regular check-ins with each report to review objectives, progress, successes and development opportunities.
- Identifies the training and educational needs of their region; assures information, resources, education, support are provided to the team through various support functions.
- Articulates and positions the strategic relevance of corporate activities and requirements.
- Translates general objectives and goals into understandable and specific work actions.
- Continually analyzes and revises critical success factors for the business.
- Uses all available tools and techniques to develop and communicate vision.
What is needed to be successful:
- Bachelor’s degree preferably in Chemistry, Biology, Science or Engineering required.
- Demonstratable successful sales experience in the pharmaceutical or life sciences market with responsibility for multiple products.
- Demonstratable successful managerial experience.
- Significant sales support skills and experience including dealing with complex multifaceted sales situations effectively utilizing a team approach – strong leadership, matrix organization management, interpersonal, communication, organization and presentation skills.
STERIS is a leading global provider of products and services that support patient care with an emphasis on infection prevention. WE HELP OUR CUSTOMERS CREATE A HEALTHIER AND SAFER WORLD by providing innovative healthcare, life sciences and dental products and services. STERIS is a $5 billion, publicly traded (NYSE: STE) company with approximately 17,000 associates and customers in more than 100 countries.
STERIS strives to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.