Medical Sales Representative at LifeBank Nigeria

LifeBank is a healthcare technology and logistics company that’s in the business of saving lives. We believe that no African should die from a shortage of essential medical products at the hospital level, and we are on a mission to solve this. LifeBank is currently working on the blood shortage problem in Nigeria by connecting hospitals to blood banks, and blood banks to donors. We do this by hosting blood drives and by delivering blood in less than 55 minutes, in a WHO and EU recommended cold-chain, to hospitals.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Medical Sales Representative

Location: Akure, Ondo
Job type: Full-time

Job Overview

• The Medical Sales Representative will be responsible for promoting LifeBank Nigeria and its products to hospitals.
• She/he will build market positions for LifeBank Nigeria by identifying, developing and negotiating business relationships that translate into sales.
• She/he will work to retain and grow the client base of the company, foster client relationships and develop new opportunities for LifeBank Nigeria’s products and services.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Work in line with company policy to achieve set sales targets and outcomes within schedule in assigned territory
• Prepare and follow up on territorial sales forecasts on weekly and monthly basis.
• Ensure Proper Coverage as per the planned Frequency per customer segment.
• Establish, develop and maintain positive business and customer relationships
• Provide daily call reports as well as weekly and monthly report of sales efforts in marked sales territory
• Regularly follow up with active and signed hospitals to ensure they are using the app and placing orders
• Resolve customer complaints by investigating problems; developing solutions; preparing reports and making recommendations to management
• Develop strategies for increasing opportunities to meet and talk to contacts in the medical and healthcare sector;
• Coordinate all issues with key clients between sales, fulfillment and customer support
• Stay informed about the activities of health services in assigned particular area.
• Expert level knowledge of department processes and product to serve as the first line of support in resolving internal and external customer issues.
• Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements
Educational:

• BSc in Biological and Medical Sciences or Marketing

Experience:

• 1-3 years experience in direct sales
• Experience in the medical or Pharma industry is a plus

Skills And Abilities:

• Good organisation skills and results driven
• Highly Self motivated
• Highly analytical with a drive for numbers
• High level of professionalism
• Result-oriented team player with exceptional motivation and interpersonal skills.
• Relationship management skills and openness to feedback
• Excellent selling, communication and negotiation skills.
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• High proficiency in MS Office Suite
• Must be able to prepare management reports and correspondence
• Good initiative, time and stress management skills

Personal Attributes:

• Have a deep desire to work in the startup industry
• Sociable and friendly
• Confident and pleasant
• Loves a challenge

Work Environment:

• Daily field visits to Clients sites
• Will be required to write proposals and reports
• Will be required to work overtime, on weekends and travel if necessary

Reporting Structure:

• Will report to the City Lead, and Regional Lead where necessary

About Team
We are a team driven by our values. Every day we strive to fulfil these values in everything we do. All LifeBankers must commit to these sets of values and this is the secret sauce of what makes working at LifeBank awesome. At LifeBank:

• You must care for our patients, our people (team members) and our partners. Caring for patients means focusing on impact and doing all we can to rescue people on their worst days.
• It is our duty to rescue the most vulnerable members of our community. We must rescue pregnant women who are bleeding, little kids who need oxygen, newborns who need vaccines, and many more critically ill people and we must do this at scale.
• We learn. We are never satisfied with the status quo. Our work is never finished. Every day, we are committed to our personal growth and by extension the growth of the business.
• Office politics bore us. We don't play favourites and your growth in the business is not at all dependent on who likes you and who doesn't. Your growth is entirely dependent on you.

Benefits
Accompanied by the fact that we provide services that help save lives, we also ensure that our employees are well taken care of. The following benefits are available for all LifeBank employees:

• Housing Assistance
• Health Insurance
• Focused caring team members.
• Life Insurance
• Accelerated growth.
• Workman Compensation

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Resume to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the email.

Note: At LifeBank, we are builders. We are a team committed to creating an agile distribution system to power healthcare across Africa. Join us and save the world!