Sr Inside Sales Account Manager

What if the work you did every day could impact the lives of people you know? Or all of humanity?

At Illumina, we are expanding access to genomic technology to realize health equity for billions of people around the world. Our efforts enable life-changing discoveries that are transforming human health through the early detection and diagnosis of diseases and new treatment options for patients.

Working at Illumina means being part of something bigger than yourself. Every person, in every role, has the opportunity to make a difference. Surrounded by extraordinary people, inspiring leaders, and world changing projects, you will do more and become more than you ever thought possible.

Position Summary:                     

The Inside Sales Account Manager (ISAM) is the primary sales representative responsible for the achievement of sales objectives and growth targets for a specified territory with Illumina. Territory includes exciting opportunities to grow smaller existing customers and establish new customers. The ISAM role is exciting and challenging as you can work directly with academic institutions, government entities, research and healthcare centers, and biotechnology and pharmaceutical business organizations utilizing your scientific knowledge and lab experience while selling products for the world leader in Genomics. 

The position is home-office and customer-facing based with an expectation of ~15% travel time, depending on geographic location of customer concentration.

Position Responsibilities: 

• Develop comprehensive knowledge of large number of small accounts including personnel and responsibilities, budgeting, internal operations, products and services, competition, and market
• Develop strong understanding of Illumina’s technology and products and continues learning as Illumina’s product portfolio evolves
• Effectively sell the total Illumina product portfolio and end-to-end solution, including: Consumables, Instrumentation, Bioinformatics, and Professional Services
• Prepare and give compelling customer sales presentations and participate in all sales activities and assist with general customer demonstrations, training, and support
• Achieve sales targets and be responsible for accurately forecasting and maintaining leads, account details and up-to-date opportunity information in CRM database
• Develop accounts within assigned territory via inbound, outbound, and sales lead engagement to guide them to the Illumina products that best meet their needs
• Coordinate with internal resources to resolve customer questions or objections, create and submit customized offers, and complete the sales process
• Establish and maintain a strong, positive and productive relationship with customers, including product end users, management and purchasing
• Work with the broader sales team, including Sales Specialists and Product Care
• Coordinate and communicate sales activities and strategies effectively to supervisors
• Effectively …