Healthcare Sales Consultant

Membership Growth Consultant (MGC)We're unique. You should be, too.We're changing lives every day. For both our patients and our team members. Are you innovative and entrepreneurial minded? Is your work ethic and ambition off the charts? Do you inspire others with your kindness and joy?We're different than most primary care providers. We're rapidly expanding and we need great people to join our team.The Membership Growth Consultant (MGC) is an outside healthcare sales representative who's responsible for generating sales leads and membership by nurturing productive relationships with senior citizens, key local community partners and senior-focused businesses to enroll new patients to ChenMed. MGC is the first of three separate tiers as part of the overall MGC Success Plan and growth career path at ChenMed. The incumbent in this role is developing skills to arrange, design, and orchestrate sales events and to develop fun and cost-effective techniques to keep senior participation and satisfaction high, in part to drive referral sales from satisfied patients to help fuel membership growth. He/She learns to effectively communicate the ChenMed/JenCare value proposition at community eventsESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:COMPETENCIES:Begins to nurture, build and cultivate direct-to-seniors and business-to-business partnerships to generate new patient opportunities year-round.Meets with individual seniors and groups in their homes, workplaces, houses of worship, senior centers or living communities to share the ChenMed value proposition.Start planing, coordinating and executing local events within the community (e.g., information tables, health fairs, doc talks, etc.) to help reach our ideal patients (i.e., medically underserved, Medicare-eligible seniors, age 55 and older).Start cultivateing strong relationships with health plan agents, individual insurance agents, social workers, case workers, senior housing managers, senior centers and related community providers to keep ChenMed/JenCare Medical Centers as their top provider choice for senior healthcare when referring patients to a primary care physician.Partners with community officials, businesses and senior outreach programs to develop initiatives that will appropriately drive new patient growth.Schedules one-on-one sales meetings, referral relationships with Plan agents, independent brokers and the senior community to delivers solutions on immediate customer requests. Manages vendors as related to event planning and negotiating contracts with venues where events are taking place.Ensures insurance agents and/or brokers are invited to community events to ensure timely patient assignment to ChenMed/JenCare Medical Centers.Learns to use marketing and sales tools to identify solutions and sell to new customers. Maintains up-to-date client information in designated customer relationship management (CRM) tool (i.e., SalesForce). Utilizes CRM tool to document interactions with clients and ensures effective management of leads.Provides monthly activity calendar reflecting community access points and new tabletop venues. Creates penetration plans and initiatives in key target markets and channels.Recovers dormant customers via sales tools and marketing campaigns.Drives new member growth by appropriately educating potential patients on our value proposition and healthcare model. Delivers prescribed presentation in front of large audiences.Develops distribution channels to support new patient enrollment growth. Uses all sales tools provided to ensure efficiency and collection of pertinent data.Partners with sales leadership to improve effectiveness of engagements with distributors, vendors and community partners.Builds trusting relationships with brokers/insurance agents/case workers/third party vendors associated with seniors with supervision Develops and executes specific broker and partner strategies and plans.Engages with new patients through and beyond their first appointment. Maintains relationships with enrolled patients to positively impact retention. Helps address and resolve customer complaints and issues as required.Performs other related duties as assigned.Instills trustGaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticityFollows through on commitmentsIs seen as direct and trustfulKeeps confidencesPractices what he/she preachesShows consistency between words and actionsResults drivenConsistently achieving results, even under tough circumstancesHas a strong bottom-line orientationPersists in accomplishing objectives despite obstacles and setbacksHas a track record of exceeding goals successfullyPushes othersAction orientedTaking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasmReadily acts on challenges, without unnecessary planning.Identifies and seizes on new opportunitiesDisplays a can-do attitude in good and tough timesSteps up to handle tough issuesEffective communicationDeveloping and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiencesIs effective in a variety of communication settings: one-on-one, small and large groups, or among diverse styles and position levelsAttentively listens to othersAdjusts to fit the audience and the messageProvides timely and helpful information to others across the organizationEncourages the open expression of diverse ideas and opinionsResiliencyRebounding from setbacks and adversity when facing difficult situationsIs confident under pressureHandles and manages crises effectivelyMaintains a positive attitude despite adversityBounces back from setbacksGrows from hardships and negative experiencesNetworkingEffectively building formal and informal relationship networks inside and outside the organizationBuilds strong formal and informal networks.Maintains relationships across a variety of functions and locationsDraws upon multiple relationships to exchange ideas, resources, and know-howCustomer focusBuilding strong customer centric relationships and delivering customer-centric solutionsGains insight into customer needsIdentifies opportunities that benefit the customerBuilds and delivers solutions that meet customer expectationsEstablishes and maintains effective customer relationshipsPersuasivenessUsing compelling arguments to gain the support and commitment of othersPositions views and arguments appropriately to win supportConvinces others to take actionNegotiates skillfully in tough situationsWins concessions without damaging relationshipsResponds effectively to the reactions and positions of othersKNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:High business acumen and acuityExceptional organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced work environmentDemonstrated knowledge ofnegotiation, probing skills, closing skills and handling objectionsDetail-oriented and proficient in MS office (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and Outlook), CRM tools (Salesforce) plus a variety of other word-processing, spreadsheet, database, e-mail and presentation softwareExcellent interpersonal and problem solving skills. Must have the patience and ability to engage customers in conversationExcellent written and verbal communication skills, including a clear, confident speaking voice and a friendly rapport with customers. (e.g., pitch letters, outbound calls, effective one-on-one meetings, group presentations, etc.)Must have the ability to be flexible and creative in dealing with customers. Positive attitude and the ability to attract patients with a warm, gentle disposition as it relates to our target market and their caregivers. Must be persuasive and highly motivated to make sales, with the ability to close sales without being perceived as pushyGood keyboarding skills are needed. Ability to accurately type a significant number of words per minuteS poken and written fluency in EnglishBilingual is a plusAbility and willingness to travel locally, regionally and nationwide up to 75%; work is primarily conducted off ChenMed premises