Account Executive-Advanced Surgical Instruments, ASI (St. Louis, MO) Johnson & Johnson MedTech, Surgery

Account Executive - Advanced Surgical Instruments

We are searching for the best talent for Account Executive to support clients in St. Louis, MO territory.

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we're developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of surgery? Ready to join a team that's reimagining how we heal? Our Surgery team will give you the chance to deliver surgical technologies and solutions to surgeons and healthcare professionals around the world. Your contributions will help effectively treat some of the world's most prevalent conditions such as obesity, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Patients are waiting. Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness.

The Account Executive- Advanced Surgical Instruments will:

• Own the full bag of Ethicon offerings of comprehensive surgical devices and solutions including hemostasis, energy sealing and dissection, surgical stapling and wound closure platforms. The Account Executive ASI will have a focus on growing our energy and endomechanical platforms.
• With a platform focus, Account Executive-ASI will sell surgical solutions to surgeons and hospital decision makers, primarily in an operating room setting.
• Be assigned a sales territory focusing on assigned physicians and hospital Institutions.
• Be accountable to attain the forecast in their assigned accounts / territory.
• Have responsible for setting priorities and making sound business decisions based on an understanding of sales opportunities within accounts.

Additional Job Responsibilities include:

• Trained to understand and demonstrate proper use of products to clinicians in the Operating Room environment.
• Ability to manage customer questions and objections in a way that is consistent with product indications and sales training methodology.
• Execute the selling cycle in a manner that drives results, is concise, professional, ethical, within healthcare compliance guidelines and which leads the customer to action.
• Conduct sales presentations by using current selling methods learned in sales training courses.
• Execute the selling process in a manner that is concise, compliant, professional, ethical, and persuasive; and which leads the customer to action.
• Analyze data and stay updated about market information and will be responsible for business planning (e.g., setting priorities and making sound business decisions based on understanding of sales opportunities within accounts).
• Build excellent customer relations with key physicians, hospital personnel, and authorized distributors, as well as conduct customer education seminars as appropriate. Comply with standards for safe behavior and demonstrate product, procedure, and clinical knowledge.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree
• 3+ years of relevant business experience in medical sales (medial device, pharmaceutical, biotechnology) or healthcare, demonstrating exceptional achievement of sales objectives
• A valid driver's license issued in the United States

Preferred Qualifications:

• Sales performance (high growth, results vs. plan), the ability to target accounts and achieve results through a daily action plan and the ability to collaborate (peers, marketing, Strategic Account Managers), external companies (distributor reps) and KOLs
• Strong time management and planning skills are also preferred.
• Hospital-based pharmaceutical or medical device experience (operating room sales) as well as experience in product sales to a highly educated/high profile customer base.
• Experience in developing new, innovative markets
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, negotiation skills
• Team oriented

Note: Grade/Salary will shift depending upon commiserate experience.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants' needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

At Johnson & Johnson, we want every candidate to feel supported throughout the hiring process. Our goal is to make the experience clear, fair, and respectful of your time.

Here's what you can expect:

Application review: We'll carefully review your CV to see how your skills and experience align with the role.

Getting to know you: If there's a good match, you'll be invited to complete a short-recorded video interview, giving you the chance to share more about yourself. If successful, a recruiter will also reach out by phone to walk you through the process and answer any questions.

Interviews with the team: If you move forward, you'll meet with the hiring manager (and possibly others on the team) in one or two interview rounds, depending on the role.

Staying informed: We know waiting can be hard, so our recruitment team will keep you updated and make sure you know what to expect at each step.

Final steps: For successful candidates, you will need to complete country-specific checks before starting your new role. We will help guide you through these.

At the end of the process, we'll also invite you to share feedback in a short survey your input helps us continue improving the experience for future candidates. Thank you for considering a career with Johnson & Johnson. We're excited to learn more about you and wish you the best of luck in the process! #RPONA

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Business Behavior, Communication, Consulting, Cross-Selling, Customer Centricity, Customer Effort Score, Customer Retentions, Execution Focus, Goal Attainment, Hospital Operations, Innovation, Market Research, Medicines and Device Development and Regulation, Sales, Solutions Selling, Sustainable Procurement, Vendor Selection