Wolters Kluwer Health empowers clinical providers, academic institutions, researchers, healthcare providers, pharmacies, and more by integrating cutting-edge healthcare software, evidence-based practice, artificial intelligence (AI), and generative AI into care delivery. Our Ovid brand, which includes the world’s most trusted medical research platform, has been a vital part of healthcare for over 20 years. Ovid delivers thousands of full-text journal articles, eBooks, database resources, and workflow tools in a single integrated solution.
We are looking for a Senior Inside Sales Representatitve to support the Regional Sales teams in their activities.
Primary Responsibilities
Work closely with Sales, Pricing, Customer Support and our Distributors in the preparation of proposals, quotes, order forms and License Agreements:
draft pricing for direct orders and distributor orders, including requests to pricing team for custom quotes
prepare proposals and reports (including usage statistics, upsell opportunties)
monitor all open price requests sent to the pricing team and report on status
store pricing received from the pricing team or Publisher price proposals
enter new and renewal quotes into Orion, generate final Order Forms
coordinate creation, distribution and acceptance of License Agreements
Engage in effective customer communication. This will include:
Routine contact with distributors / customers as agreed
provide new and renewal price quotes
renewal status reports and assisting with chasing outstanding orders
Follow up inquiries/leads received by Salesforce, phone and/or mail, as appropriate/as directed, pass to managers for follow up where necessary
Mailings, as directed; includes:
preparing mailing lists, setting up and maintaining SalesForce contact groups
assist Sales in conducting their own mailings using templates when available
conduct e-mailings from Outlook / Salesforce
tracking responses as appropriate
Carrying out calling campaigns, as directed, including:
renewal follow-up
lead qualification for specific campaigns
recording and reporting outcomes and follow-up as appropriate
providing feedback to team on activities
maintain accurate records of sales activities within the internal systems, including Salesforce.com
Arrange background material for customer visits, exhibitions and road shows, including:
working closely with the marketing team
tracking and managing local marketing budget and managing local stock of marketing materials, keeping store room organised
organise for materials to be delivered / set-up / taken down
assist in physical booth set up/tear down for events
prepare marketing material as appropriate
overview of customers’ subscriptions, pricing, and payment status
overview of competitors' resources
report on any recent problems with access, set up etc.
prepare usage statistics, especially high/low cases
Work with Credit Control / Sales Management on outstanding debts, including:
track and report on outstanding payments, large invoices and accounts (customers and distributors/agents)
regular reporting to management on payment statuses, open debt, payment issues
assist Credit Control in contacting customers for payment information when required
Office support tasks, including:
ordering supplies
organsing deliveries / couriers, assisting sales in document preparation, document / collateral delivery to customers as needed
Provide cover for other regions / open positions as and when needed.
Any other reasonable duties as assigned.
We are looking for:
Experience in sales administration and support and / or inside sales
Ability to work on own initiative, taking responsibility i.e. prioritising workload, meeting deadlines and handling multiple tasks simultaneously
Good level of computer literacy with working knowledge of MS Office products.
Knowledge of CRM system (e.g. SalesForce.com) beneficial
Pro-active, self starter, with ability to ‘get the job done’
Excellent planning & organisation, attention to detail
Service orientation
Team player spirit
Fluent English language (written and spoken)
Further languages beneficial, preferably Eastern or Northern European languages
Some of the benefits we offer:
Permanent employment from the start
Hybrid working & flexibility: up to 3 days a week of home office and flexible working hours
Flexible working abroad: Work EU-wide for up to 20 days annually
Recreation & time off: 30 vacation days
Show your commitment: 1 additional day off per year for your voluntary work (Volunteer Day)
Company pension scheme
Promote further development: E-learning via LinkedIn, online language training with goFluent and other training and development opportunities
Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.