Sales Manager - Pharma (Northeast and Eastern)

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Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.

• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.

• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Abbott Thailand location in the Abbott Established Pharmaceuticals. As Sales Manager. We are committed to bringing the benefits of our trusted medicines to more people in the world’s fastest-growing countries. Our broad portfolio of high-quality and differentiated branded generic medicines reaches across multiple therapeutic areas including gastroenterology, women's health, cardiometabolic, pain management/central nervous system, and respiratory.

What You’ll Work On

• Develop and assist the sales force in achieving their sales targets through ongoing field coaching, training programs (sales and product), sales meetings, regular 1 x 1 communication, and appropriate reward and recognition.
• Translating marketing strategies into day to day working sales and promotional strategy and driving this with the sales force.
• Ensure high levels of customer satisfaction through the appropriate allocation of sales territories and monitoring representative activity reports and through strategic contact with key customers, associations and Government representatives.
• Assure consistent sales growth and achievement of sales goals and targets in assigned product portfolio by identifying opportunities and gaining new business while maintaining existing business and communicating to the management through monthly reports and informal discussions.
• Assist with preparation of sales plans, quotas and budgets. Implement sales plans and special promotions to aid achievement of sales goals. Inform management of issues affecting sales performance through regular reporting and informal discussions.
• Develop and manage the sales rep expense budget within plan by allocating budget appropriately and regularly monitoring performance. Authorize and submit representative claims in a timely fashion.
• Ensure that all activities undertaking will provide positive role modeling for new representatives and assist new representatives by sharing product knowledge and territory management skills.
• Develop and strengthen sales reps to successfully expedite their selling skills, product knowledge, negotiation skills to satisfy customer needs and sales achievement. Identify and monitor poor performance with recommendation for corrective actions to improve sales team strengths.
• Analyze and report market intelligence in a correct and timely manner.
• Give education on necessary knowledge and skill to the team. Manage the people issues e.g. recruitment, retention, annual performance reviews, development plans, on the job training etc.
• Actively seek, identify, analyze, and present new business opportunities and improvement ideas to senior management on an ongoing basis.
• Ensure all business activities comply with the WHO code, Thai code, relevant Acts, legal demands, Abbott code of conduct and ethical standards.

Required Qualifications

• Degree in Science/Pharmacy/Medical related field or Appropriate tertiary qualification.
• Minimum 5 years strong sales track record - preference for successful sales team supervision in Health Care Industry.
• Comprehensive industry knowledge.

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Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

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