Job Description
Sales Turnover
- Sell franchise products within a territory and achieve sales targets.
- Provide weekly and monthly sales action plan to manager, reflecting the activities required in each account to achieve sales objectives.
- Analyze sales reports to find opportunities, recognize routine problems; analyze causes and recommend solutions.
- Able to negotiate and close sales in routine situations, and with guidance when handling more complex deals.
Territory Management
- Develop understanding of customer needs to identify sales opportunities.
- Identify tender/contract opportunities and work with colleagues to deliver.
- With guidance, develop an effective and efficient territory plan.
- Work with distributors and ensure that they are brand ambassadors for our products.
Customer In-service Education & Training
- Work with manager to identify customer in-service needs to support customer delivered healthcare services and use of products efficiently and effectively.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with all levels of customers.
- With assistance, co-ordinate and deliver in-services education sessions.
Product and Market knowledge
- Expert knowledge of product's features, benefits, correct product application and usage, anatomy, physiology and medical procedure, knowledge, through practical experience, training programs, and learning from key end-users
- Has thorough information on competitor's structure, culture, workforce, distribution, capabilities, and weaknesses
- Analyze market trends, identify threats and opportunities, and recommend and implement strategies and plans to address them.
- Share competitive information and suggestions for countering competitors with colleagues.
Expense, Equipment and Samples
- Judiciously manage AR, operating expenses, (transportation, A&P, entertainment, travel) while ensuring sustainable productivity in assigned territory.
- Seek prior approval for budget variations.
- Ensure compliance of team to sample issue and co-ordination guidelines
- Agree expense budget/guidelines with immediate Manager.
Self-Development
- Identify specific actions to improve job performance in specific areas.
- Participate in nominated training programs.
- Active self-learning strategies to maintain knowledge.
- Focused effort to achieve high scores in performance in knowledge tests and competency assessments related to training.
Corporate Ethics
- Maintain a responsible and ethical approach while actively pursuing business outcomes.
- Conduct business within ethics and values expressed in Credo.
Qualifications:
- Science graduate. A management degree will be an added advantage.
- Preferably 5+ years’ experience in healthcare
- Min 3 years’ experience in selling medical devices.
- Strong preference for Sales experience in selling Sutures & laparoscopy products in Govt. & Key Accounts.