Sales Associate St Louis (Central)

Role: Sales Associate Central

Location – St Louis

Are you ready to challenge yourself in a new environment and have a real impact?

Do you want a career that impacts millions of people for the good? At Mölnlycke, you’ll be helping to equip medical professionals with solutions to improve outcomes for patients. And you’ll develop your career in a growing organization with an inspirational culture – where you’ll be recognized for the results you’ve achieved.

If you enjoy stretching yourself in a transformational environment, Mölnlycke could be the next step for you.

This is an entry level position with the goal that after enough training and exposure, the Sales Associate will be ready to move into a Territory Sales Manager (TSM), or next level, position. In the Sales Associate role, you will be responsible for maintaining customer relationships, and educating customers on product features, distinctions, and utilization. You will represent the Company in sales calls, and assist your Regional Sales Team in achieving designated sales goals. You’ll be responsible for administrative duties such as preparing reports, entering data in Salesforce.com, and following up on orders. You will attend sales meetings and trade shows, and remain cognizant of trends and developments in the industry by monitoring competitor activities and products, trade magazines and associations, and customer feedback.

You’ll make significant contributions in the following areas:

• Developing new and / or expanding business with existing customers through introduction of new products, presenting product information, and explaining product features and distinctions
• Working with distributor management and distributor sales representatives to coordinate sales and marketing efforts, expand business opportunities, and increase customer service
• Identifying and resolving customer problems through contact with the Customer Service Department
• Developing effective customer relations in order to ensure satisfaction and service, and promote needs awareness
• Maintaining a variety of contacts within the Company to gather and exchange information related to sales goals and results, product availability and pricing, marketing strategies and plans, and status of orders
• Assisting with the creation of sales meeting presentation materials Sales Associate Program:
• The Sales Associate will undergo approximately two (2) months of on-boarding and twenty-two (22) months of functional field sales training and experience, working or assisting in a territory
• Holding a Sales Associate position should not exceed twenty-four (24) months from your start date, promotion into the TSM or next level position should occur before this time period
• Projects could include temporarily relocating to an open territory for an extended period of time to cover a vacancy
• Other extended travel could include job shadowing senior level sales professionals to learn the business, in-services at customer locations to train clinicians Upon successful completion of the Sales Associate program and in line with all assigned Management Business Objectives (MBOs), individuals are able to vie for open TSM, or next level, positions that match their skills and interests within the Company
• Filling an open position will likely include permanent relocation, so you must be open to moving

What you’ll get

• Competitive Salary
• Annual performance related bonus
• Full Benefit Package
• Wellbeing initiatives

What you’ll need

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Sales or related field from an accredited college and / or university required
• Demonstrated leadership skills during collegiate experience strongly preferred
• Customer service, sales and / or marketing experience preferred, but not required
• Sales knowledge, plus negotiation skills preferred
• Intermediate to Advanced level computer skills, including MS Office Suite and social media, Salesforce.com experience a plus

Please contact Latasha Warren if you have any questions about the role or wish to discuss opportunities at Mölnlycke further

About Mölnlycke

Mölnlycke is a world-leading medical products and solutions company that equips healthcare professionals to achieve the best patient, clinical and economic outcomes.

Our business is organised in the four business areas Wound Care, Operating Room Solutions, Gloves and Antiseptics, where customer centricity, sustainability and digitalisation are at the heart of everything we do.

Mölnlycke employs around 8,400 people. The company headquarters are in Gothenburg, Sweden and we operate in more than 100 countries worldwide. Since 2007, the company has been part of Investor AB, an engaged owner of high-quality, global companies which was founded by the Wallenberg family in 1916. For more information, please visit www.molnlycke.com and www.molnlycke.com/careers

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $40,277.14 - $51,000.36 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Shift:

• Day shift
• Morning shift

Weekly day range:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Remote