Sales Consultant Hip & Knee - East & West Flanders

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:

MedTech Sales

Job Sub Function:

Clinical Sales – Surgeons (Commission)

Job Category:

Business Enablement/Support

All Job Posting Locations:

Diegem, Flemish Brabant, Belgium, Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium

Job Description:

About MedTech

Are you an ambitious sales professional with a passion for improving patient outcomes? Do you thrive in dynamic environments where strategic thinking and relationship-building are paramount? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you! We are looking for a motivated Sales Consultant for Hip & Knee Reconstruction to join our team and drive sales within the Flanders area (Oost- or West-Vlaanderen). In this key role, you will identify, qualify, and cultivate new sales opportunities while executing our Joint Reconstruction strategy to achieve impressive sales growth. You establish contacts with key opinion leaders, surgeons, nurses, operating management, pharmacists, purchase departments and other stakeholders in the hospital. Professional education is a key element that drives our business. Being present in the operating theatre is therefore a crucial part of your task.

Your key responsibilities:

• Take full ownership of your territory and assigned hospital accounts, define a growth plan for the year for your territory and meet defined targets in terms of profitable sales volume and strategic objectives
• Actively assess, clarify and validate (potential) customer needs on an ongoing basis to acquire new business opportunities in Joint Reconstruction & robotics and accelerate conversions
• Shape the market in the context of tenders or robotic deals in close collaboration with customers and internal stakeholders; translate insights into actions that challenge the status quo and that reinforce what differentiates us
• Establish productive, professional relationships with key customers (Orthopaedic surgeons, nurses, operating management, pharmacists, professional associations, and purchase departments) and provide compliant technical assistance in the Operating Room for total hip & knee replacement surgeries
• Closely collaborate with the internal J&J team (including Joint Reconstruction sales team members, other Orthopaedics sales team, Surgery sales teams, marketing team, supply chain, education team, etc.) and coordinate the involvement of all internal partners to meet account performance objectives and customers’ expectations
• Dare to do things differently aligned with Credo-based decision-making
• Attend congresses / symposia to promote and support the visibility around the company’s solutions
• Maintain detailed knowledge of our portfolio, competitive products and have in-depth understanding of the J&J offering in the customer environment

Qualifications

Required: to be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident on your resume.

• Degree in (para)medical field, economics, management or equal by experience
• At least 2 years of professional experience, ideally within one of the following fields: Health Care / Orthopaedics / Medical Device Sales
• Commercial mindset & drive, born to win
• Passionate about orthopaedic medical devices / technology & new innovation in this field
• Excellent verbal and written skills in Dutch; good use of English
• Strong communication, listening, influencing and relationship-building skills
• Ability to translate clinical product benefits into economic value to health care providers
• Strong team player with a positive can-do attitude, challenging the status quo
• Business / strategic thinking and problem-solving skills
• Eager to learn and develop. Growth mindset with a highly ethical attitude
• Experience working in a matrix / corporate environment
• Living in the area of West-Vlaanderen (preferred) or Oost-Vlaanderen
• Valid driving license

Preferred:

• Ability to interact meaningfully and successfully with surgeons
• External network and knowledge about Flemish Hip & Knee / orthopaedic market
• Product knowledge in the field of Joint Reconstruction

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Account Management, Collaborating, Compliance Management, Cultural Competence, Customer Centricity, Execution Focus, Healthcare Trends, Issue Escalation, Market Knowledge, Market Research, Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), Oracle Customer Data Management (CDM), Organizing, Problem Solving, Sales, Sales Training, Solutions Selling, Sustainable Procurement, Vendor Selection