Sales Education Associate

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Portage, MI, 49002, US
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Work flexiblity: Onsite Req ID: R534679 Employee type: Full Time Job category: Sales and Marketing Travel: 40% Relocation: Yes

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Job description

As our Sales Education Associate for our Ear, Nose, Throat division you will be responsible for conducting technical training courses for sales representatives and reseller partners in the use of complex situations for multiple products. Interacting with customer and functional organizations to develop specifications for content of courses.  Preparing lesson plans from engineering documentation, field service requirements or software documentation. Working with engineering, technical support and manufacturing to ensure that course material reflects current product features. Instructing participants in both classroom lectures and laboratory sessions. Following up to determine applicability of course material. 


• Basic product and procedural knowledge
• Basic understanding of competitive landscape
• Basic understanding of the sales operations and selling process
• General understanding of key customer groups
• Basic understanding of educational program design
• Strong interpersonal skills including written and oral communication
• Support the planning and execution of sales education courses and programs
• Basic understanding of how we deliver training
• Assist in gathering data and information from education programs
• Understands that our Sales Education strategy supports our business strategy
• Understands the importance and process of budgeting
• Understands who are the key stakeholders and their roles
• Understands sales education workstreams
• Understands corporate branding guidelines
• Understand commonly used communication tools

What You Will Need
• Bachelor’s degree required
• 0+ years of work experience required
• MBA preferred
• Excellent presentation and interpersonal communications skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects while delivering on established timelines
• Ability to be persuasive in the absence of organizational authority
• Must be able to understand and work within complex interdivisional procedures and policies
• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word & PowerPoint)

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 MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role. Apply Now
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