district ManagerNovartis

Job Description
#1! Sandoz was the first pharmaceutical company to receive approval of a biosimilar in Europe, Japan and the United States. A division of Novartis, Sandoz is a global leader in generic and biosimilar medicines, committed to playing a leading role in driving access to medicine worldwide.
As a District Manager, you are responsible for driving the sales operations plan and for achieving agreed sales and broader performance targets for their part of the organization/specific product area.
On the top of that, District Manager will lead a team of Territory Sales Representatives to deliver on strategic vision for Sandoz Philippines.
Join us in this outstanding opportunity and help us make a difference and impact patients' lives!
Your Responsibilities:
Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:
Accountable for achieving own and team's agreed sales, productivity and performance targets.
Creates and executes business plans to drive this achievement, and is responsible for brands' strategic and tactical planning in line with company strategy and standards.
Works independently to maintain existing clients and to develop new business opportunities. -
Manages and optimizes effective allocation of resources to deliver required business results. Manages area sales and expense budgets.
Serves as a communication bridge from Senior Management to Sales Representatives / Product Specialists. -
Leads a high-performing team of Medical Representatives / Product Specialists; hires, trains and develops them as necessary; provides coaching and feedback to the team.
Manages relationships with key accounts' decision makers, key opinion leaders, patient associations; and other colleagues across business functions to achieve desired results.
Masters product knowledge and disease area knowledge; and coach the team on the same.
Minimum requirements
What you'll bring to the role:
2 years' experience as a District Manager with good track record.
Experience in Sales in Healthcare / Pharma / related business
Proficient in English and Tagalog.
Highly strategic and with strong analytical skills and Self-starter; minimal direction
Has good understanding of the generics market and customer potential
Area of assignment: AAIR South GMA/South Luzon
Able to understand changing dynamics of Pharmaceutical industry Market
Desirable Requirements:
* With strong leadership potential, people orientation, managing and influencing a highly competitive workforce, customer oriented, team player and self-starter
Why Sandoz?
500 million patients were touched by Sandoz generic and biosimilar medicines in 2020 and while we're proud of this, we know there is more we could do to continue to help pioneer access to medicines for people around the world.
How will we do this? We believe new insights, perspectives and ground-breaking solutions can be found at the intersection of medical science and digital innovation. That a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment inspires new ways of working.
We believe our potential can thrive and grow in an unbossed culture underpinned by integrity, curiosity and flexibility. And we can reinvent what's possible, when we collaborate with courage to aggressively and ambitiously tackle the world's toughest medical challenges. Because the greatest risk in life, is the risk of never trying!
Imagine what you could do here at Sandoz!
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse team's representative of the patients and communities we serve.
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Functional Area
Sales
Division
SANDOZ
Business Unit
Commercial OPS SIR SZ
Employment Type
Regular
Shift Work
No
Novartis

Luzón, Guadalajara Philippines
Permanent
Full-time