Product Manager - Life Sciences

Medline Industries, LP • Northfield, IL

21h • $79,000 - $119,000

About The Position

Under general supervision, develop and execute a business strategy to achieve growth in assigned Life Science product programs, focusing on Contract Research and Animal Health portfolios. Provide direct support to enable product growth, including opportunity targeting, marketing, and sales support. Interact with the sales force to answer questions, cross reference and prepare competitive quotes. Work with and train sales force to be able to confidently sell products to customers.

Requirements

• Education Bachelor’s degree
• At least 2 years of business development, product management, sales or clinical practice experience (preferably in the Life Science industry).
• Intermediate level skills in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc.) to create presentations, generate reports and analyze complex data.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and achieve deadlines.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Able to adapt to changing market conditions and business needs.
• Strong problem-solving skills to address challenges and identify opportunities.
• Willing to travel up to 30% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).

Responsibilities

• Identify and pursue new business opportunities within assigned platinum product programs; collaborate with sales to negotiate and close deals.
• Deliver best pricing on assigned programs through knowledge of contract and non-contract pricing. Use pricing data to optimize product conversions and drive value with key partners.
• Lead the development of marketing plans for assigned product programs; tasks may include supporting efforts around brand awareness, sales training tools, collateral creation and pricing resources.
• Manage strategic relationships with vendor partners on assigned programs; tasks may include attending regular cadenced calls with vendor, working with vendor reps to provide product samples and quotes, and supporting collaboration between Medline reps and vendor reps.
• Prepare and deliver compelling presentations to the Medline sales team.
• Deliver proposals and pitches to current and prospective customers in collaboration with the sales team.
• Review monthly financial performance and determine contributing factors. Offer solutions for detrimental sales trends on assigned programs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including sales, marketing, vendor relations, and operations, to drive business development initiatives for assigned product programs.
• Have a thorough understanding of the company’s people and capabilities to leverage Medline’s unique value proposition to customers.

Benefits

• Medline Industries, LP, and its subsidiaries, offer a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.
• Our benefit package includes health insurance, life and disability, 401(k) contributions, paid time off, etc., for employees working 30 or more hours per week on average.
• For roles where employees work less than 30 hours per week, benefits include 401(k) contributions as well as access to the Employee Assistance Program, Employee Resource Groups and the Employee Service Corp.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level