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In this role, you have the opportunity to

Possess extensive knowledge and understanding of the Customer Services business and portfolio offerings; managing and consulting on proposal development throughout the lifecycle of an agreement, including large-scale accounts.

You are responsible for (but not limited to)

• Develop, design and create budgetary and/or service proposals and bid solutions.

• Utilize funnel data to drive forecasted opportunities with Sales to proactively influence renewal capture rates

• Prepare key analytic data to develop and design solutions, contributing towards the overall sales strategy to best meet customers’ needs throughout the life of the agreement

• Utilize critical thinking to analyze complex contract requirements, special provisions, pricing, internal approvals, and terms and conditions to ensure compliance with appropriate laws, regulations and corporate policies

• Creatively consult with Sales on alternative options and provide guidance of requirements

• Communicate contract policies and practices to the internal business partners

• Create and maintain departmental procedures

• Attention to detail ensuring that contract review, approval and execution are in accordance with corporate policies

• In-depth knowledge of cross functional processes and quality impact throughout the value chain

• Proven ability to work with business partners; streamlining processes and creating cross-functional partnerships

• Manage increasingly competing priorities and deadlines, providing outstanding support to our internal partners and external customers

• Proactively support teammates with workload volume as bandwidth allows

• Evaluate risk, accuracy, and completeness of the solution to ensure proper contract entitlement

• Maintain a winning partnership with Sales and other internal teams to ensure continuous alignment with joint goals and objectives

• Explore growth opportunities with Sales to assist in delivering superior customer value through the service contract process

• Seek out opportunities to challenge yourself and others; finding new ways to positively affect the team, the customer, and the business

• Participate in or lead project development and execution for continuous improvement

• Display role model behavior; Train and coach others as opportunities arise

• Support other business functions to achieve shared business objectives

• Escalate items as needed to management, partnering to drive solutions

You are a part of a team

The ideal candidate is a strong independent contributor that works well in a team environment. The candidate is also proactive, has strong leadership, demonstrates excellent analytical and problem solving skills, is detail-oriented and has experience in supporting a high-volume sales team.

To succeed in this role, you should have the following skills and experience

• Bachelor's degree in business or related field preferred, or equivalent experience

• A minimum of 2 years experience in sales support within a customer service and or proposal development environment

• Passion for customer experience, operational excellence and continuous development

• Eager to take on new tasks/responsibilities; develops and shares best practices

• Excellent and concise oral and written communication skills, including active listening

• Strong interpersonal skills, with positive attitude

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, advocating change

• Strong organizational skills and aptitude for detail

• Proven ability to use good judgment and make confident decisions under defined policies and procedures

• Extensive knowledge of Philips Healthcare products and industry standards

• Ability to work under minimal supervision on day-to-day activities, maintaining a high degree of integrity

• Practitioner of continuous improvement methodologies

• Overtime as required to meet business demands

• Intermediate to advanced skills in MS Office (Word and Excel)

• Intermediate math skills and business acumen

• In-depth knowledge of SAP and Salesforce.com

• Proficient typing and 10-key data entry by touch

In return, we offer you

We offer you a dynamic working environment in an innovative business, which offers you excellent opportunities to further develop and fully exploit your talents. This job comes with a competitive salary, excellent benefits and up-to-date training.

Why should you join Philips?

Working at Philips is more than a job. It’s a calling to create a healthier society through meaningful work, focused on improving 3 billion lives a year by delivering innovative solutions across the health continuum . Our people experience a variety of unexpected moments when their lives and careers come together in meaningful ways.

To find out more about what it’s like working for Philips at a personal level, visit the Working at Philips page on our career website, where you can read stories from our employee blog . Once there, you can also learn about our recruitment process , or find answers to some of the frequently asked questions .

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