Sales Representative

Ascensia Diabetes Care Holdings AG; Oslo; Hybrid; NOK 550,000 - 750,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sales bonuses

Pension & insurance

Job summary

Ascensia Diabetes Care is seeking a motivated Sales Representative to expand our presence in diabetes care. You will build trusted partnerships with healthcare professionals, provide product support and training, and drive business growth across your territory in Oslo and surrounding areas.

The role requires independence, strong communication, and willingness to travel regularly; a scientific background and English proficiency are assets for success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Health Sciences, or a related field.
• Experience in healthcare sales or willingness to learn sales.
• Fluent Norwegian and English with strong communication skills.
• Valid driver's license and willingness to travel regularly.

Responsibilities

• Manage sales and customer relationships for Ascensia products in the territory.
• Build and maintain relationships with diabetes nurses and pharmacy staff.
• Participate in sales/marketing activities, meetings, exhibitions and events.
• Use insights to plan territory activities, prioritize accounts, and maintain CRM.
• Keep product knowledge up to date and share market insights with the team.

Skills

Independent

Active listening

Analytical thinking

Interpersonal skills

Negotiation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Science/Health Sciences or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Ascensia Diabetes Care is a global specialist diabetes care company, dedicated to helping people living with diabetes. Our mission is to empower people living with diabetes through innovative solutions that simplify and improve their lives. We use our innovation and specialist expertise in diabetes to develop high quality solutions and tools that make a positive, daily difference for people. At Ascensia, our values serve as the bedrock of our organization. They guide our decisions, actions, and interactions, shaping the culture we collectively foster. Our Values include: Resilient Growth Mindset Executional Excellence Courageous Leadership Inclusive Collaboration. We believe that when we live our values authentically, both individually and as a team, we unlock our true potential and drive sustainable success.

Job Title

Sales Representative

About the Opportunity

Ascensia Diabetes Care is now looking for a motivated and customer-focused Sales Representative to help expand our presence and make a meaningful impact in diabetes care. In this independent role, you will build trusted partnerships with healthcare professionals and pharmacies, provide expert product support and training, and drive business growth across your territory. The job requires you to be proactive and self-motivated. You will play a role in delivering innovative solutions that support people living with diabetes, while working in a collaborative, purpose-driven environment that values initiative, relationship building, and commercial excellence.

Location

This role covers Oslo, Hedmark and South Rogaland. The ideal candidate is located in Oslo.

What you will be doing

• Manage sales and customer relationships for Ascensia products within the assigned territory, serving as a trusted partner to diabetes nurses and pharmacy staff.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with existing and potential customers through regular visits.
• Participate in sales and marketing activities, including customer meetings, exhibitions, seminars, congresses, and diabetes awareness events.
• Use customer and market insights to plan territory activities, prioritize accounts, maintain CRM records, and report on market developments.
• Keep up to date with product knowledge, competitor activity, and sales best practices, while sharing insights and contributing to team success.

What you need for success

• You must be independent, a good listener, well organized, analytical and have good interpersonal skills to build good long-term relationships with healthcare professionals.
• You should feel comfortable interpreting numbers so that you can effectively create the most appropriate sales visit plan for yourself and analyze the market conditions and situation in a smart way.
• Bachelor's degree in Science, Health Sciences, or a related field preferred.
• Experience in healthcare sales or strong desire to learn sales.
• Experience or knowledge of diabetes care and/or medical devices is an advantage.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in Norwegian, with a communicative level of English are required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) is required.
• Valid driver's license and willingness to travel regularly is required.

What we can offer

• We can offer you competitive salary with sales bonuses, good pension and insurance scheme.

Building an Inclusive Culture

We are a company that brings varying backgrounds, ideas, and points of view to inventing on behalf of all customers. Our diverse perspectives are enriched by many dimensions, including race, ethnicity, gender, age, physical and mental ability, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, culture, language, and education, as well as professional and life experience. We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and leveraging our unique perspectives to scale our impact and growth. At Ascensia we are motivated by challenging & varied work, we are passionate about our customers and we care deeply about being a trusted partner of the diabetes community. When we come to work each day, we know we are making a difference and we are able to impact other people’s lives.