Strategic Accounts Manager

Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact. A Day in the Life Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned. Responsible for developing and maintaining Senior/C-Suite level relationships with strategic partners and working with them to identify and qualify new business opportunities. Develops and drives appropriate portfolio management strategy in collaboration with the Business Units to expand and protect market share, optimize pricing strategy, and build long-term contractual agreements and relationships with clients and strategic partners. Responsible for understanding the assigned account's strategic priorities and developing appropriate value-added programs for each account. Develops, communicates, and implements business plans to achieve strategic target business results. Identifies and develops ongoing mutual opportunities for sales growth with key strategic accounts. PEOPLE MANAGEMENT SALES CAREER STREAM: Management and supervisory sales professionals focus on direct sales and operational activities for one or more specified business units. Levels within the sales management career stream typically have multiple direct reports. The majority of time is spent overseeing their area of responsibility, managing performance, talent development, diversity and inclusion, communication business and operational developments, planning, prioritizing and / or directing the responsibilities of employees. Goal achievement is typically accomplished through performance of direct and / or indirect reports, but may involve direct sales participation as appropriate. DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS Autonomy: Manages experienced sales professionals who exercise latitude and independence in handling accounts, providing direct sales, tactical and / or operational leadership. Leverages internal processes in support of sales representatives and selling activities. Organizational Impact: Establishes direct sales and operational plans with direct impact on function results, including target revenue, resource allocation, expenditures and future business opportunities. Is accountable for execution and implementation of a number of significant business transactions or projects. Ensures individual and team progress are monitored and reviewed . Innovation and Complexity: Provides market or operational insights. Problems and issues faced are complex, difficult and undefined, and require detailed information gathering, analysis and investigation to understand the problem . Makes moderate to significant improvements of processes, policies and / or products to enhance performance of entire sales team. Communication and Influence: Communicates with internal and external customers and vendors regarding ongoing operations. Uses information exchange, influence and active persuasion without direct exercise of command to gain cooperation of other parties . May interact on issues that have externally shared objectives. Leadership and Talent Management: Manages at least one small to mid-sized team consisting of supervisors and / or experienced sales professionals. Leads, directs and reviews the work of a sales team who exercise latitude and independence in handling accounts . Authorizes hiring, firing, promotion and reward within own area. Required Knowledge and Experience: Requires practical sales, business development and management knowledge in leading and managing the execution of processes, projects and tactics for one or more products. Typically has advanced knowledge and skills within the sales discipline, with