Vascular Field Technologist - Atlanta
Medtronic
Summary
The Field Inventory Analyst Inventory Focus: Partner with field-based Clinical Service Managers, Clinical Specialists, Sales Reps, and District Managers within the team to ensure the right product is in the right place at the right time.
Job description
A Day in the Life
The Field Inventory Analyst Inventory Focus: Partner with field-based Clinical Service Managers, Clinical Specialists, Sales Reps, and District Managers within the team to ensure the right product is in the right place at the right time.
- Optimize return on invested inventory across the district.
- Repositioning underperforming inventory to accounts with revenue growth opportunities.
- Communicate and facilitate inventory management initiatives with sales and service teams.
- Serve as district expert for inventory-related processes—partner with cross-functional partners and stakeholders to drive action appropriately.
- Conduct cycle counts of inventory at customer accounts.
- Assist with resolving discrepant inventory levels.
- Recommend and monitor inventory levels in alignment with customer segmentation and pricing & contracting strategies.
- Coordinate and execute Phase-In and Phase-Out activities for product launches.
- Mitigate field inventory-related expenses (scrap, obsolescence, and physical gain/loss).
- Assist sales field or lead efforts in accounts to obtain signed Consignment Agreements (CA) and Inventory Schedules (IS).
Responsibilities
- Promotes and supports Medtronic's Vascular products and services within an assigned geographic area and specific customer accounts to meet or exceed sales targets.
- Responsible for developing, building, and strengthening long-term relationships with stakeholders, including key decision makers, customers, their staff, and administrators who drive business and therapy adoption.
- Responsible for pursuing leads, assessing needs, and providing product services to maximize the benefits derived from Medtronic's Vascular products and services to understand and confirm customer needs, effectively engage, and overcome customer objections.
- Promotes and establishes education of the company's products and services.
- Conducts and evaluates market research, including customer and competitor activities.
- Develops and implements market development plans/strategies and changes as needed.
- Assesses customer needs and feedback regarding new products and modifications to existing products and communicates to internal stakeholders, including R&D, Operations, and Marketing.
- Establishes effective relationships and collaborates with other departments (Marketing, Finance, HR, Sales Training, etc.) to address critical business issues and opportunities.
Physical Job Requirements
- Ability to travel domestically over 50% by automobile, plane, or other forms of transportation
- Lifting/carrying 20 pounds
- Sit/stand walk 6-8 hours a day
- Operate moving vehicle
- Must have a valid driver's license and active vehicle insurance policy. In addition, your driving record will be reviewed and will be considered as part of your application.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree
- Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience
- Thorough working knowledge of medical terminology, medical procedures, and the medical device industry
- Excellent customer service skills
- Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
- Effectively build and maintain positive relationships with peers and colleagues across organizational levels
- Strong project management skills and experience coordinating programs
- Ability to coordinate/participate in numerous tasks/projects in a fast-paced environment in an organized manner while meeting deadlines
- Strong work ethic in accomplishing objectives of the position
- Expertise with Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required
- Must have a valid driver's license and active vehicle insurance policy
Benefits
- Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Health Savings Account
- Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
- Life Insurance
- Long-term Disability Leave
- Dependent Daycare Spending Account
- Tuition Assistance
- 401(k) Matching
- Short-term Disability
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Holidays
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Employee Assistance Program
- Incentive Plans
Company overview
Medtronic is a global healthcare technology leader and one of the world's largest medical device companies, founded in 1949 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The company operates in over 150 countries and employs more than 90,000 people worldwide. Medtronic's mission is to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life through innovative medical technologies. The company develops and manufactures devices and therapies to treat more than 70 health conditions, including cardiac devices, cranial and spine robotics, insulin pumps, surgical tools, patient monitoring systems, and more. With a rich history that began with the invention of the battery-powered pacemaker, Medtronic has grown into a diversified healthcare technology company with four main business units: Minimally Invasive Therapies Group, Diabetes Group, Restorative Therapies Group, and Cardiac and Vascular Group. The company's therapies help approximately 72 million people annually and represent a significant force in advancing medical technology to address some of humanity's most challenging health problems.