Why us?
Nihon Kohden Italia is a part of Nihon Kohden Corporation, one of the leading global companies in the field of medical devices, based in Japan. Our goal is to improve healthcare with advanced technology. For more than 70 years, Nihon Kohden has offered a wide range of medical electronic devices such as patient monitoring systems, defibrillators, in-vitro diagnostics, and many others.
For our sales department, we are looking for a Business Development Manager - Ventilation
Your tasks
* You are responsible for the acquisition and analysis of market & competitive intelligence information and sales channels for our ventilation products
* You develop solution selling messages that combine individual product benefits to a holistic solution
* You identify the target market pricing range and respective preparation schemes for B2C and B2B
* You prepare strategical /long-term marketing plan & activities
* You evaluate the market potentials incl. related benchmarking as well as the sales volume forecasts and the key success factors
* You develop and nurture relationships to the influential Key Opinion Leaders in the Italian market
* You collaborate with the European Business Development Manager for Ventilation Solutions to provide upstream Marketing input for future product development
* You support pre-sales demonstrations, after sales installations and end-user training
* You represent the Nihon Kohden Ventilation solutions on Exhibitions and Congresses
Your profile
* You have completed Trainings and/or degree in Health Sciences (Medicine, Biology), Business, Biomedicine or Engineering. Ideally complemented with a master’s degree
* Knowledge of the hospital environment and experience in medical equipment, such as marketing of medical equipment, especially related to mechanical ventilation
* You have knowledge in MS Office package (Excel, Word, etc.), SAP/Sales Force and computer networks and internal applications
* You are customer-oriented and have communication and collaborative skills at internal and corporate level.
* You can work in a team and good time/priority management
* Hands-on mentality, willing to roll-up the sleeves and get things done with a “customer first” attitude
* You entertain a well-developed pioneering spirit with the required resilience that support a role as a challenger and disruptor in the Ventilation market space
Our offer
* You work in an international environment with motivated teams, a collaborative atmosphere driven by core company values, flat hierarchies and personal development opportunities
* You can expect challenging assignments and a performance-related relevant remuneration
* You have the possibility of partly working from home
Has our job advertisement caught your interest? Then we look forward to receiving your application.
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About us
Your Career at NIHON KOHDEN
Become part of the Nihon Kohden community! Nihon Kohden has a unique Japanese culture in a European setting and we are happy to add you to our family. We are looking for people who show initiative in their job and enjoy working in an international team. Bring your competence, personality and expertise to us.
If you decide to apply for one of our open positions, we ask you to send us your application by using the application link included in every job advertisement. After we have reviewed your application and it has convinced us, we will invite you to get to know us personally. Typically, there will be two rounds of interviews, and the first round interview is set up as a video conference call.
If the first interview went well and we have the impression that you might be a good fit for our open position, we will sit down with you for a second interview. This will take place as a personal meeting. Here you will meet colleagues, contact persons and other managers. It gives you the chance to get a feeling for our company, the department and your potential future colleagues.