Sales Associate - Houston, TX; South - Sports Medicine

Sales Associate - Houston, TX (South) - Sports Medicine

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The Company

Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and, together with our customers, we are driven to make healthcare better. The company offers a diverse array of innovative medical technologies, including reconstructive, medical, surgical, neurotechnology, and spine products, to help people lead more active and more satisfying lives. Stryker products and services are available in over 100 countries. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

Stryker is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability.

Our mission

Together with our customers, we are driven to make healthcare better.

As a sales associate in our Sports Medicine specialty, you’ll be the face of Stryker products. You will assist Sales Representatives in the sales, promotion, and marketing of Stryker products. You will educate doctors, nurses, and appropriate staff on proper use, maintenance, functionality, updates, and product portfolio changes, as well as Stryker’s educational programs.

Following extensive product training, the employee must be able to tailor Stryker’s promotional message based on customer knowledge, advise on appropriate product selection, answer product functionality questions, and differentiate Stryker products from competitors. Each day is unique; top sales reps have the freedom to adjust their schedule to focus on what brings the most value to their customers and market. You’ll represent a world-leading medical device brand and impact patient care.

• 0-2 years in an outside sales position (medical-related fields preferred)
• B.A. or B.S. degree required
• Field sales training – in-field training
• Successful completion of Stryker’s in‑house product training program
• Self‑motivated leader of people & process with the following attributes:
  • Confident communicator:
    Influential, steering sales conversations and persuading others
  • Charismatic networker:
    Proactively builds powerful relationships
  • Strategic closer:
    Assertive, consistently exceeding quarterly quotas
  • Trusted partner:
    Subject matter expert sought by internal and external partners
  • Competitive achiever:
    Results‑driven individual who pursues Stryker’s mission

• Medium physical effort: up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds constantly to move objects
• Communicate with large groups and telephonically
• Use common office equipment (fax, modem, calculator, PC, etc.)
• Up to 20% overnight travel annually
• Drive an automobile
• Negotiate price and terms with customers
• Resolve customer complaints and questions promptly
• Command comprehensive knowledge of Stryker products and effectively disseminate this knowledge
• Analyze territory market potential and prioritize call patterns accordingly

• A culture driven to achieve our mission and deliver remarkable results
• Coworkers committed to collaboration and winning the right way
• Quality products that improve the lives of our customers and patients
• Opportunity to discover strengths, follow passion, and own your career

$63,000 for salary + benefits.

Health benefits include: medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program, and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include:
Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short‑term disability insurance. Stryker offers innovative products and services in Med Surg, neurotechnology, orthopaedics, and spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Employees in sales and field roles may be required to obtain vaccinations as an essential function.

• Associate

• Full‑time

• Sales and Business Development
• Industries:
  Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing;
  Industrial Machinery Manufacturing;
  Medical Equipment Manufacturing

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