Commercial Representatives at GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceutical Nigeria Limited

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), one of the world's leading research based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, is committed to improving the quality of human life by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer.
GSK employs over 97,000 employees in over 100 countries worldwide.

GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Nigeria Plc is one of Africa's largest consumer healthcare companies, producing leading brands such as Lucozade, Ribena and Panadol.

Ritmunds Limited - Our Client, GlaxoSmithkline Pharmaceutical Nigeria Limited, a leading Global Pharmaceutical Healthcare Company, requires the services of dynamic, hardworking and results driven individuals to fill the position below:

Job Position: Commercial Representatives

Location: Lagos

Job Description

• The purpose of this job is to implement sales and marketing strategies for GSK brands to pharmacies and develop unique and sustainable competitive advantage in order to achieve annual sales targets.

Responsibilities

• Ensure science is at the heart of all detailing and business interactions.
• Build and maintain professional relationship with pharmacists at retail pharmacy outlets so as to ensure advocacy for GSK products.
• Manage a portfolio of pharmacists as customers, while keeping an updated customer record and implementing key business drivers in the assigned territory.
• Utilize currently approved promotional materials and other marketing support materials to form and engage health care professionals at retail pharmacies in assigned territory.
• Communicate in line with GSK guidelines and principles, new product launches, key marketing initiatives, trade incentives, and promotional activities.
• Achieve set annual value and volume sales target for the assigned territory through optimal sales activities
• Consistently look for new market / business opportunities in pharmacies and communicate recommended pricing structure within the pharmacy channels.

Person Specifications:

• Registered Pharmacist with 2 years working experience, preferably in Community Pharmacy or as a Medical/Sales Representative.
• Time and Territory management.
• Demonstrated effective organizational and communication skills are required, as well as the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Strong understanding of customer and market dynamics and requirements.
• Selling and negotiation skills.
• Proficiency in use of Microsoft Office tools.
• Willing to work in an part of the country.

Application Closing Date
31st December, 2013

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their CV's to: [email protected], or [email protected]

You may also send your CVs to:
P. O. Box 1025,
Festac Post Office.

Note: Multiple applications will be disqualified. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.