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The Strategic Account Manager will join our Corporate Accounts team and will be based remotely. The SAM will travel approximately 40% of the time.
The Target Base Pay Range for this position is $117,500-$146,500 annually. This position will also be eligible for a generous quarterly incentive. At Antech, pay decisions are determined using factors such as relevant job-related skills, experience, education, training and budget.
Job Purpose/Overview
The Strategic Account Manager identifies, wins, maintains and expands relationships with strategically important large customers. Assigned to several specific named customers, the Strategic Account Manager is responsible for winning new Antech customers, achieving sales quota and assigned strategic account objectives. The Strategic Account Manager represents the entire range of company products and services to assigned customers, while leading the customer account planning cycle and ensuring assigned customers' needs and expectations are met by the company.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each essential function. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Establishes productive, professional relationships with key personnel in assigned customer accounts.
Ability to develop organic opportunities with existing customers and develop new business relationships with emerging customers
Coordinates the involvement of cross-functional support across the company in order to meet account performance objectives and customers' expectations.
Meets assigned targets for profitable sales volume and strategic objectives in assigned accounts.
Achieves assigned sales quota in designated strategic accounts.
Meets assigned expectations for profitability.
Achieves strategic customer objectives defined by company management.
Completes strategic customer account plans that meet company standards.
Maintains high customer satisfaction ratings that meet company standards.
Completes required training and development objectives within the assigned time frame.
Proactively leads a joint company-strategic account planning process that develops mutual performance objectives, financial targets, and critical milestones for a one and three-year period.
Proactively assesses, clarifies, and validates customer needs on an ongoing basis.
Leads solution development efforts that best address customer needs, while coordinating the involvement of all necessary company personnel.
Ongoing monitoring of current market landscape for new business development related opportunities and challenges
Coordination of proposal process including document templates, standard text, quality assurance and document management
Management of broad Antech representation at select industry events.
The Strategic Account Manager will also be assigned other duties and tasks as required from time to time.
Work with internal functional teams by attending zone and regional meetings to facilitate the understanding of national account opportunities for growth and standardization of offerings by field team.
We share a collaborative obligation to ensure that we conduct ourselves in the utmost ethical manner and that we hold each other accountable to the values and standards of the organization. Every associate has the responsibility to ask questions, seek guidance, and report concerns and/or violations of company policy or ethical standards. Antech Diagnostics has several processes in place to communicate with leadership and expects that associates will have a commitment to integrity and uncompromising values.
Education and Experience
Minimum 4 years' experience in animal health sales, pharmaceutical sales, marketing, or
biotechnology experience
University Degree in Science or Management, post-graduate degree an asset
Proven ability to network and develop new business relationships
Proven track record with corporate veterinary practice groups, channel management or equivalent
Experience with contract negotiations
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Advanced knowledge of the veterinary pharmaceutical industry
Strong business and financial acumen
Strong analytical and mathematical skills
Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
Effective interpersonal and leadership skills
Effective organizational skills; attention to detail
Ability to consistently meet deadlines
Excellent problem-solving skills: ability to resolve issues effectively and efficiently
Excellent presentation skills
Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and other Office Programs
Experience with veterinary practice management systems
Travel
Will there be notable travel in this position? Yes, approximately 40% of the time
About Antech
Antech is a leader in veterinary diagnostics, driven by our passion for innovation that delivers better animal health outcomes. Our products and services span 90+ reference laboratories around the globe; in-house diagnostic laboratory instruments and consumables, including rapid assay diagnostic products and digital cytology services; local and cloud-based data services; practice information management software and related software and support; veterinary imaging and technology; veterinary professional education and training; and board-certified specialist support services.
Benefits
Antech offers an industry competitive benefits package and continues to invest in and evolve benefits programs that meet the health, wellness and financial needs of our associates.
Benefits eligiblity is based on employment status.
Paid Time Off & Holidays
Medical, Dental, Vision (Multiple Plans Available)
Basic Life (Company Paid) & Supplemental Life
Short and Long Term Disability (Company Paid)
Flexible Spending Accounts/Health Savings Accounts
Paid Parental Leave
401(k) with company match
Tuition/Continuing Education Reimbursement
Life Assistance Program
Pet Care Discounts
Commitment to Equal Employer Opportunities
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer - Veterans / Disabled. For a complete EEO statement, please see our Career page at Antech Careers (http://careers.antechdiagnostics.com/us/en/affirmative-action) .
Note to Search Firms/Agencies
Antech Diagnostics, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates (Antech) do not compensate search firms for unsolicited assistance unless they have a written search agreement with Antech and the requisition is position-specific. Any resumes, curriculum vitae, and other unsolicited assistance from search firms that do not have a written search agreement or position-specific requisition submitted to any Associate of Antech will be deemed the sole property of Antech and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Antech.
