Job Description

What Territory Management - Dist contributes to Cardinal Health

Territory Management is responsible for cold calling, prospecting and building relationships that will increase account penetration, revenue growth and customer satisfaction within a specified product line, business segment and/or geography. Focus areas will include driving new business as well as increasing penetration in existing accounts.

Accountabilities

The Pharmacy Business Consultant incorporates a consultative approach to fulfill customer needs by driving value added services that improve customer operational efficiencies and result in improving customer sales and margins. Candidate will call on independently owned pharmacies and Alternate Cares sites, as main customer base. Product offerings are selling intangible technology programs and services to pharmacies to help solve the overall operations solutions in their stores. This role has responsibility for:

Assuming direct accountability for all aspects of the selling process within an assigned customer base

Striving to improve customer loyalty and retention and drive deeper sales penetration within existing customer accounts with a primary emphasis on generic selling

Analyzing opportunities and developing strategies to drive growth in generic product purchasing

Focus areas will include driving new business as well as increasing penetration in existing accounts.

Achieving 100% customer retention; prepares presentations, reports, written recommendations and statistical reports as appropriate and/or as requested by sales management

Qualifications

Bachelors degree, preferred

Min 4 years related sales experience, preferred

Ability to travel 5 days/week

Proven product knowledge in business area

Valid driver's license

What is expected of you for success in your role

Demonstrates advanced knowledge of Cardinal Health and customer industry, including: key competitors, terminology, technology, trends, challenges, reimbursement and government regulation; demonstrates working knowledge of how Cardinal Health offerings match with a customers' unique business needs.

Initiates and takes ownership of principles of territory management, including: account planning, selling processes, post-sales implementation processes, deal economics

Identify and target new business and market development opportunities through cold calling and relationship development.

What is expected of you and others at this level

Applies knowledge of the customer's business to develop optimal solutions

Proactively and with a regular cadence demonstrates to the customer the defined value of partnering with Cardinal Health both pre- and post-sales

Effectively negotiates and collaborates with the customer and colleagues to influence support for mutually beneficial outcomes and achieve consensus

Builds and sustains relationships founded on trust with internal and external customers and ensures customer satisfaction and loyalty

Identifies and qualifies new sales opportunities and develops plans for introducing new solutions through collaborative relationships