ROBERT JOSEPH BANGERT
**** ********* ***** ( Reynoldsburg, OH 43068
614-***-**** ( abl0uf@r.postjobfree.com
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP / GENERAL MANAGER / SALES MANAGEMENT
Medical Device Industry
Energetic and customer-focused Sales Manager and Business Executive with
19+ years expertise in the medical device industry. Accomplished track
record of achieving profitable growth, leading high performance sales
teams, and establishing strong and trusting customer relationships. Proven
ability to excel in the competitive, rapidly changing healthcare profession
earning respect from professional clinicians, administrators, and corporate
officers. Team directed and motivational leadership style with
demonstrated and proven expertise including:
National Sales Team Strategic Planning & Product Management &
Management Implementing Launch
Business Development Forecasting & Reporting Contracts & Pricing
Design Negotiation
C-Suite/ Organization Sales Force / Customer P&L Accountability
Selling Training
Financial Selling & National Accounts MS Office Suite
Presentations Management
MEDTRONIC, Physio Control, Division of Medtronic, Redmond, WA 2005
to May 2010
World leading manufacturer of external defibrillators, AED's, and
resuscitation technology.
District Manager Great Lakes Hospital Division / District Manager Midwest
and Central Districts
Recruited as District Manager to lead a team of sales representatives
covering multistate areas. Led sales teams from 8 to 13 representatives
as district changes occurred each year: 2005 to 2006 Great Lakes District;
2006 to 2007 Midwest Hospital District; 2007 to 2008 Great Lakes District;
2008 to 2009 Central South; 2009 to 2010 Central West. Call points
including all critical and acute care, surgery, cardiology, EMS and
emergency depts.
. Developed and implemented strategic penetration tools leading the Great
Lakes District of Medtronic Emergency Response Systems (MERS-Physio
Control) to Y-o-Y revenue increases of 130% in FY06.
. Achieved 125% of $17.2 million Midwest District quota / 2007 President's
Club and Quota Club Honors.
. Exceeded revenue targets while maintaining resource allocations and
staying under expense budgets.
. Grew sales and led sales teams over 5 years with no attrition while under
FDA regulated Consent Decree.
> Motivated teams to focus on solving customer issues while
retaining all current customers.
> Recruited, hired, developed and retained 100% of district sales
force.
> Provided team coaching in proactively managing competitive markets
and trends. Utilized Miller Heiman Strategic Sales Management in
implementing profitable C-Suite negotiations.
> Developed and maintained strong relationships with all key
accounts - both hospital and EMS.
. Created Excel spreadsheets for sales forecasts and tracking activity data
which were executed company wide.
. Provided strategic guidance to senior reps resulting in system-wide
accounts such as University of Alabama, University of Michigan, Henry
Ford. Many team members achieved President's Club under my leadership.
FUKUDA DENSHI, Tokyo, Japan, Redmond, WA 1994 to 2005
World leading manufacturer of cardiac monitoring, ECG, and ultrasound
medical devices.
General Manager Hospital Division - Fukuda Denshi (2002 to 2005)
Oversaw sales operations of hospital patient monitoring division in the US.
Created and presented effective PowerPoint proposals, cost justifications
and ROI presentations to the board of directors of strategic account
hospitals. Managed business development with national accounts and
performed as project manager for all new business. Led sales team of 70+
comprised of direct sales representatives and distributors.
. Credited with over $100MM in revenues and doubled U.S. market share
during tenure. Revered as one of Fukuda Denshi top sales and management
executives in sales performance internationally for 10 years.
. Initiated Luminary Accounts Management as a new division within Fukuda
Denshi and proceeded to establish numerous IDN-wide accounts throughout
the US marketplace.
General Manager Hospital Division - Fukuda Denshi...Continued
. Increased sales through training and drove key account satisfaction as
the General Manager.
. Conceived and generated accurate sales forecasting tools for
manufacturing. Adopted worldwide.
Assistant General Manager / National Accounts Manager - Fukuda Denshi
(1999 to 2002)
Managed a network of sales distributors nationally with successful
implementation of strategic sales processes during an OEM phase between
Datascope and Fukuda Denshi Tokyo. Provided up-to-date status of all
account activity in US. Collaborated with engineering in Tokyo to develop
advancements in software technology.
. Developed new quoting strategies and ROI-based marketing presentation
materials that increased international sales significantly. Provided
customer support and clinical training.
Luminary (Strategic) Accounts Manager - Fukuda Denshi (1996 to 1999)
Created marketing initiatives and business strategies for comprehensive
systems within the hospital patient monitoring market throughout the United
States. Multi-tasked the role of Eastern Regional Sales Manager.
. Prepared pricing structures, designed promotional materials, and
implemented strategic sales and customer-focused training. Ideas were
also successfully utilized in international marketplace.
. Aligned nationwide sales force to successfully target niche markets in
sub-acute care.
. Cultivated, negotiated and maintained win-win contracts with industry-
leading L-TAC IDN and GPO entities including Kindred Healthcare, Regency
Hospitals, Broadlane, Triumph, Drake, Select, SCCI.
Eastern Regional Sales Manager - Fukuda Denshi (1996 to 1999)
Recruited, trained, and managed Sales Representatives in the eastern half
of the United States. Demonstrated effective sales leadership expertise
and progressive growth in the region through a cohesive team approach.
. Increased Y-o-Y Performance consistently.
Area Sales Representative - Fukuda Denshi (1994 to 1996)
Recruited as first direct sales representative in US. Company had
previously marketed with only a distributor network. Successfully
generated, cultivated and closed patient monitoring systems sales in Ohio,
Kentucky, and western Pennsylvania. Set international sales records in a
new territory.
LYNN MEDICAL, Bloomfield Hills, MI 1991 to 1994
Area Sales Representative for Ohio
Represented multiple cardiology products from Holter systems,
defibrillators, stress systems, to patient monitoring systems. Set then-
records for patient monitoring placements for Mennen Medical systems in
both Intensive Care and Cardiac Catheterization Labs. Product manager for
Draeger ventilators and incubator products, as well as Cygnet Data
Management systems. Achieved President's Club status.
PITNEY BOWES, INC., Carrier Management Specialist / Area Sales
Representative 1987 to 1991
BIG BEAR STORES, Inc., Front Manager (Worked High School / Paid 100% of
College) 1975 to 1986
EDUCATION AND AWARDS
Bachelors Degree in Political Science 1982, The Ohio State University
President's Club, Physio Control
President's Council, Fukuda Denshi
President's Million Dollar Club, Lynn Medical
Sales Leadership Club, Pitney Bowes