Account Manager Job- GE Africa

Posted on Wed 22nd Aug, 2012 - hotnigerianjobs.com --- (0 comments)

What do you envision for your future? At GE Healthcare, we strive to see life more clearly. Our "healthymagination" vision for the future invites the world to join us on our journey as we continuously develop innovations focused on reducing healthcare costs, increasing access and improving quality and efficiency around the world.

We are a $17 billion unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), employing more than 46,000 people worldwide and serving healthcare professionals in more than 100 countries. We believe in our strategy - and we'd like you to be a part of it. As a global leader, GE can bring together the best in science, technology, business and people to help solve one of the world's toughest challenges and shape a new age of healthcare.

Posted Position Title: Account Manager

Career Level: Experienced

Function: Sales

Function Segment: Client Account and Affiliate Origination and Management

Location: Nigeria
City: Ikoyi - Lagos

Role Summary/Purpose:
GE is an equal opportunity employer, offering a great work environment, challenging career opportunities, professional training and competitive compensation.In this role, you will be responsible for selling GE Healthcare products or services to and maintaining relationships with existing named accounts including large, complex, high visibility, strategic, or tactically important accounts. Specialized knowledge in breadth and/or depth, as well sales experience as an expert in the field will be necessary to execute the job (for LifeSciences – responsible selling into both Academic and Pharmaceuticals).

Essential Responsibilities:

Prospecting for new customers and business in addition to growing and maintaining the existing customer portfolio, and qualifying new leads to maintain identified business to support a balanced sales funnel for future sales
Generating proposals, preparing sales quotations, planning customer meetings, and demonstrating equipment capabilities on assigned products in assigned territory
Sales negotiation and deal closure at the customer, interfacing with all key buying influencers such as direct users of the product, but also department heads and CXO level personnel
Expected to sell point of sale service contracts, financing and drive margin though selling value and holding price
Develop and maintain a high level of product knowledge of GE and competitive products
Achieve annual and quarterly achievement of multiple order and revenue targets through accurate monthly and quarterly forecasting, by prioritizing selling time to generate sales volume, achieve account penetration and complete territory coverage
Maintaining satisfactory after-sale relationships and development of long-term customer relationships coupled with the ability to identify and capitalize on opportunities that immediately satisfy customer needs
Develop account penetration strategies for key target and competitive accounts and communicating current market intelligence back to the business, along with field concerns, issues and requirements
Providing leadership in market analysis and development/execution of strategies and action plans to drive product sales

Qualifications/Requirements:

At least one of the following core experiences: 4+ years of consultative sales experience including strategic selling and negotiation, Graduate of a GE Commercial Leadership Program, 5+ years GEHC experience in customer facing role(s), or 5+ years in progressively larger formal leadership roles working in a complex technical environment
Willingness to travel within your specified geographic region with occasional overnight stays depending on geography and business need.
To the extent you are applying for a position that requires you to operate a GE owned/leased, privately owned/leased or rental vehicle for company business, you must be willing to submit to a check of your driving record

Desired Characteristics:

Bachelor’s Degree
Previous Healthcare high-end capital equipment sales experience or LifeScience
Demonstrated ability to work independently
Ability to energize, develop, and build rapport at all levels within an organization
Demonstrated ability to analyze customer data and develop financially sound sales offers
7+ years of demonstrated selling skills including customer presentations, price quoting, closing and growing a sales territory
Proven executive (CX0) relationship building skills in a hospital/healthcare environment
Experience interfacing with both internal team members and external customers as a part of a solution-based sales process
Strong communication and clear thinking skills with the ability to synthesize complex issues into simple messages

Application Closing Date

14th September, 2012

How To Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should:

Click here to apply online

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