Industry knowledge: Responsible for providing continuous tools and education to self and team members to ensure up to date industry, competitor and product knowledge; Maintains knowledge of the industry and the competition continually seeking information from physicians, suppliers, and others to challenge, modify and prioritize regional strategies; Collects data from their region on competitor's sales tactics and prepares the team to counter them and keeps the marketing organization aware; Maintains awareness of industry trends and their impact on local /regional sales activities.
Selling Skills: Visit customers and / or potential customers of Boston Scientific on a regular and planned basis to promote products and services to achieve monthly, quarterly and yearly revenue targets, as agreed with Country Sales Manager and/or Directo
Business Management: Monitors own and team member's sales performance on an ongoing basis, initiating corrective actions, preparing reports, summaries, analysis and documentation on all aspects of region management
Assists sales support/marketing staff members in activities such as sales promotion, training or market research in planning and executing special projects
Ensures the effective implementation of representative customer records, key contacts, reports and company policies
Develops and executes sales strategies and activities in conjunction with the Country Sales Manager and/or Director
Plans and controls expenses to ensure sales objectives are met within budget; Integrates individual territory plans and account profiles into a broader regional sales plan and coaches’ sales team accordingly, in consultation with the Country Sales Manager and/or Director
Conducts quarterly sales reviews with team and manager, adjusts strategies in accordance with Country requirements
Participates in cross-functional and cross-divisional communication and team-work meetings
As interface to Clients and Customer Service has direct responsibility to facilitate, share documents and process to identify, notify and ensure any complaint or problem are addressed, thereby demonstrating high commitment to Quality in all interactions and behaviors - Drive as needed to support and facilitate any field corrective action related his/her scope
Participates in driving quality awareness in every employee, while guiding the local organization towards improved performance and customer-oriented initiatives
Ensures that employees are notified of all mandatory training and quality obligations with HR Manager,Tracks completion of mandatory training.
Clinical Excellence: Is up to date and knows how to read and interpret clinical studies and data and is competent discussion partner to doctors; Maintains the skills and knowledge to sell the entire product line to all applicable buying influences and can
Quality: As interface to Clients and Customer Service has direct responsibility to facilitate, share documents and process to identify, notify and ensure any complaint or problem are addressed, thereby demonstrating high commitment to Quality in all interactions and behaviors; Drive as needed to support and facilitate any field corrective action related his/her scope; Ensures that all products and advertisement have been through the appropriate approval processes, prior to sharing or publishing (LAR).
Required Skills and Qualifications:
Leadership success / experience leading teams and mentoring and coaching others
Experience developing a collaborative team environment that displays core values
Experience /Ability to manage and develop business outside Turkey, position requires specific focus on Pakistan
Experience developing sales and business strategy and demonstrated commercial track record of success
Medical device industry experience, experience in Peripheral Vascular Business is preferable
Previous marketing exposure or experience highly desirable
Tertiary qualification in life sciences or business management (desirable).
Ability to undertake regular travel in Turkey and in the region (essential)