Jorge Valls

Managing Director EMEA

Jorge Valls

Managing Director EMEA

About Me

Professional experience in the dental industry within a range of management positions. Initially working on an instrumental and technical company, and currently for medical devices.

 

Background in sales, recruiting and improving team development force. Focus on driving revenue growth by developing and executing strategic initiatives and managing global through leadership by example.

 

Received Executive MBA at Esade (Barcelona) and recently with a Disruptive Strategy Course at Harvard Business School. Fluent in Spanish, English, and Catalan. Started learning basic German.

 

My main interests are B2B health and medical devices companies from a high level perspective.

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Experience
Managing Director EMEA, Sales Western Europe GDSG & General Manager Iberia
2020 - Present
Managing Director EMEA, Sales Western Europe GDSG & General Manager Iberia
Global Dental Surgical Group - Henry Schein
General Manager BioHorizons Camlog Ibérica
2019 - Present
General Manager BioHorizons Camlog Ibérica
Global Dental Surgical Group - Henry Schein
General Manager Spain, France & Portugal
2011 - Present
General Manager Spain, France & Portugal
BioHorizons
National Sales Manager
2005 - Present
National Sales Manager
BioHorizons

BioHorizons is the fastest growing oral reconstructive device company in North America as a result of our commitment to providing the most comprehensive line of evidence-based, scientifically proven dental implants and tissue regeneration solutions. Founded in 1994 as an incubator company at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, BioHorizons has grown into one of the largest dental implant companies in the world, with over 1,000 employees

 Recruiting and contracting new sales team
 Total support to sales force: closing sales, consultations…
 Sales strategy creation: offers, pricing,…
 Ratio analysis on customers and sales force profitability

National Operations Manager
2001 - 2005
National Operations Manager
KLOCKNER

Compañía fabricante y comercializadora de implantes dentales en España.

 Total support to the sales force(14 people)
 Lecturers at universities and large clinics
 Creation of the techniques, guidelines and phases of the Klockner Implant Sale System and guarding over its fulfillment
 Follow up of the product support specialist’s commercial actions and of the designed strategy
 Potential customer visits with the product support specialist
 VIP customer accounts management. Negotiation with clinic groups, franchises…
 Evaluation of new lecturers for the scientific course trainings
 Fast troubleshooting management
 Participation in the meetings of the Headquarter: elaboration of the remunerative politics for the sales team, selection and contracting of product support specialists, reports, preparation of the sales department meetings…
 Support to the International Department (opening new retailing markets in Portugal, Japan, Korea, Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia…)

Technical Sales Representative
1997 - 2001
Technical Sales Representative
KaVo Dental

– Sales tasks: Professional advising and support to sales of dental warehouses of the area.

– Technical tasks: Trained by KaVo Dental Corp. in the maintenance and repair of dental appliance: Operatory equipment, autoclaves, air turbines handpieces and clinical motors, laboratory micromotors and turbines…

EDUCATION
Executive Leadership Development
2021
Executive Leadership Development
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Disruptive Strategy with Clayton Christensen
2019
Disruptive Strategy with Clayton Christensen
Harvard Business School
Master Business Administration, Executive MBA, Business Administration
2008 - 2009
Master Business Administration, Executive MBA, Business Administration
ESADE Business School
Discover India
2009
Discover India
Indian School of Business
Leading in a Changing Environment
2009
Leading in a Changing Environment
The University of Texas at Austin - Red McCombs School of Business
Diploma, Higher Education Diploma in Management Industrial Maintenance
2005 - 2006
Diploma, Higher Education Diploma in Management Industrial Maintenance
Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd
Diplomado, Gestión y Admon. Pública
1995 - 1998
Diplomado, Gestión y Admon. Pública
Universidad de Zaragoza
C.O.U.
1977 - 1995
C.O.U.
Colegio Santa Maria del Pilar - Marianistas

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