Novo Nordisk Recruits Sales Supervisor

Novo Nordisk Middle Africa unit covers approximately 800 million people across 48 countries. Novo Nordisk has an established presence with Human Insulin and Modern Insulin in Africa and our focus today is to sustain the growth of the market, ensure availability of better quality Modern Insulin within the markets and support the communities living with diabetes. Novo Nordisk Nigeria is a part of Middle Africa unit and we are looking to expand our reach in the country.

Novo Nordisk Nigeria is looking to fill the following position:

Job Title: Sales Supervisor

Job Location: Lagos

Job Description
The Sales Supervisor position refers to a Field Sales Manager role reporting to the Regional Manager, Nigeria and is a part of the Nigeria Management Team as well as the extended Middle Africa Management Team.

Responsibilities:

• Driving sales via the sales force with an indispensable business ethical mind-set
• Development and implementation of annual national sales plan, detailing activities to follow during the fiscal year with focus on meeting organizational objectives
• Actively pursuing commercial effectiveness approaches including segmentation and targeting in line with Novo Nordisk strategies
• Effectively participating in managing the. sales budget in Nigeria and ensuring the delivery of all sales activities within the agreed budget
• Working in collaboration with the direct reports to ensure full achievement of set financial targets
• Execution of in-depth on the job training, mentoring, and coaching activities with the sales force
• Analysing and interpreting market information to develop proactive ideas to overcome market challenges
• Monitoring competitor activity
• Securing sales, public tenders, and overall, achieve business growth in the territory

Qualification:

• Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy, Pharmacology, Biochemistry or Microbiology
• At least 1 year experience in management of a sales team as a Field Sales Manager
• At least 4 years' experience in promoting pharmaceutical products
• Solid Nigerian Pharmaceutical market knowledge
• Professional sales qualification is an added advantage
• Fluency in written/spoken English

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Closing Date: 24th December, 2013