Requisition ID: 6767

Job Title: Territory Manager, Game Ready (Sports Market) - Midwest

Job Country: United States (US)

Here at Avanos Medical, we passionately believe in three things:

• Making a difference in our products, services and offers, never ceasing to fight for groundbreaking solutions in everything we do;
• Making a difference in how we work and collaborate, constantly nurturing our nimble culture of innovation;
• Having an impact on the healthcare challenges we all face, and the lives of people and communities around the world.

At Avanos you will find an environment that strives to be independent and different, one that supports and inspires you to excel and to help change what medical devices can deliver, now and in the future.

Employment for customer facing roles is contingent upon your ability to satisfy all vendor credentialing requirements. If you are unable to be credentialed, Avanos reserves the right to withdraw your employment offer or end your employment. If you require a medical or religious accommodation from these requirements or if you would like to understand more about these requirements, please advise HR so that we can provide additional information and if needed, we can explore any needed accommodation(s).

Avanos is a medical device company focused on delivering clinically superior breakthrough solutions that will help patients get back to the things that matter. We are committed to creating the next generation of innovative healthcare solutions which will address our most important healthcare needs, such as reducing the use of opioids while helping patients move from surgery to recovery. Headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, we develop, manufacture and market recognized brands in more than 90 countries. Avanos Medical is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol AVNS. For more information, visit www.avanos.com.

Territory: Midwest

Covering: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

As the Game Ready Territory Manager – Sports Market, you will be responsible for achieving sales objectives across professional, collegiate, and high school athletic programs within your territory. This individual contributor role requires driving new business, expanding existing accounts, and collaborating with multi-regional distributor representatives to maximize market penetration.

Key Responsibilities:

• Achieve or exceed capital sales objectives for Game Ready products in assigned sports market territory.
• Build strong relationships with athletic trainers, team physicians, strength coaches, and sports administrators across professional, collegiate, and high school levels.
• Support multi-regional distributor representatives through joint sales calls, training, and account strategy execution.
• Manage a territory pipeline of new business opportunities, from prospecting to closing, while driving adoption in existing accounts.
• Conduct in-services, product demonstrations, and educational sessions with athletic training staff and sports medicine professionals.
• Provide product expertise and ensure high levels of customer satisfaction.
• Accurately manage all sales activity in CRM systems and provide timely business updates to leadership.
• Partner with the Regional Sales Manager to align territory activities with strategic business goals.
• Monitor competitor activity and provide actionable market insights.
• Ensure compliance with Avanos policies, healthcare regulations, and credentialing requirements.

Your qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, sports medicine, or related field.
• Minimum 3 years of successful sales experience in medical devices, sports medicine, or athletic industry.
• Proven ability to sell into professional or collegiate sports programs.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills.
• Strong organizational and time management abilities.
• Ability to travel extensively, including evenings/weekends for sports-related events.
• Proficiency with MS Office applications.

Preferred:

• Capital equipment sales experience.
• Background in athletic training, orthopedics, or sports medicine.
• Salesforce.com or CRM proficiency.

The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.

Salary Range:

The anticipated average base pay range for this position is $75,000.00 - $110,000.00. In addition, this role is eligible for an attractive incentive compensation program and benefits. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the base posted.

#LI-Remote

Avanos Medical is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law. If you are a current employee of Avanos, please apply here

Join us at Avanos
Join us and you can make a difference in our products, solutions and our culture. Most of all, you can make a difference in the lives, people, and communities around the world.

Make your career count
Our commitment to improving the health and wellbeing of others begins with our employees – through a comprehensive and competitive range of benefits. We provide more than just a salary – our Total Rewards package encompasses everything you receive as an employee; your pay, health care benefits, retirement plans and work/life benefits.

Avanos offers a generous 401(k) employer match of 100% of each pretax dollar you contribute on the first 4% and 50% of the next 2% of pay contributed with immediate vesting.

Avanos also offers the following:

benefits on day 1

free onsite gym

onsite cafeteria

HQ region voted 'best place to live' by USA Today

uncapped sales commissions