New Job Vacancy at Promasidor

Overall Job Responsibility

• Responsible for managing our medical delegate team to ensure effective and ethical promotion of Company’s infant nutrition products to Health Care Practitioners (HCP) within approved budget.
• Plans, coordinates and controls activities of medical delegate team in line with WHO Code/ Local Code to ensure optimum contribution to business objectives

Job Functions

WHO Issues Management

• Ensures strict adherence to the WHO Code of ethics (ethical marketing)
• Monitors conformity of marketing practices of products covered by the WHO Code of Ethics
• Maintains contacts with Government Agencies, NGOs to ensure mutual understanding of WHO Code guideline and recommendations.

Business Development

• Identifies opportunities for new business area
• Manages negotiation process to obtain contracts, tender business etc
• Achieves targets objective in terms of sales, and real internal growth (RIG).

Field Marketing Management

• Recommends field structure and changes for business growth
• Ensures an effective overall territory coverage
• Liaises with sales and other departments to ensure adequate distribution of Infant Nutrition products.
• Achieves reach targets in terms of contacts (individuals and institutions)
• Participates actively in HCPs activities.
• Keeps Marketing Management aware of developments relating to competition, trends and changes in the medical health environment

Resources Management

• Ensures optimisation of Agencies resources in Service delivery
• Achieves business goals within the allocated budget
• Keeps operational cost within budget
• Develops and monitors performance indicators for measuring the department’s performance.

Desired Skills and Experience

• BSc Hons (min of with second Class lower division) from a recognised University in any of the following courses: Nutrition, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Dietetics, Nursing, Pharmacy, Home Economics.
• Additional qualification will be an advantage.
• 5 years experience with at least three years in a supervisory role in a hospital, health care facility or pharmaceutical Industry.

Competency Requirement

• Sound technical and scientific knowledge (including competition)
• Effective oral and written communication ability
• Flexible and easily adapts to changing job demands
• Drive and high level of initiative
• Computer literate.
• Strategic thinking
• Leadership
• Transparency and high ethical standards
• Creativity
• Mobility
• Should be prepared to be based anywhere in the country and travel extensively.
• Must posses a valid driving license