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Employment Opportunities - Data Innovations Europe

Sales Administration Assistant

 Wholly responsible for the day-to-day administration of the sales activities of Data Innovations Europe.

  • Participation in the adaptation of the corporate CRM system to the particular needs of Data Innovations Europe.
  • Use of that CRM system to coordinate the entire workflow from initial customer contact through offers to orders, production, delivery, and "pre-invoice". 
  • Manage the support and maintenance contracts with existing clients.  (Confirmation of the current use of our systems on the site, request for renewal, processing of renewal)
  • Direct contact with clients for administrative issues
  • Standard processing of official submissions for government contracts, particularly in France
  • No sales or sales prospection
  • Collaboration with Finance Manager for invoicing
  • Back-up to receptionist for telephone answering.

Profile of person needed

  • Ability to work independently with minimum guidance from management
  • 10 years experience in a similar function
  • Resistance to stress
  • Highly developed personal time management
  • Languages
    • Excellent French
    • Excellent English
    • Good Dutch
    • Other languages an asset.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, particularly Outlook, Word and Excel



Middleware Sales Specialist

  • Develops and maintains relationships and favorable contacts with current and potential accounts for the company's middleware products (LPM and IM).
  • Ensures that organizational goods or services consistently meet client needs by using technical knowledge of product offerings to support and build sales.
  • Responsible for handling client accounts of all sizes in a particular geographic region, either direct (end-user) or indirect (through Business Partners).
  • Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
  • Assesses potential application of company products or services in order to offer solutions that meet customer needs.
  • Sets and manages client expectations and supervises the management of client complaints when expectations are not met.
  •  Works with the Sales and Marketing and Customer Service teams to perform a variety of tasks, including but not limited to: handling customer enquiries, generating sales quotations, processing orders, preparing correspondence, processing support renewals, participating in trade shows, conducting customer demonstrations, conducting business partner sales training. 

A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected. This position requires initiative, excellent communication skills and high attention to detail.  

The ideal candidate will preferably have the following education and/or experience :

  • A diploma from an institution of higher learning (post-secondary school)
  • At least 5 years of experience in the "in vitro diagnostic" field (e.g., lab technician in a clinical or industrial laboratory, sales or support with a LOS/LIMS vendor or an IVD device vendor).
  • Fluent written and spoken English, French and at least one other language used in the Europe/Middle East/Africa (EMEA) region.  More language skills are an advantage.
  •  Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office tools, particularly Word, Excel, and Powerpoint

This position reports to the Sales and Marketing Manager.  


  

To apply for Data Innovations - Europe positions:

No phone calls, please.  Email only.

Please send your Curriculum Vitae and salary history requirements, in confidence, to:

Bob Rothstein
Managing Director
Data Innovations Europe - PGP
brothstein@datainnovations.com
Data Innovations