Laboratory & Healthcare Sales Executive

We are currently recruiting for a Laboratory & Healthcare Sales Executive for our client in the water technologies industry based in North Co. Kildare.

Responsibilities:

• Achieve your quarterly and annual order intake targets for each business area
• Seek out new profitable opportunities to expand the core business
• Acquire a good knowledge of competitors’ offerings and their sales strategies
• Report back to the management team on market conditions and market trends
• Improve the profit margin on all sales with a minimum requirement of maintaining the initial sales margin
• Obtain an understanding and an evaluation of customer requirements
• Maintain customer contact and, wherever possible, expand the business through the existing or new customer base
• Carry-out regular customer liaison meetings and actively manage key accounts
• Inform customers of the costs of keeping old equipment and the benefit of upgrading to newer and more economical systems
• Maintain accurate customer product files and up-to-date details
• Produce quantitative business results
• Work to maintain the Company’s leadership position within the marketplace
• Manage and maintain your own calendar weekly, having a minimum of 4 weeks planned in advance
• Update ACT Database on a weekly basis
• Receive and handle queries from customers and evaluate their requirements and follow-through on the work to be carried out
• Interact with the internal service operations team and the Service Engineers to maximise opportunities while maximising our internal knowledge
• Maintain regular telephone contact with the office and other members of the sales team
• Show a genuine interest in the business and suggest ways of improving the business to the Service Business Manager