Professional Sales Manager | GenNext | Patna

Abbott

20h•Remote

About The Position

As a Territory Business Manager, you will be responsible for the development and performance of all sales strategies in the assigned market. You will drive primary sales, secondary sales, and ensure brand presence in defined markets. You will supervise/manage the distributor network to achieve desired sales objectives, thereby ensuring the achievement of financial and ethical objectives of the division as per the business strategy. To achieve this, you will have the authority to develop your customer management plan, approve expiry products, issue credit notes for distributors under your control, recommend the appointment and credit limits of distributors, develop, execute & plan your resource utilization, and participate in Strategy Execution review meetings to ensure alignment. You have a very important role to play in the Division's success.

Requirements

Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8-hour day)

Responsibilities

Plan for monthly and quarterly business.
Plan for Trade activation business and overall sales.
Plan demand generation and fulfillment.
Monitor actual Sales and mid-course corrections and inputs to reduce variance against expectations.
Prescription audit for Abbott brands and other competitors' brands.
Create and update customer list having a specified number of doctors / chemists (Trade) as per the therapy / product requirement and maintain the same in physical / electronic format.
Identify potential towns and appoint distributors and customers (trade) in line with business philosophy.
Achieve monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, and yearly Sales targets by promoting companies' products ethically to customers as per the business plan.
Have science-based discussions with Doctors and chemists for promotion of products in clinics and at chemist places.
Organize Camps (CME) as per the division strategy and customers' needs.
Carry out activations across trade and clinics for brand visibility.
Plan and conduct merchandising and sampling activities as per Division strategy.
Facilitate the process of successful new product / products launch in the territory by undertaking correct identification and targeting customers for the new product, meeting them at predetermined intervals, effective in-clinic / trade promotion, and providing feedback to the company.
Execute the customer management plan to ensure that all customers are covered as per the plan and meet minimum KPIs.
Ensure 100% coverage of Doctors.
Meet Customer Call average as per the customer management plan of the division / therapy.
Conduct market intelligence collection and retailer level inventory management calls as per the product profile and marketing strategy of the therapy / division.
Ensure the visibility of Abbott brands on retailers' outlets as a part of brand promotion strategy.
Plan and attend Retail meets, Market Blitz, etc., for sales growth.