Sales Account Manager - Near Patient Care at Roche Nigeria

Roche is a global pioneer in pharmaceuticals and diagnostics focused on advancing science to improve people’s lives. The combined strengths of pharmaceuticals and diagnostics under one roof have made Roche the leader in personalised healthcare – a strategy that aims to fit the right treatment to each patient in the best way possible. Roche is the world’s largest biotech company, with truly differentiated medicines in oncology, immunology, infectious diseases, ophthalmology and diseases of the central nervous system. Roche is also the world leader in in vitro diagnostics and tissue-based cancer diagnostics, and a frontrunner in diabetes management.

Founded in 1896, Roche continues to search for better ways to prevent, diagnose and treat diseases and make a sustainable contribution to society. The company also aims to improve patient access to medical innovations by working with all relevant stakeholders. Thirty medicines developed by Roche are included in the World Health Organization Model Lists of Essential Medicines, among them life-saving antibiotics, antimalarials and cancer medicines. Roche has been recognised as the Group Leader in sustainability within the Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences Industry ten years in a row by the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI).

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Sales Account Manager - Near Patient Care

Job ID: 202602-104947
Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Territory: Rivers, Cross Rivers, Abia, Imo, Akwa-Ibom, Enugu, Abia, Bayelsa, Anambra, Ebonyi

The Opportunity

• Roche Diagnostics in Nigeria is seeking for a Sales Account Manager - Near Patient Care (NPC) to join their team.
• The Sales Account Manager - NPC is specialized in selling and promoting medical devices and PoC instruments for a particular product line to customers in the territory. Implements sales plans designed to achieve established revenue and financial goals. Accounts are key, highly strategic, and have complex requirements.
• Responsible for significant key partner relationship management and development strategy for strategic accounts and ensures the strategy is executed. Sells the company's products or services to new accounts and/or expands existing accounts.
• Responsible for the development of new business opportunities or emerging areas.
• Focuses on critical, large, complex, highly visible, strategic or tactically important accounts.
• Develops and presents comprehensive financial contracts which enhance profitability and protect margins.
• Works in coordination with cross functions to call on prospective and current customers.
• Conducts demonstration sessions on product characteristics.
• Involves technical personnel to resolve customer issues and problems as needed.
• May participate in the establishment of sales targets and design of the territory's sales plan, manages sales expenses.
• Has broad expertise in the medical devices and clinical assay segment.
• Uses skills to contribute to development of company objectives and principles and to achieve goals in creative and effective ways.
• Viewed as an expert by the company and in the field.
• Has complete knowledge of all company products and services and may be tasked with sales/development of new or strategic products.
• Works on significant and unique issues where analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangibles.
• Exercises independent judgment in methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
• Creates formal networks involving coordination among groups.

Key Challenges

• Manages and leads the development and implementation of medical device sales strategies to attain assigned sales objectives for regular and highly strategic accounts
• Provides professional leadership in planning, organizing, and controlling balanced sales growth, continued account penetration, and customer satisfaction.
• Utilizes strong product/market knowledge and sales experience to manage complex sales and resolve customer questions and concerns.
• Retains, extends, and acquires customers through effective identification of opportunities and the creation and implementation of solutions.
• Establishes and builds strong client relationships that allow for growth, profitability and predictability. Communicates with other relevant Roche functions to ensure needed sales support and delivery of programs/products.
• Overnight travel as needed, including short notice, to most effectively and efficiently cover territory while maximizing customer facing time.
• Navigates the financial landscape of complex health systems, helping them to maximize their capital budget cycles to achieve growth goals.

Who You Are as an Ideal Candidate

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
• 7+ years relevant sales or equivalent experience required with the highest level of sales proficiency
• Excellent oral and written communication skills including making impactful presentations
• Proven leadership abilities
• Strategic planning, negotiation, contracting and problem solving skills.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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