Responsibilities / Essential Functions :
- Position Vestis to large healthcare Fortune 1000 companies as the market leader in healthcare uniforms and facility services.
- Develop and implement national sales strategies for increasing sales and profits through national healthcare customers.
- Create, build and maintain positive business relationships with Vestis’s current and prospective customers.
- Grow existing annual customer revenue by 5% to 10% by adding new products and services, new locations, and negotiating price increases.
- Call on healthcare national accounts, develop and coordinate sales presentations, and ensure adequate sales service.
- Build strong relationships with the market center operations teams and corporate support staff.
- Identify ways to grow margin while identifying process / cost improvement for customers.
- Work within the company’s Policies and Procedures guidelines and administer pricing strategy and guidelines.
- Support an environment of continuous improvement by making suggestions and implementing where possible.
- Must travel extensively to visit existing and prospective clients.
- Perform other duties as required or assigned.
Knowledge / Skills / Abilities :
Experience in analyzing markets and customer needs to develop innovative strategies leading to increased sales.Executive presence – ability to comfortably and professionally meet and communicate with internal and external top management.Problem solver – proven ability to identify and resolve operational issues.Thorough knowledge of company’s entire healthcare product line.Thorough understanding of financial information relating to profit & loss, sales and capital expenses and other operating issues.Ability to understand respective customer operations.Strong written and verbal communication skills.Strong presentation development and delivery skills.Strong proposal writing skills.Proficiency in Microsoft Office.Experience / Qualifications :
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required. Master’s Degree strongly preferred.Five to seven years successful business to business healthcare sales experienceSeven to ten years business operations management experience, including P&L responsibilities.Major (National) Account management experience strongly preferred.