Account Manager - South San Diego

The Account Manager will:

* Increase sales and generate profit obtaining annual corporate and territory financial objectives by selling dispensing inventories of Alcon products, promoting Alcon Services, offering approved price discounts through in-market promotions, and by consulting with Eye Care Practitioners to improve the profitability of their practices.

* Align with customers using a consultative sales approach to match Alcon products and services to identify needs doctor and patient needs.

* Provide product and technical consultation to doctors on the appropriate use of ALCON products.

Responsibilities & Accountabilities include:

* Create and execute a strategic plan and routing schedule for the territory to capitalize on revenue from the highest potential customers.


* Plan and execute pre-booked calls daily.


* Grow sales by shifting customer behaviors to dispense Alcon priority products as their core/first-choice product line - take orders for dispensing inventories.


* Execute marketing activities and promotions in order to maximize sales.


* Contribute to the Area team to help develop Area sales and Marketing opportunities.


* Participate in District/Regional meetings.


* Manage and prioritize time in order to most effectively achieve business results.


* Selling and promotional activities that increase revenue/profit.


* Selling dispensing inventories including determining the appropriate size of the dispensing inventory for each practice.


* Selection of most appropriate products and services for targeted accounts based on company priorities.


* Co-op advertising spending calculations and spending decisions with customers for marketing programs.


* Promotional dollar allocation with targeted accounts.


* Program launch and implementation with targeted accounts.


* Free-goods and returns: Following company guidelines.


* Small product returns/exchanges: Defined by returns policy.

Preferred Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school +10 years; Assoc. +6 years).
• The ability to read fluently, write, understand and communicate in English.
• 2 years sales related/ relevant experience.
• Pharma and B2B Sales experience