First Line Manager

Abbott Laboratories; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott Laboratories in Riyadh is seeking a licensed pharmacist leader to manage a team in the Established Pharmaceuticals division. This role focuses on mentoring, coaching, and coordinating a sales and medical affairs team to promote Abbott products across various channels.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's in Pharmacy, SCHS license, and at least 4 years of Saudi pharma market experience, with strong communication and leadership skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in pharmacy required.
• Saudi nationality required.
• 4+ years of experience in the Saudi pharma market.
• Licensing: SCHS license to practice.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 2+ professionals.
• Promote and sell Abbott products across channels in the designated territory.
• Mentor, coach, and coordinate team activities.
• Maintain excellent communication with physicians, pharmacists, and distributors.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring/Coaching

Team management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's in Pharmacy

SCHS License

Job description

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life.

You’ll also 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 worldwide 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Riyadh. field site. location in the Established Pharmaceuticals division.

Divisional Information

Established Pharmaceuticals

We are committed to bringing the benefits of our trusted medicines to more people in the world’s fastest-growing countries. Our broad portfolio of high-quality and differentiated branded generic medicines reaches across multiple therapeutic areas including gastroenterology, women's health, cardiometabolic, pain management/central nervous system, and respiratory.

What You’ll Work On

• Leads/supervises a team of 2 or more professionals.
• First level manager of a work team that could comprise professionals, technical and/or administrative staff.
• Typically, without budget or hire/fire authority.
• Focuses on mentoring, coaching, and coordination.
• Responsible for promoting and/or selling the organization's products across multiple or non-specified channels in a designated territory by contacting specialists, physicians, pharmacies and/or distributors.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's in pharmacy.

Licenses:

Saudi commission for health specialist / SCHS

Language:

• English
• Arabic

Minimum Experience Required:

• At least 4 years’ experience in Saudi pharma market.
• Saudi Nationality.

Personal Characteristics:

Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, discipline, flexible, work with team, Leadership.

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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