Arabian Ethicals was established in 1977 to service the pharmaceutical industry as an agent for the management, storage, and distribution of manufacturers\xe2\x80\x99 brands to both the private and governmental sectors.
Today, Arabian Ethicals has grown into one of the leading healthcare distributor in UAE, distributing 50 brands across its pharmaceutical core business, animal health, and consumer division.
The job holder is responsible for developing and executing sales & marketing strategies in coordination with the Division Manager. The individual sets sales targets, plans for market share growth and development of action plans to penetrate new markets and leads a team of sales professionals to accomplish set goals and ensure that all planned sales activities are implemented in a timely manner. The incumbent is also responsible for Business Development, Inventory Management, Field/Category/Sales Management and Collection.
Annual Budgets and Sales/Cost Forecasts
Assist the Division Manager to develop annual sales strategy and budgets for the Medical Division and set individual sales targets for the sales team
Establishes sales objectives by forecasting and developing annual sales quotas; projecting expected sales volume and profit for existing / new products
Maintains sales volume, product mix, and selling price by keeping current with supply and demand, changing trends, economic indicators, and competitors
Sales & Marketing Management
Meet Key Account Personnel for Business Development
Conducts Sales Meetings regularly and review sales performance of the team. Formulate action plans that improve sales team productivity, customer-service standards and sales system improvements
Inventory Management
Relationship Management with Principals
Establish and maintain effective relationship with suppliers
Achieve the agreed purchasing target
Provide principals with accurate product forecast, market trends, customer feedback, competitor information
Business Development:
Maintain and expand customer base by counselling sales representatives; building and maintaining rapport with key customers; identifying new customer opportunities
Working Capital Management
Ensure accurate sales forecast to avoid out of stocks or over stocking situation
Use economical order quantity \xe2\x80\x93 Minimize buffer stocks - Order the right quantities.
Liquidation of slow moving/short shelf life (near expiry) items. Maintain zero expired products.
Provide the customers with statement of accounts and collect the due payment on time
Staff Training and Sales Team Management
Accomplish people management objectives by recruiting, selecting, orienting and facilitating training for current / new employees
Communicate job expectations and plan, monitor, appraise, and review job contributions through the organization Performance Management system
Partner with the Group Learning & Development team to identify training needs, formulate a training calendar that addresses identified development needs
Qualifications
University Degree in Biomedical / Biotech Engineering
MBA in Sales and Marketing is an advantage
Additional Information
Skills & Professional Requirements:
Knowledge of products, industry trends and key competitors in designated geography
Language skills \xe2\x80\x93 Should be fluent in English. Knowledge of Arabic and Hindi is desirable
Proficient in MS Office esp. Excel, Power Point and Word
Experience Requirements:
5-7 years of Sales experience, preferably in Pharmaceutical / Healthcare industry
3-4 years of experience of managing small to medium sized teams