Ned Gilbert

About Ned Gilbert

Ned Gilbert is joining the Premier team as a Director of Strategic Accounts for Premier Applied Sciences. Ned has over 12 years of professional sales experience where he has spent the last 10 years in healthcare sales, strategic account management and sales leadership working for Medtronic, the largest medical device company in the world. Ned will look to support Premier’s mission to transform and improve the quality of healthcare by serving the Applied Sciences business group and developing efforts to collaborate with Life Science organizations to improve and achieve their mission statements through solutions focused on quality improvement, population health and outcomes research. Ned most recently served as Senior Area Manager at Medtronic where he was responsible for managing a high-growth $20 Million book of business leading the southeast area through an 8-person sales team where he collaborated with different departments within Medtronic including Marketing, National Accounts & GPO Team, Sales Training and Clinical and Professional Education. He was strategically focused on driving sales, recruiting, managing sales budgets, developing strategy, mentoring and coaching while creating a team atmosphere with a high-performing result-oriented team. Proven track record (Back to Back President\'s Club FY 15\' & FY 16\'). Cultivated and perfected ability to develop, communicate, implement and execute strategic initiatives within the Medical Device Industry. Consistently exceeded personal and company goals on a regular basis. Excellent at increasing sales and growing bottom line revenue, while being enthusiastic and energetic with proven ability to lead, mentor, and motivate to drive revenue growth in highly competitive markets.

Experience

1. Sr Director Strategic Accounts

   Premier Inc.

   Sep 2020 — Present · Atlanta, GA, US

Education

• Western Kentucky University

  Bachelor of Arts, English and Marketing

  2002 — 2005