Country Manager East Africa

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Country Manager East Africa

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You will 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 around the world 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 a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our offices in Nairobi Kenya, in the Abbott Molecular division .

As the Country Manager , To develop, maintain and grow the business, and market share of the Division (Abbott Molecular)

What You’ll Do

• Work closely with the Managing Director Africa to plan, develop, and execute a strategy for

profitably growing the Molecular business in thecountry including both the private and

government sector business.

• Develop a competitive Trade Key Accounts business building opportunity within the Life

Science Laboratory and molecular instrumentation distributor groups.

• Achievement of sales targets & SFE KPIs as per PLN

• Propose and negotiate resource allocation (human and financial) to ensure

manpower requirements are identified for maximum productivity.

• Control / review / monitor expenditure against allocated budgets.

Forecast, plan implement and monitor all sales activities. Compiles & submits reports as

• Create new business ideas and sales techniques for the sales teams to help drive

the business forward

• Ensure that all marketing strategies are communicated, understood, effectively

implemented and monitored, providing feedback regarding effectiveness of these

• Develop Territory sales plans for all strategic brands

• Conduct environmental scanning, organizational effectiveness, and competitor and market

• Ensure effective communication thereof with marketing team & management.

Ensure synergies across the business units as well as with other departments within the

organization are identified and encouraged

• Elaborate and implement motivation elements (bonuses, incentives, training plans, skills

development and talent identification and retention) necessary to maintaining synergies

and business growth

• Prepare and present annual business plans to) with periodic updates as requested or as

necessary. The plan must identify specific actions that will achieve sales and profitgoals.

• Developing relationships with key government members and bureaucracy, building

understanding of the Molecular Division and their role in the Life Science and Research

• Develop strong distributor management relationships based around common values and

team work.

• Participate in process improvements throughout the business that will ensure the

organization meets its goals and objectives.

• Demonstrates indirect influence and can persuade, persevere, motivate, and operate ina

matrix environment.

• Implement a strong relationship with Funders/KOLs and create long term engagement

plans with marketing

• Visit top Funders ,KOLs and C suite at agreed frequency

• Create a monitoring mechanism for KOL engagement

• Knows business drivers and what to change to produce results and grow business.

• Understands history and factors impacting current state and continually collects and

analyzes key market data.

• Externally focused on customers, and patients. Knows what they want, how to add value

to them and create a difference from our competitors.

• Understands pricing, reimbursement challenges in the healthcare system and its politics

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Required Qualifications

Tertiary qualification in Medical Technology or Biochemistry or Related

Preferred experience:

•Minimum 3-5 years Sales Management /National Sales Management preferably

experience having worked with distributors within Kenya and surrounding areas with track

record of proven success, that involved working closely with customers to deliverresults.

• Candidate is based in Kenya.

• Molecular or Life Sciences business leader with extensive commercial experience across

the key aspects of the industry from a base in marketingand sales

• Experience in healthcare ideally within the Molecular laboratory industry.

• Superior negotiation skills with proven record of successful deals.

• Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor a sales team through strongleadership

competencies, interpersonal relations and customer focus.

• Established KOL relationships and market knowledge a strong advantage.

• Strategy, planning and execution skills

• Verbal and written communication skills.

• Coaching and personnel development skills.

• Motivation and leadership skills.

• Financial analysis skills.

Apply Now

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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The base pay for this position is
N/A

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

     

JOB FAMILY:

Sales Force

     

DIVISION:

AMD Molecular

        

LOCATION:

Kenya : Remote

     

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

     

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

     

TRAVEL:

Yes, 75 % of the Time

     

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

No

     

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Not Applicable