Job title : Sales Consultant - Surgical Devices Urology and Critical Care
Job Location : Gauteng, Johannesburg Deadline : August 10, 2025 Quick Recommended Links
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Job Description
AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY :
- Responsible for the sales of the UROLOGY, CRITICAL CARE products, including maintaining and growing existing business and expanding of sales within the assigned territory which is EAST RAND & SOUTHERN REGION
- Scheduling and attending appointments with existing and potential customers.
- Demonstration of products to Clinical personnel.
- Completion of weekly planner and activity report for submission to direct manager.
- Achieving Sales Targets.
- Responsible for networking with and development of relationships with new customers and managing existing customers.
- Counting and Management of consignment stock.
- Requesting and following up on quotations.
- General Administration associated with the position.
- All activities to be recorded on Force Manager CRM.
CLEAR RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE FOLLOWING SBU’S : Urology, Critical Care
RESPONSIBLE FOR MARKETING ACTIVITIES :
MARKETING :
- Assist the National Product manager with Journal clubs, workshops / VISTA meetings and various conferences as needed.
- Assist the Sales managers with the Sales budgeting per territory for the SBU.
- Effective implementation of tactical and strategic plan.
- Effective marketing activities including congresses and customer workshops and educational events.
- Daily calls to customers and new prospects.
- Effective promotion of all products offered by the company.
- Sales Knowledge to allow for effective selling of product features and benefits.
- Evaluation, analyses and report on Competitors’ products, drive strategies and driving appropriate business responses.
CUSTOMER RELATIONS :
- In your product and marketing capacity establish a network with the stakeholders in the Hospitals, Physicians and Key Opinion Leaders.
- Build and maintain strong relations with all stakeholders, including customers, payors, government and employees in representing our full line of products and services.
- Attending to appointments with Customers and prospects.
- Report to Sales Managers when needed with existing and potential customers.
- Gather customer requirements in cooperation with Sales managers to ensure customer satisfaction.
- Assist when needed with Successful congresses and training workshops.
- Assist with Identifying the correct customers to attend product training to ensure an ROI.
- Manage relationships with all customers, prospects and key opinion leaders where needed.
- Maintain good relations and communication with internal customers i.e., Customer Services, Finance Department, Logistics and Management.
- Utilising customer profiling and mapping tools to grow product families according to customer need but in line with our business strategy and focus products.
SALES REPORTS AND ADMINISTRATION :
- Achieve monthly and quarterly sales budgets for the SBU.
- Achieve annual sales budgets per SBU.
- Assist where need to attend to Daily Ariba / Trade world, tender input and quote requests.
- Expense claims handed in on time as per the schedule received from Finance with correct cost allocations.
- Monthly reports to the Sales Manager submitted before 5th of the month.
- Weekly call reports and Weekly call planners to be recorder on Force Manager and to be sent to the Sales Manager.
- Compliance to regulatory SOP’s, SA Regulations and Code of Business Ethics.
- Maintain the Company’s ethical position. Effectively communicate and manage Company business conduct policies.
TRAINING :
SALES REPRESENTATIVE ROLE :
- Maintain a high level of motivation to ensure marketing function is well implemented.
- Preparation and conducting of presentations at Sales Consultants’- and management- meetings.
- Assist Sales Managers with product queries and / or technical / clinical application information.
- Manage your portfolio by living the company values.
TRAINING EVENTS :
- Identify and implement educational events for customers to achieve growth.
- Manage the implementation of workshop activities with sales team and customers.
- Train new customers on the range of products as set out by your manager.
- Assist with Identifying workshops and educational events that will deliver a ROI and result in product growth.
- Participate in company business and sales meetings and provide input to management.
- Attend and assist when needed for planning of all congresses identified.
ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES :
REPORTS :
- Adhere to credit policies and procedures of the group.
- Maintain all administrative responsibilities associated with this position, monthly reporting on marketing activities.
- Ensure all product and marketing activities comply with legal and ethical standards.
- Managing all company expenses within the marketing budget provided.
- Adhere to any legal or medical requirements and inform management of changed requirements.
- Submit monthly report to senior management and record all activities on Force Manager CRM.
STOCK MANAGEMENT :
- Assist with Stock rotation and slow-moving identification and returns.
- Assist Sales Managers with input from the field on stock ordering and give feedback on stock requirements from the field.
- Management of consignment stock allocated to customers on request from Sales Managers.
- Management of boot stock allocated to yourself and rotation of stock when needed to reduce unnecessary expiration of products.
- Should a procedural kit procedure be implemented in the SBU – the responsibility of managing this and evaluating the effectiveness of it remains your responsibility.
- Give effective feedback to Management on Consignment stock.
Requirements
QUALIFICATIONS :
- Grade 12 (Matric) is a minimum requirement.
- A relevant degree or diploma is an advantage.
- Any medical-management or -marketing qualification would be a definite advantage.
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED :
- Medical experience is a preference and previous experience in a similar position such as Urology, Critical Care or any experience in the Medical Industry would be an advantage.
- Knowledge of the target group of customers will be an advantage.
- Clinical and product knowledge will be a definite advantage.
- Existing relationships with customer base will be a definite advantage.
- Computer literacy and proficiency on MS Office, specifically Excel (level 2 at least) and MS Word is a requirement for this position.
SKILLS / COMPETENCIES :
- Advanced planning and organizational skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Knowledge of marketing analysis, practices, strategies, planning.
- Strong analytical, organizational and decision-making skills.
- Strong understanding of business and financial drivers.
- Strong influencing skills to present new ideas promoting collaboration and generate buy-in.
- Ability to work independently and as a team member, while using discretion in decision making and sound judgment in problem solving.
- Demonstrated follow-through, initiative, attention to detail and drive for continuous improvement.
- High level of energy and stress tolerance required.
- Ability to work well under pressure and maintain positive, enthusiastic attitude.
- High level of motivation and vision and results orientated.
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment and build strong working relationships.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and meet deadlines.
- Time management to be efficient.
- Work Ethics.
- Ability to travel extensively in the country and when needed to travel abroad.
- Knowledge of the sales process that supports marketing activities, with the ability to understand & interpret customer needs using fact-finding to identify sales opportunities.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office – specially Excel at an advanced level and PowerPoint and Outlook.
- Integrity, responsive, high commitment.
- Desire to win with a drive on results.
- Strong leadership skills, a leader whose personal and professional behaviour is aligned to the Group values.