Apex Account Executive

Job Summary:

The Apex Account Executive will be responsible for upselling Provation Apex solutions to existing Provation Apex customers.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Achieve Sales Quota

• Develop and execute sales strategies to open, advance, and close Provation Apex upsell opportunities within existing Provation Apex customers
• Serve as the sales point of contact for all existing Provation Apex customer upsell opportunities
• Routinely and consistently prospect existing Provation Apex accounts for upsell opportunities
• Partner with Provation field sales team and Customer Success team to identify Provation Apex upsell optimization and improved efficiency opportunities
• Conduct sales calls to understand & assess Apex customer optimization and efficiency opportunities.  Align Provation Apex upsell solutions to these needs.
• Perform value-based selling of Provation Apex solution in a consultative, professional manner
• Meet target Sales Productivity Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) for assigned sales activities
• Lead & manage customer proposal & negotiations process consulting with sales leadership
• Achieve Provation Apex upsell targets and sales quota in assigned territory

Strategically Manage Customer Relationships

• Identify key buying influencers within Apex accounts
• Develop, build, and strengthen long-term on-going relationships with executive and director level stakeholders
• Actively facilitate customer engagements to understand each customer’s unique organizational strategies, initiatives, and challenges
• Establish a scheduled, routine, and predictable customer communication cadence
• Listen and use critical thinking to evaluate each customer’s current state of Provation.  Provide recommendations to optimize and advance the use of Provation.
• Communicate customer feedback on existing and new products to internal stakeholders including internal Product, Technology, and Commercial stakeholders

• Participate in GI market and customer trade shows, user groups, and education events

  
  

Actively Manage a Sales Funnel

• Successfully manage the Apex upsell sales cycle from lead-to-close to drive growth within assigned accounts and territory
• Maintain a healthy pipeline of Apex upsell opportunities 
• Accurately manage monthly/quarterly forecasts and rolling 12-month territory pipeline
• Accurately forecast sales stage transitions & close dates based on customer exit criteria evidence

Maintain working product and market knowledge

• Acquire and maintain comprehensive Provation Apex solution knowledge 
• Learn & understand major market trends & associated Apex upsell improvement opportunities

Sales administration

• Make entry and document all account, prospecting, and opportunity activities in Salesforce CRM
• Complete and remain current with administrative reporting as assigned (e.g., expense reports)
• Assist current Provation Apex customers with existing invoice and contract questions and needs

Job Requirements:

Education & Experience

• Bachelor of Science (BS) or Bachelor of Arts degree (BA) is required.
• 2+ years of sales experience with point-of-care solutions.
• Proven track record of sales in healthcare industry.
• Experience with Salesforce.com or a similar CRM solution.
• Experience with SaaS software.

Other Knowledge, Skills, Abilities or Certifications:

• Self-starter and strategic thinker with the aptitude to work both autonomously and with a team
• Strong business/financial acumen
• Curious professional with growth mindset; coachable and highly adaptable
• Courageous; loves to compete and handle objections
• Highly accountable; has a bias for action and driving results
• Customer obsessed; strong communication and presentation skills
• Organized with high attention to detail; ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications

Provation Core Values:

Customer Focused: We put our customers first and maintain effective customer relationships.

Productive: We work smarter; We work to produce the most effective results.

Innovative: We look to improve or create more effective processes, products or ideas to increase our business success.

Accountable: We see it, we own it, we solve it and we do it.

Teamwork: We practice collaboration and communication across the organization.

Fortive Corporation Overview

Fortive’s essential technology makes the world stronger, safer, and smarter. We accelerate transformation across a broad range of applications including environmental, health and safety compliance, industrial condition monitoring, next-generation product design, and healthcare safety solutions.

We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in software-powered workflow solutions, data-driven intelligence, AI-powered automation, and other disruptive technologies. We’re a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to groundbreaking sustainability solutions.

We are a diverse team 18,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact. 

At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference. 

At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone. 

At Fortive, we believe in growth. We’re honest about what’s working and what isn’t, and we never stop improving and innovating.

Fortive: For you, for us, for growth.