Regional Sales Manager

Job Description

Regional Sales Manager Southern Region

• Join a leading, global pharmaceutical organisation
• Based Melbourne, covering VIC, TAS, SA, WA
• Manage and develop an agile and passionate sales team

Leading a regional sales team, you will support strategies developed at a national business unit level that promote growth within the Companion Animal Business Unit with key veterinary and retail customers.

What You Will Do

•     Lead the activities of a regional sales team to deliver on identified individual and business priorities.
•     Achieve sales budgets and desired business growth as identified for the business unit and achieve identified team sales metrics.
• Implement team territory planning processes, including segmentation and best practice implementation of marketing campaigns.
• Develop and regularly review territory account and geographical responsibilities. 
• Build and coach sales team in business acumen to optimise territory management planning and targeting against segmentation to maximise customer interactions and account outcomes.
•     Lead the development of strategic and tactical business plans in conjunction with the account, National Sales & Key Accounts Lead, sales team and marketing/technical functions to drive execution excellence.
• Lead the servicing of nominated Veterinary Wholesale accounts and/or buying groups at a state office level and implement quarterly business reviews with key customers.
•    Utilise sales and market data to build and implement effective customer sales strategies that drive mutual profitable sales results within key accounts.

What You Must Have

• Tertiary qualification in Business or similar field.
• Significant experience in sales management roles in related markets or industries.
• Strong leadership and coaching skills.
• Excellent written, oral and presentation skills.  
• Proficiency in building strong rapport with internal and external stakeholders.
• Good management skills including analytical skills, time management, objective setting, and budget preparation.
• Highly developed skills in negotiating and influencing.
• Proficiency with CRM systems.
•    Demonstrated financial acumen
• Ability to think strategically, with medium to long term goals clearly identified, analyse data and problem solve in a logical manner.

What You Can Expect

• A great culture the benefits of working flexibly.
• Opportunity to make an impact in the promotion and growth of our Companion Animal Business Unit
• Be part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress and deliver meaningful innovations and solutions.
• Exposure to a variety of brands and opportunities for career growth.

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

VISA Sponsorship:

Travel Requirements:

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Remote

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Job Posting End Date:

07/12/2024

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Job Posting End Date:07/12/2024

A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.

Requisition ID:R275940