Sr. Territory Account Manager - Southern Cone

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**Please submit your resume in English. English fluency is a requirement for the position.**

Position Summary:

The Sr. Territory Account Manager for Southern Cone is responsible for helping our local Channel Partner Team in identifying, creating, qualifying, and capturing new business for Illumina. This team member will help to sustain existing business by building strong relationships with key customers, the local channel partner team and the Illumina management team. Other responsibilities include the development and execution of sales strategies in collaboration with the local channel partner and Illumina management team. Close interaction with regional marketing will help to deploy customer-centric plans for growing volume and profit. Market observations will be communicated back to the product marketing and local management team.

The role reports to the District Sales Manager of the region and is responsible for understanding relevant customer requirements, priorities, needs, and strategies to accelerate the sales cycle.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop strategic plans for winning new business with the channel partners, expanding market share, and building upon existing programs manifested by a qualified pipeline of opportunities
• Identify innovative and competitive solutions to customers challenges, while maximizing the return on investment for the company
• Responsible for training channel partner sales teams on Illumina Sales process and products
• Execute strategies and campaigns in core competencies and domains to target and win opportunities
• Demonstrates a broad knowledge of the market environment including current and possible future market trends, practices and information affecting the business; industry trends; competition and competitive environment; and, marketplace strategies and tactics
• Initiates, develops, builds, and maintains long-term relationships with all levels of customers
• Collaborate with Regional Illumina Team and Channel Partners to provide creative solutions to resolve customer challenges, empowering and inspiring others to think and approach challenges in innovative ways

Qualifications:

• Typically requires a Bachelor degree in Sciences, Genetics, Genomics, or related field; Ph.D. or MBA a plus
• Experience with NGS technology is required. Arrays experience is preferable.
• Typically 5+ years of experience.
• Ability to discuss problems and solutions with customers and prospects
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated experience in giving customer facing presentations
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Ability to work as a member of a multifunctional team
• Knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Outlook required. SFDC and JDE knowledge a plus.

This position will be field-based, covering the countries in the Southern Cone: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay

Must be fluent in Spanish & English

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