Sales Associate, Trauma (Ft. Walton, FL/Destin, FL) – Johnson & Johnson MedTech - Orthopaedics

Location: Fort Walton Beach, Florida, United States; territory includes Fort Walton Beach and Destin. Residence in or willingness to relocate to the posted territory is required. The role involves hospital and operating room support, travel, and possible weekend or overnight work.

Company

Johnson & Johnson MedTech develops orthopaedic and trauma care solutions through its DePuy Synthes business.

What you will do

• Support sales activities, customer retention, product conversions, market share, and territory sales objectives.
• Guide surgeons in the operating room and demonstrate the proper use of trauma products and surgical instruments.
• Attend surgeries, ensure equipment availability, optimize instrument trays, and advise operating room and sterile processing teams.
• Troubleshoot technical issues, manage customer requests, hospital billing, and purchase orders.
• Maintain customer, surgeon, equipment, and account relationships while sharing market and procedural insights with sales, clinical, marketing, and strategic account teams.
• Track and deploy equipment and assets, maintain promotional materials, and support customer satisfaction and retention.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, or an associate degree/medical certification with at least 2 years of related experience, or at least 4 years of related experience, or recent transition from active military duty.
• Ability to work in a laboratory and operating room environment.
• Valid driver’s license issued in the United States.
• Residence in or willingness to relocate to the Fort Walton Beach/Destin territory.
• Ability to travel, including possible weekend and overnight travel.
• Strong communication, negotiation, influencing, strategic thinking, problem-solving, organization, self-motivation, and business acumen skills.

Nice to have

• Technical product knowledge of surgical instruments, procedures, protocols, and solutions.
• Experience in account management, healthcare trends, market research, relationship building, solutions selling, and sales presentations.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive work environment focused on employee dignity, diversity, and equal opportunity.
• Work supports orthopaedic solutions intended to improve patient care and clinical and economic outcomes.
• The Orthopaedics business is planned to become a standalone DePuy Synthes company, subject to legal, regulatory, and consultation requirements.
• Employment processes, programs, policies, and benefits may transition to DePuy Synthes after the planned separation.

Hiring process

• Application and CV review followed by a recorded video interview and recruiter phone discussion.
• One or two interviews with the hiring manager and other team members may follow.
• Successful candidates complete country-specific checks before starting.