Associate Product Support Specialist - North London, United Kingdom - Stryker

Stryker

Verified Company

North London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Why join Stryker?:

Our total rewards package offering includes bonuses, healthcare, insurance benefits, retirement programs, wellness programs, as well as service and performance awards - not to mention various social and recreational activities, all of which are location specific.

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The Associate Product Support Specialist provides clinical product support to end users along with guidance and assistance during both manual and Mako surgical procedures.

This is a training role, building experience to progress to a Product Support Specialist role, of which the responsibilities are outlined below.

This role may be of interest to recent Graduates looking to kickstart their career within the medical device industry and gain invaluable skills as a part of the London team.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

- **Stryker Citizen**: Always demonstrates outstanding ethics. Treats customers and employees with respect, represents the company in the best possible light.
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Customer Service: Acts with integrity and reactively delivers on commitments within the required timescales.
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Business Planning: Constructs a basic business plan with input from mentor/manager. Daily, weekly, and monthly planning decided in partnership with mentor and RSM.
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Sales Skills: Develops rapport. Understands the importance of relationships in selling. Using open questioning techniques to ascertain customer's needs and has good working knowledge of key brands to open opportunities for the sales team to sell. Uses customer troubleshooting opportunities to grow and protect the business.
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Commercial Awareness: Understands that there are multiple stakeholders in the decision-making process and asks appropriate questions to identify the stakeholders.
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Discretion/Latitude/Impact: Work is closely supervised, and specific direction provided by more experienced staff. Keeps supervisor informed regularly on status of work. Failure to achieve results can normally be overcome without serious effect on revenue or budget.

Achieve sales results in line with the annual sales target and KPI metrics
Planning, prioritizing, and executing of required activities and customer support.
Segmentation of the sales area and define a focus on the expansion of existing customers, as well as support for growing customers together with the Sales Team
Support/maintenance of existing customers to maintain customer satisfaction/quality and collaboration with the Sales Team and other departments.
Development of short and mediumterm strategies in collaboration with the customer to secure/strengthen the Stryker position.
Good communication and negotiation on an equal footing with customers, using reasonable and appropriate methods to ensure a profitable and sustainable relationship
Market observations to strengthen own position and constant analysis of responsible area
Address challenges with the customer and develop solutions (with support of RSM/Sales Team)
Participate in inhouse meetings to discuss organizational, development, and business issues and enhance relevant knowledge and skills
Administration of IT based customer database/CRM-Tool

Clinical/Technical Expertise

Serve as frontline clinical and technical support to surgeons and hospital staff before, during and after surgical procedures.
Train and guide surgeons and hospital staff in the use of Stryker's Mako robot including setup, breakdown and related intraoperative activities to ensure precise and successful surgical outcomes.
Use proprietary software to prepare preoperative CT scans for assigned cases and assist surgeons in preoperative implant planning, implant sizing and positioning.
Troubleshoot and solve technical issues related to the robot independently or field escalation matters appropriately.
Partner with Field Service team effectively to ensure technical issues are resolved and maintenance is delivered.
Educate surgeons and staff on the clinical benefits of the robot and best practices with confidence, enthusiasm and respect.
Complete JR 101 and 201 training and develop an understanding of all basic manual procedures.
Develop ability to competently cover complex primary and revision hip and knee procedures.

Key Talents / Skill Requirements

Excellent communication skills with proficiency in spoken and written English.
Outgoing and persuasive manner and ability to deal with people who hold differing beliefs or values.
Confidence and persistence.
Patience and selfmotivation.
Analytical and planning skills.
Flexible approach to work to adapt to changes.
Strong teamwork and networking skills.
Commercial and business awareness.
Valid driving license.
Ability and selfconfidence to meet the customer on an equal footing to discuss medical and economic issues
Sales Skills challenge the customer
Assertiveness
Service and solution oriented
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