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Heidi Nizolek

Marshfield,Massachusetts

Summary

Accomplished IDN Strategic Account Manager calling on supply chain management and hospital executives throughout the Northeast, building brand recognition, growing market share, and establishing solid relationships. Over 25 years of hospital/IDN sales experience in capital equipment and service sales, promoting complex technologies with a proven track record. Skilled in pioneering new territories, leading sales collaboration across divisions, as well as possess strong conceptual sales skills; highly proficient in executive presentations and documentation.

Overview

31
31
years of professional experience

Work History

IDN STRATEGIC ACCOUNT MANAGER

MINDRAY NORTH AMERICA
09.2017 - 06.2024
  • Establishing corporate relationships with executives in large health systems across the Northeast; building brand through solution-based sales with an enterprise approach, complete with executive-level documentation
  • Competitive conversions at academic health systems across the northeast from RWJBarnabas Health, Yale-New Haven Health, Hackensack-Meridian Health, to Beth Israel Lahey Health
  • Awarded Top Performing IDN Manager 158% to plan in 2020 with multiple competitive sales wins at UMASS and Hackensack-Meridian Health representing all new business for Mindray; performed at 107% in 2018 & 114% in 2019
  • Experienced in IDN conversions through cultivating new business opportunities at the higher levels of health systems, networking using LinkedIn Sales Navigator and Definitive Healthcare, setting strategy across 4 modalities, utilizing 3rd party vendors familiar with network, and negotiating exclusive standardization agreements to ensure revenue growth
  • Managed key accounts, understood customer goals, reinforced a strong corporate relationship, client satisfaction, and retention
  • Strengths include presenting executive presentations, life cycle planning, and business reviews
  • Promoting collaborative sales approach with enterprise sales teams, demonstrating strong business acumen, building credibility for Mindray, and driving strategy to advance opportunities, focusing on initiatives of health systems.

DIRECTOR OF HOSPITAL ALLIANCE

FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE, NA
03.2016 - 09.2017
  • Managed C-suite sales and relationships by negotiating partnerships between hospitals and Fresenius; focused on building new revenue through growing lab outreach and reducing operational costs by sharing resources between organizations
  • Working closely with IDNs and healthcare organizations like Ascension and Yale-New Haven Health
  • Implemented first two hospital systems with revenue projected at $4.7M within the first year
  • Experienced in matrix management as well as navigating complex sales processes with multiple call points
  • Versed in strategy development properly aligning hospital goals with solution-based agreements
  • Responsible for negotiating all partnership contracts, as well as presenting P&Ls to internal stakeholders.

HEALTH SYSTEMS ACCOUNT MANAGER

SYSMEX AMERICA, INC.
06.2010 - 03.2016
  • Awarded 3+ Signature Club placements in 5 years, 206%, 144%, & 201% to plan respectively
  • Focused on competitive conversions, all business closed in FY2011 and FY2015 were competitive sockets
  • Top IDNs that standardized with Sysmex for New England included Yale-New Haven Health, Prospect Medical Holdings, Hartford Healthcare, Steward Healthcare, and Baystate Health
  • Mastered highly effective communications with technical presentations, setting customer expectations properly, and bridging internal divisions to regain customer trust and close additional sales opportunities
  • Recognized as regional expert for the Northeast sales team on industry trends, mentoring new hires, and strategy.

ACCOUNT MANAGER

MASIMO CORPORATION
10.2009 - 06.2010
  • Trained in pulse oximetry and monitoring industry selling to hospital systems across New England.

INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY SPECIALIST

GE HEALTHCARE, INC.
09.2006 - 10.2009
  • Generated $10.5M in new business over two years in a startup territory, 127% to plan in 2008
  • Specialized in matrix management, collaborating well across various sales teams to achieve common goals.

CAPITAL EQUIPMENT CONSULTANT HEMATOLOGY

BECKMAN COULTER, INC.
10.2001 - 06.2006
  • Awarded President's Club in 2003, consistently top third sales performer over 5 years in a territory dominated by one competitor for 15 years
  • Converted Competitive Accounts and built product standardization with Lifespan, Care New England, VA Hospitals, and UMASS.

ACCOUNT REPRESENTATIVE

CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES, INC.
03.1995 - 10.2001
  • Recognized as top NYC salesperson in 1998, most new business grossed in one year in a new territory.

ACCOUNT REPRESENTATIVE

DIANON SYSTEMS, INC.
10.1993 - 03.1995
  • Trained on advanced oncology, pathology, & epidemiology to assist selling in New Jersey to Hematology-Oncologists in non-acute environment.

Education

B.S. Biology -

St. Lawrence University

Skills

  • Strategic Planning
  • Verbal and Written Communication
  • Executive Documentation & Presentations
  • Enterprise Sales
  • Building Brand
  • Strategic Partnerships
  • Solution-Based Sales Approach
  • Operations Management

Phone

781-804-9514

Hobbies and Interests

  • Elected Manager, Rum Island Trust November 2023
  • Staying fit
  • Skiing
  • Boating
  • Community involvement

STATS

Mindray North America 2020: 158% to plan; President's Club

Mindray North America 2019: 114% to plan

Mindray North America 2018: 107% to plan

Fresenius Medical Care 2017: $4.7M new revenue generated in first year of program

Sysmex America 2011: $206% to plan; President's Club

Sysmex America 2014: 144% to plan

Sysmex America 2015: 201% to plan; President's Club 

GE Healthcare 2008: 127% to plan

Beckman Coulter 2003: 136%; President's Club

Timeline

IDN STRATEGIC ACCOUNT MANAGER

MINDRAY NORTH AMERICA
09.2017 - 06.2024

DIRECTOR OF HOSPITAL ALLIANCE

FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE, NA
03.2016 - 09.2017

HEALTH SYSTEMS ACCOUNT MANAGER

SYSMEX AMERICA, INC.
06.2010 - 03.2016

ACCOUNT MANAGER

MASIMO CORPORATION
10.2009 - 06.2010

INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY SPECIALIST

GE HEALTHCARE, INC.
09.2006 - 10.2009

CAPITAL EQUIPMENT CONSULTANT HEMATOLOGY

BECKMAN COULTER, INC.
10.2001 - 06.2006

ACCOUNT REPRESENTATIVE

CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES, INC.
03.1995 - 10.2001

ACCOUNT REPRESENTATIVE

DIANON SYSTEMS, INC.
10.1993 - 03.1995

B.S. Biology -

St. Lawrence University
Heidi Nizolek