Sr Manager National Accounts Sales - Medical Nutrition (Remote)

At Nestle Health Science, we believe that nutrition, science, and wellness must merge, not collide. Here, we embrace the intrinsic connections of these three pillars, harnessing their collective strength to empower healthier lives. Our broad product portfolio includes renowned brands like Garden of Life, Nature's Bounty, Vital Proteins, Orgain, Nuun, BOOST, Carnation Breakfast Essentials, Peptamen, Compleat Organic Blends, and more. We also have extensive pharmaceutical expertise, offering innovative medicines that aim to prevent, manage, and treat gastrointestinal and metabolic-related diseases.

At Nestle Health Science, we bring our best for better lives. Our people are challenged to bring fresh, diverse views and make bold moves to empower healthier lives through nutrition. We know brilliant ideas can come from anyone, anywhere. Here we embrace the entrepreneurial spirit and collaborate with teams that champion focused and forward thinking. We are committed to fostering professional growth and celebrating the achievements of our people along the way. We offer dynamic career paths, robust development, opportunities to learn from talented colleagues around the globe, and benefits that support physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing.

Join us to innovate for impact and reimagine the future of health and nutrition for patients and consumers.

Position Summary :

The National Accounts Sales Manager is responsible for developing and executing strategic key account plans (KAM) in alignment with the Nestle Health Science Medical Nutrition master business sales plan for large targeted National Group Purchasing Organizations (GPO), affiliate groups and influential IDNs. This role plays a critical part in driving growth, optimizing contract performance, and expanding market share by aligning internal resources and customer needs across the healthcare continuum. Responsibilities include end-to-end ownership of strategic plans, execution and results identifying key measures of success, strong account management, RFP responses, negotiating contracts, managing trade budgets, analyzing market trends, forecasting sales in the IBP, collaborating with internal teams including Sales, Marketing, Commercial Development, Pricing, Market Access, Supply and Senior Leadership. This role requires strong business acumen, excellent sales negotiation skills, analytical skills, leadership skills, insight gathering, relationship building, strategic thinking and execution skills.

Key Responsibilities :

• Meets / exceeds sales objectives including sales growth and profitability targets for the targeted Group Purchasing Organizations (GPO's) and Aggregation Groups.
• Build trusting relationships with key accounts, fostering long-term partnerships to ensure mutual satisfaction and maximize account profitability. Identifies opportunities within existing customers to increase account penetration and capitalize on contract opportunities in addition to building equity with new customer opportunities.
• Develop and implement comprehensive strategies and tactical plans to increase sales, market share, and profitability for assigned accounts and NHSc nutrition portfolio.
• Negotiate RFPs, manage trade budgets, and maintain financial discipline to ensure positive ROI for NHSc
• Oversee IBP forecast accuracy and provide timely sales reports to leadership, highlighting potential risks and opportunities.
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure successful execution of strategic plans. In partnership with field sales, National Account team, Customer Development (CD), proactively leads development of account-specific sales strategies, implementation plans, and marketing programs within assigned national accounts. Executes against plans alone and in partnership with strategic accounts, field sales, and CD teams and monitors progress against plans.
• Monitor market trends, competitor activity, and customer needs to identify new business opportunities and maximize market share.
• Leverage deep knowledge of NHSc's product portfolio to effectively communicate features and benefits to key accounts and promote new products.
• Conduct regular business reviews with accounts to assess performance, discuss areas for improvement, and ensure strategic alignment.
• Leverages digital tools and innovative technologies to enhance account decision-making and continuously explores new digital trends to keep the distribution account / contract administration at the forefront of industry standards.
• Stays abreast of industry and competitive activities and updates account plans appropriately. Participates in sales meetings, conventions, seminars and other activities on an as-needed basis.
• Identifies market and account trends to identify and build out national sales opportunities. Drive sales pull through in conjunction with field.
• Must be willing to travel over 50% to designated accounts and to company meetings when planned.
• Compliance with all company policies, guidance and required trainings

Experience and Education Requirements :

Preferred Skills :

The approximate pay range for this position is $150,000.00 to $170,000.00. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Final compensation may vary based on factors including but not limited to knowledge, skills and abilities as well as geographic location.

Nestle offers performance-based incentives and acompetitive total rewards package, which includes a401k with company match, healthcare coverage and a broad range ofother benefits. Incentives and / or benefit packages may varydepending on the position. Learn more at About Us |Nestle Careers (nestlejobs.com) .

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