Associate Sales Executive - NextGen Sales Program
The Associate Sales Executive role is an entry-level position within Confidential Client's NextGen Sales Program, designed to develop recent graduates into skilled sales professionals through formal training, mentorship, and hands-on customer engagement. The role involves building foundational knowledge in healthcare sales, managing customer relationships, supporting sales activities, and collaborating cross-functionally to drive territory growth and long-term career advancement in one of three specialized sales tracks.
About Careertakes
👉 Important disclosure: Careertakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, Sales (Healthcare distribution & medical products).
Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.
Program Overview
Confidential Client’s NextGen Sales Program is an accelerated, entry-level commercial development program for high-potential recent graduates. The program combines formal training, field immersion, mentorship, and hands-on customer engagement to build the foundation for a long-term sales career in healthcare distribution and medical products.
What You’ll Do
- Participate in a structured training curriculum to develop consultative selling, territory management, and healthcare market knowledge.
- Support customer meetings, business reviews, and account planning under the guidance of sales leadership and assigned mentors.
- Build relationships with healthcare decision-makers and clinical stakeholders.
- Maintain CRM records and assist with pipeline management, forecasting, and opportunity qualification.
- Use data and analytics to inform recommendations and support sales execution.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Marketing, Operations, Clinical, and Customer Service teams to enable customer success.
- Travel within your assigned territory to support in-person customer engagement (territory/home-base model).
Role Tracks
Choose or be placed into one of three development tracks depending on business need and strengths:
- Territory Sales Executive (Distribution & Account Growth)
- Surgical Sales Executive (Clinical & OR engagement)
- Enterprise Solutions Sales Executive (Strategic accounts & integrated solutions)
Compensation & Location
- Base salary: $65,000 per year plus commission.
- This role is considered remote (telecommute) with required travel within an assigned territory/home base. The authoritative location for this posting is Highland Park, TX. Applicants must be able to travel and possess a valid driver’s license.
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor’s degree (0–3 years since graduation) in business, healthcare, or related field.
- Demonstrated leadership (internships, student orgs, athletics, military service, or work).
- Strong communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills.
- Business curiosity, learning agility, and professional accountability.
- Ability to travel within assigned geography; valid driver’s license.
- Authorization to work in the United States.
Preferred
- Internship or work experience in sales, healthcare, business development, customer service, or account management.
- Experience using CRM or other business technology platforms.
- Experience presenting, leading projects, or influencing peers.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Relationship building and consultative selling fundamentals
- Time management and organization
- Problem solving and commercial/business acumen
- Team collaboration and adaptability
- Competitive drive, curiosity, and ownership mentality
Why Join
- Fast-track development into a full sales territory role with mentorship and measurable progression.
- Benefits including medical, dental, vision (day one for full-time), 401(k), HSA options, paid leave, and educational assistance.
- Employer-paid life insurance and disability with additional voluntary supplemental programs.
- Supportive programs for family planning and wellbeing resources.
Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency
Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind.
To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.
If you have questions about how your data is used, please contact us directly.
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