Regional Sales Manager - Biopharma

Responsible for leading account representatives to manage daily communications essential to achieving client goals. The contact person for daily client communications. Monitors and manages team performance and give guidance when needed. Maintain long-term and profitable customer relationships. May provide oversight to lower-level supervisor(s).

Sales Manager is accountable for selling operations at regional level (Large & Small molecules) along with his/her team in order to achieve sales targets within the budgeted operating expenses.

What we're looking for:

Education: • B.Sc./M.Sc/B.Pharm/M.Pharm/B.Tech (Biotechnology) (Biology/Bio Chemistry/Molecular Biology/ Biotechnology), MBA (Marketing) will be added advantage
Experience: • 10-15 years of relevant experience

• Experience of managing large teams

Skills/Competencies: • Well acquainted with market dynamics.
• Good market acceptability and references
• Analytical capabilities
• Ability to manage difficult customers
Other Skills: • Interpersonal skills
• Listening skills
• Communication Skills

• Negotiation Skills

How you'll thrive and create an impact:

• Responsible for handling direct reports & ensure their success to achieve regional sales goals & objectives.
  • Responsible to achieve the given targets (annual, and Qtrly sales targets)
  • Prepare weekly projections of sales and collections.
  • Discuss the inputs/resources required to achieve targets - training, demonstrations, road shows, visits to special customers etc. and provide the same.
  • Visit customers to generate sales, achieve collections.
  • Provide sales projection to Supply Chain to enable them to plan procurement of products.
  • • Direct selling operations in the region to achieve sales targets.
  • Monitor sales closely i.e. which customer is being visited and the status of sale; which products are selling well and which are not; intervene appropriately to achieve targets; ensure that orders are delivered in time.
  • Monitor collections to ensure that daily sales outstanding are within targets. Follow up with customers wherever necessary.
  • Encourage field enquiry, set up customer feedback systems, collect and collate competitor and price data.
  • Controls various administrative procedures such as stock movement, promotion material control, territory allocation/distributor allocation to optimize regional productivity.
  • To explore new territories for market development
  • To identify and create new customer segments

Disclaimer:
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Avantor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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The work we do changes people's lives for the better. It brings new patient treatments and therapies to market, giving a cancer survivor the chance to walk his daughter down the aisle. It enables medical devices that help a little boy hear his mom's voice for the first time. Outcomes such as these create unlimited opportunities for you to contribute your talents, learn new skills and grow your career at Avantor.

We are committed to helping you on this journey through our diverse, equitable and inclusive culture which includes learning experiences to support your career growth and success. At Avantor, dare to go further and see how the impact of your contributions set science in motion to create a better world. Apply today!

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