Medical Advisor (Nigeria / Ghana) at RS Hunter Limited

RS Hunter Limited is a firm committed to offering full HR outsourced services to take away the day to day challenge of finding the right people. At RS Hunter we believe our clients have the resources, what we do is to galvanise, advice and, partner with our clients to understand the peculiarities of their businesses and then find the best solutions and best HR strategies that work.

We are recruiting for the Position of:

Job Title: Medical Advisor  - Nigeria / Ghana

Location: Lagos

Job Purpose:

• The Medical Advisor is responsible for the implementation of the medical strategy of the branch in collaboration with marketing and sales teams, and for providing medical and scientific expertise to enable Sanofi products reach the maximum of their potential. He/she is also responsible for the development of Sanofi’ reputation among its partners.
• Position within the organization: N-2
• Reports to the Medical Director

Assignments:

Marketing-Sales:

• Communicate effectively on products benefit
• Liase with the relevant staff in medical , regulatory , martketing sales etc to ensure cross functional communication is of high quality and the company goals are met
• KOL management in thier area [ Build Partnership with KOLs & Health Authorities to support Sanofi products]
• Active participation in all Medico - Marketing activities in the zone.
• Plan and implement CMEs for health care providers.

Medical:

• Implementation and follow up of clinical studies in West Africa sub region
• Informing Medical Director on the updates of medical actions in West Africa
• Adapting scientific data into advantages for the patient
• Ensure compliance with company procedure in Pharmacovigilance & promotional materials.
• Handle Medical Information
• Responsible for all drug safety matters

Regulatory:

• Ensuring ethics in consumption
• Participating in securing ethics in our actions
• Recording clinical studies (ethics committees, Regulatory bodies)
• Support in registering products
• Support for fitting promotional material to scientific , legal and regulatory requirement and company guidelines.

Follow up table:

• KOL follow up
• Clinical and overall budget
• Monitoring clinical studies
• Monitoring medical meetings
• Monitoring medical issues
• Pv follow up
• Monitoring medical training

KPI :

• R/O: Investigator; patient
• Compliance with clinical survey deadlines
• Complying with medical budget
• Medical questions answered in time
• of PV report forwarded in time
• R/O Operational plan
• Complying with medical marketing planning deadlines
• Number of CSR
• R/O planned KOL contact

Qualification:

• Must have basic medical degrees [MBBS OR MD] from a reputable University.
• Post graduate will be an advantage
• Experience & Knowledge
• Minimum 3 years medical practice post qualification
• At least 1yr experience as a medical sales representative is MANDATORY
• Sales, marketing ,or other business experience in pharmaceutical industry is a recommendation

Core Competence:

Knowledge

• Good Knowledge of the health care system in North East Africa affiliate
• Good Understanding of the commercial implications of the business
• Planning and budgeting.

Skills:

• Computer skills must include working knowledge of Word, Excel, Power point, and internet
• Excellent verbal and written communication, including presentation skills
• Ability to communicate commercial value of the products to target audience
• Leadership skills and ability to interact with internal and external customers
• Understands customer and market trends, identifying and adopting best practices to constantly increase productivity
• Forecasting and budgeting skills

Behavior:

• Goal and results oriented, business acumen
• Demonstrates a high level of energy, drive and personal responsibility to achieve individual goals
• Analyses and solves problems by seeking and interpreting relevant data in a logical manner
• Attention to detail, adopting methodical, systematic, organised working style whilst retaining sight of the bigger picture
• Anticipates and embraces change, adapting behaviour to suit the situation
• Challenges the status quo, generating and implementing innovative ideas and solutions
• Works as part of a team, respecting the opinions, needs and contributions of others.
• Able to build relationships across departments and fuctions
• Listens and considers other’s points of view with an open mind.

Application Closing Date
14th June, 2013

How To Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send CVs and Applications to: vacancy@rs-hunter.com using Job Title as the subject of the email.