Molecular Specialist

3 Months ago • 3-5 Years

Job Summary

Job Description

The Regional Molecular Specialist is responsible for selling bioMerieux’s Molecular products in a defined sales region. This involves collaborating with sales and commercial teams to maintain, protect, and grow the existing Molecular business. The specialist acts as a Subject Matter Expert for the Molecular suite of products. The primary responsibilities include supporting Account Managers, creating business plans, identifying high-value targets, managing the opportunity pipeline, and maintaining internal networks. The role involves providing coaching, identifying key customers, and participating in conferences, requiring effective sales call management and forecast accuracy.
Must have:
  • Support Account Managers as subject matter expert.
  • Create and execute business plans to meet revenue goals.
  • Identify and close new business opportunities.
  • Manage opportunity pipeline and forecasting.
  • Maintain internal network with key functions.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills required.
Good to have:
  • Clinical lab operations and molecular knowledge preferred.
  • Sales experience required; Capital sales experience preferred.
  • Experience selling into Molecular labs preferred.

Job Details

The Regional Molecular Specialist is responsible for the sale of bioMerieux’s Molecular suite of products in a defined sales region. This involves coordinated activities with other Sales and commercial team colleagues in maintaining, protecting, and growing the existing base of Molecular business and gaining new Molecular reagent and equipment business. The Molecular Specialist works collaboratively with local sales teams as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Molecular suite of products. 

 

Primary Responsibilities

  1. Support Account Managers as subject matter expert and technical sales content owner for the Molecular product suite in maintaining existing customer business and in building a robust reagent and equipment pipeline through account segmentation and qualification and leveraging technical knowledge to advance opportunities.
  2. Create and execute business plans to achieve assigned Molecular reagent and equipment goals to including collaboration with Account Managers, Specialists, Sales Director, Corporate Account Managers, Marketing and others toward meeting or exceeding revenue targets and growth objectives within region.
  3. Work cooperatively and cohesively in a matrixed environment with multiple commercial colleagues and functions to advance and close opportunities.
  4. Identify high-value targets within assigned territory and develop strategies to close the identified opportunities for new business.
  5. Manage opportunity pipeline to ensure that target close dates and expected revenue dates align with month-to-month forecasting as represented in the company CRM tool and associated dashboards.
  6. Maintain the required internal network with Marketing, Sales Operations, Sales Contracts, Customer Service, Legal, Finance and other key functions to facilitate efficiency and quality outputs in doing business with the Customer.
  7. Gather and share competitive knowledge and activity with sales teams, marketing and other colleagues in order to build strategies to respond to competition.
  8. Provide coaching and objection handling guidance to Account Managers to elevate the level of knowledge and subject matter competency within assigned territory.
  9. Identify and establish relationships with key customers and opinion leaders within assigned territory.
  10. Support and participate in relevant conferences, trade shows and symposia in coordination with sales leadership and marketing.
  11. Reasonable management of operational/travel expenses within a set annual budget and in accordance with the corporate travel policy.
  12. Deliver effective Sales Call Management, Opportunity Management, Pipeline Management and Forecast Accuracy
  13. Perform other duties as assigned.
  14. Perform all work in compliance with company policy and within the guidelines of bioMerieux Quality System.

Training and Education

  1. Associates degrere required (Sales, Business, or Science preferred).
  2. Clinical lab operations and molecular knowledge preferred.
  3. Sales experience required; Capital sales experience preferred.
  4. Formal sales competency training preferred (e.g., Miller Heiman, Strategic Selling, SPIN)

 

Experience

  1. AAS plus a minimum of 5 years of clinical diagnostic sales required. Bachelors plus a minimum of  3 years of clinical diagnostic sales preferred.
  2. Infectious disease market experience preferred.  
  3. Strong knowledge of Molecular technologies, techniques, and disciplines preferred.
  4. Proven and documented track record in exceeding territory Capital and Reagent goals preferred.
  5. Proven and documented track record of consistent top finishes within sales team preferred.
  6. Experience selling Capital equipment preferred.
  7. Experience selling into Molecular labs preferred.
  8. Excellent verbal and written communication skills required.

 

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

  1. Proficient in operation of Microsoft Windows and Office Suite of products
  2. Proficient in Salesforce CRM
  3. Ability to maintain a structured and detailed sales opportunity funnel.
  4. Ability to accurately forecast and project capital equipment sales in a large territory.
  5. Ability to describe and explain highly detailed technical information to multiple buying influences including laboratorians, C-Suite, physicians, stewardship teams, IT, and other buyers.
  6. Fundamental knowledge of the principles and practices of laboratory operations
  7. Ability to operate in an organized manner in an autonomous work environment without direct daily supervision.
  8. Ability to effectively communicate with internal and external stakeholders.
  9. Territory management over a large geographic area.
  10. Ability to become a subject matter expert on a complex diagnostic automation and processes.
  11. Ability to understand, communicate and train others on the products and services.
  12. Ability to navigate complex sales processes with multiple buying influences.
  13. Competency in Miller Heiman Strategic and Conceptual selling a plus.
  14. Excellent written, oral, and presentation skills.

 

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements

  • Ability to remain in stationary position, often standing, for prolonged periods.
  • Ability to ascend/descend stairs, ladders, ramps, and the like.
  • Ability to adjust or move objects up to 50 pounds in all directions.

 

Domestic travel required 70% of time. 

Location dependent the selected incumbent will be required to be masked while working in client locations for extended periods when on site in hospitals.

Ability to conduct client visits which entails the safe operation of motor vehicles, physically accessing customer facilities and frequent air travel in performance of assigned duties.

 

 

 

 

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