Junior Area Sales Manager

Location: France - travel-based within the region

Client: Medical Devices/ Medical Aesthetics

Type: Permanent, Full-time

Main Responsibilities

• Drive lead generation and capital sales growth across France, using a mix of prospecting, cold calling, cold visits, appointments, events and local roundtables.
• Identify new territories, specialties and prospective customers, while developing and nurturing existing relationships.
• Partner closely with Marketing and the senior sales team to maximise lead-generation activity and sales opportunities.
• Maintain an accurate and complete sales pipeline in Salesforce, generating sufficient weekly leads to achieve or exceed revenue targets.
• Educate prospective customers on the products, clinical indications, efficacy, safety and customer benefits.
• Qualify and hand over opportunities to the Country Manager and senior sales team at the appropriate stage, supporting the progression and closure of leads.
• Travel extensively across the assigned French territory, including overnight stays, trade shows, training and corporate meetings, with occasional short-notice travel across territories.

Main Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent .
• 3–5+ years of sales experience , ideally within aesthetics, medical devices/capital equipment or a strong B2B environment.
• Demonstrable track record of successful lead generation and sales performance , supported by concrete examples.
• Strong understanding of the aesthetics/medical device industry and customers’ business challenges .
• Excellent negotiation, presentation and verbal communication skills .
• Comfortable and confident with cold calling and proactive prospecting .
• Strong ability to collaborate across Sales, Marketing and other departments .
• Experience in lead generation within laser, aesthetics or medical devices is highly desirable.
• Existing network among dermatologists, aesthetic doctors or clinics is a plus.
• Experience with Salesforce or a similar CRM .
• Fluent English is advantageous.
• Able to travel throughout the territory and hold a valid driving licence .

Planet Pharma is an American parented Employment Business/Agency that provides global staffing services with its head-quarters in Chicago and our EMEA regional office located in Central London. We are an equal opportunities Recruitment Business and Agency. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.