Location Country
United States
Vacancy Name
Territory Sales Manager California
Vacancy No
VN331
Employment Type
Full-Time
Duration
Division
Sales
Summary of Role
The Territory Sales Manager is responsible for:
• Meeting or exceeding sales targets within the territory with a focus on achieving Hero product targets
• Aligning sales objectives with SDI's strategic priorities
• Building business relationships with dentists and their dental office teams, distributor sales teams, dental schools, community health centres and government clinics
• Ensuring and demonstrating a sound knowledge and understanding of all products and key competitor products
• Conducting work in a safe manner and demonstrating a strong commitment to SDI's values of passion, accountability, respect, teamwork, and innovation
Specific Responsibilites
• Achieves or exceeds monthly, quarterly, and yearly sales targets
• Achieves or exceeds 40 face-to-face calls per week
• Creates a 90-day plan in consultation with manager
• Deals with Dental offices:
o Warm or Cold calls to promote SDI and SDI products to dentists, hygienists, practice managers and other dental office staff
o Gives Sales presentations and demonstrations to dentists and dental office personnel to promote the benefits of using SDI products
• Deals with Dental distributors:
o Visits established dental distributors and, where appropriate, builds relationships with their sales management, marketing management and sales representatives
o Gives Sales presentations to train distributor sales representatives to sell SDI products to their customers
o Co-travels with our distributor sales representatives to dental clinics
• Visits dental schools, universities, and government hospitals to educate, promote and sell SDI products
• Where appropriate, visits corporate accounts and other large dental service organizations, groups and multi-practice accounts within the territory, to educate, promote and sell SDI products
• Follows the Company marketing and promotional plans, and suggests other marketing activities for the territory
• Efficiently manages territory using Salesforce.com CRM by entering sales call details after each call; uses mapping function to create the most efficient daily call plan to maximise the number of calls made
• Attends trade shows, sales meetings and dental events both within the territory and outside the territory
• Manages company personal expenses
• Recommends improvements and opportunities within the territory
Key Relationships (Internal & External)
• SDI sales team, Sales Managers, Customer Service Team
• Dental office teams
• Distributor sales and marketing teams
• Key Opinion Leaders; lecturers; influencers
• Marketing Brand Managers
• Dental School Staff: Researchers, Directors, Purchasing
• Dental Study Clubs
Job Environment
• The role is field based sales within an assigned geographic territory with home office requirements
• Working hours: Weekdays and weekends during certain events, e.g. Tradeshows, CPD programs
• Local, interstate and international travel as required.
• Ability to travel overnight up to 50% of the time
Education Level
Bachelor's Degree
Essential Experience
• Either dental or sales experience preferred
• College or Bachelor degree or Tertiary Education Qualification in Hygiene, Therapy or Dentistry is highly favourable
• A sales professional with proven ability to meet sales targets in the dental industry is ideal, particularly with dental restorative experience
• A sound understanding of the sales process
• Established network within the dental industry exhibiting maintained ongoing relationships with dental professionals
• A current USA driver's license is required
Knowledge and skills
• Exceptional territory planning and organisational skills
• Problem solving ability
• Strong negotiating and communication skills
• Computer literate - Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint, Salesforce.com CRM
Personal Qualities
• High level of self-motivation and positive mental attitude
• Determination to succeed
• Ability to work with a diverse range of people
Classification Level
Territory Sales Manager
Currency
USD
Salary Minimum
$80,000.00
Salary Maximum
$850,000.00
Salary Period
Per Annum
Benefits
Commission, Bonus