RS Hunter Limited is recruiting to fill the position of:
Job Title: Medical Advisor
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 the organization’s products reach the maximum of their potential. He/she is also responsible for the development of the organization’s reputation among its partners.
Position within the organization:
- Reports to the Medical Director.
Assignments
Marketing-Sales:
- Communicate effectively on products benefit
- Liaise with the relevant staff in medical , regulatory , marketing sales etc to ensure cross functional communication is of high quality and the company goals are met
- KOL management in their area [ Build Partnership with KOLs & Health Authorities to support the organization’s 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 [MB ;BS 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, organized working style whilst retaining sight of the bigger picture.
- Anticipates and embraces change, adapting behavior 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 functions.
- Listens and considers others points of view with an open mind.
Application Closing Date
13th February, 2015.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV's to:
[email protected]