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Job title: National
Sales and Marketing Manager
Employment type: Full
time
Country: Uganda
City / Location: kampala
Min. years of
experience: 5 years
Required languages: English
Minimum degree: Bachelors
degree
Location: Kampala
with frequent travel up country
Reporting To: Business Development Manager
Duration of Contract: Two Years
Background imformaion
Marie Stopes Uganda (MSU) is a marketing-focused,
results-oriented social business that uses modern management and marketing
techniques to provide family planning and reproductive healthcare across every
district of Uganda. We aim to contribute 15 points to Uganda's contraceptive
prevalence rate by 2015, saving and improving many thousands of Ugandan lives.
MSU has 25% of the market share in modern contraceptives and, in 2010/2011,
safely delivered 50,000 babies and contributed 4 points to Uganda's
contraceptive prevalence rate. MSU has enjoyed 20% year on year growth since
2007. MSU is part of a global net work, Marie Stopes International (MSI), and
subscribes to MSI goal and mission, to prevent unwanted births and to ensure
individual's rights to Children by Choice not Chance.
Job Role
To manage the sales and marketing team and its functions.
Key Responsibilities
·
Develop brand strategies and marketing plans
under the guidance of the Business Development Manager to whom s/he will
report.
·
Recruit, train, motivate and manage a high
quality marketing and sales team to successfully improve the marketing and
sales functions.
·
Achieve agreed targets by providing hands on
leadership, including developing detailing and marketing materials, organizing
events for health providers, managing key client accounts and supervision to
all medical representatives and sales staff.
·
Ensure the successful launch of new health products.
·
Develop positive relationships with clients and
partners to help achieve objectives.
·
Establish and implement a monitoring and
management information system, and use the data for analysis to improve
strategy, planning and productivity.
·
Manage and report on all marketing activities
and sales targets on a monthly basis.
Experience and
Qualifications:
Background in pharmaceutical marketing, management and/or a
pharmacist/doctor.
At least five years experience in pharmaceutical marketing
and sales, preferably in a managerial capacity.
Experience and success in recruiting and retaining a high
performance sales team
Skills and Abilities
- · Demonstrated ability to lead and manage a diverse sales team.
- · Demonstrated ability to achieve sales plans.
- · Demonstrated ability to professionally develop and coach team members.
- · Strategy development, project management, problem solving, and change management skills.
- · Solid understanding of healthcare and regulatory requirements and issues.
- · Exceptional negotiation skills.
- · Ability to build positive working relationships, both internally and externally.
- · Ability to effectively present information and negotiate with all levels of management
- · Demonstrated strong oral and written communication skills.
- · Business related computer skills including Microsoft Office Suite.
Contact/How to apply:
Closing date: May
8, 2013 - 6pm
To apply: Please send a CV and Cover letter by email to
jobs@mariestopes.or.ug or post to the Senior Manager, People and Development,
Plot 1020, Kisugu-Muyenga, P.O Box 10431, Kampala-Uganda, quoting the position
title by 6.pm on Wednesday 8th May, 2013. Marie Stopes Uganda is an equal
opportunities employer committed to fostering a diverse workforce. Marie Stopes
Uganda is thankful to all applicants for their interest but only candidates who
meet all requisite criteria and are short listed will be contacted.
