Graduate Sales Supervisor Latest career Vacancy At Novo Nordisk Nigeria 2014

Graduate Sales Supervisor Latest Vacancy At Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk Middle Africa unit covers approximately 800 million people across 48 countries. Novo Nordisk has an established presence with Human Insulin and Modern Insulin in Africa and our focus today is to sustain the growth of the market, ensure availability of better quality Modern Insulin within the markets and support the communities living with diabetes. Novo Nordisk Nigeria is a part of Middle Africa unit and we are looking to expand our reach in the country.

Novo Nordisk Nigeria is looking to fill the following position: Sales Supervisor at Novo Nordisk

Job Title: Sales Supervisor

Location: Lagos

Job Description
The Sales Supervisor position refers to a Field Sales Manager role reporting to the Regional Manager, Nigeria and is a part of the Nigeria Management Team as well as the extended Middle Africa Management Team.

Responsibilities:
Driving sales via the sales force with an indispensable business ethical mind-set
Development and implementation of annual national sales plan, detailing activities to follow during the fiscal year with focus on meeting organizational objectives
Actively pursuing commercial effectiveness approaches including segmentation and targeting in line with Novo Nordisk strategies
Effectively participating in managing the. sales budget in Nigeria and ensuring the delivery of all sales activities within the agreed budget
Working in collaboration with the direct reports to ensure full achievement of set financial targets
Execution of in-depth on the job training, mentoring, and coaching activities with the sales force
Analysing and interpreting market information to develop proactive ideas to overcome market challenges
Monitoring competitor activity
Securing sales, public tenders, and overall, achieve business growth in the territory.

Qualification:
Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy, Pharmacology, Biochemistry or Microbiology
At least 1 year experience in management of a sales team as a Field Sales Manager
At least 4 years’ experience in promoting pharmaceutical products
Solid Nigerian Pharmaceutical market knowledge
Professional sales qualification is an added advantage
Fluency in written/spoken English

Application Closing Date
24th December, 2013

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send your CV to Olatunbosun Odutayo at: ooy@novonordisk.com

Note: The expected employment date is 1st February, 2014. Kindly indicate which location or locations you are applying for in the title of the application e-mail e.g. ‘Application for Medical Representative- Akure, Lagos, Kano.
Applications which do not indicate the location preference, will not be taken into consideration.