Case Assistant, Temporary Contract | Vascular Division | Gauteng

This position will report to the Regional Clinical Sales
Manager:

Case Assistant in Johannesburg region. In this temporary
role, the Case Assistant will be assisting in Vascular cases by supporting and
standing in for the Sales Consultant during leave, to sell the full range of
Cook Peripheral Interventional, Cook, Embolisation, Getinge, Cardionovum,
Angiodynamics products in a professional manner by calling on health care
professionals and related role players i.e., Vascular surgeons, Interventional
Radiologists, Stock Controllers, Theatre staff etc.

In this role the Case Assistant will be expected to maintain
current business, by creating relationships with customers, in the shortest
time, and service current business thereby.

• Maintaining
  existing business in the assigned territory;
  
• Scheduling and
  attending appointments with existing customers;
  
• Preparing stock
  for and attending theatre lists, to service the product related needs of the
  customers;
  
• Completion of
  weekly planner and activity report for submission to direct manager;
  
• Responsible for
  networking with and managing existing customers;
  
• Counting and
  management of Consignment Stock;
  
• Requesting and
  following up on quotations;
  
• General
  administration associated with the position
  

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
  reports to management.
  

Stock
Management:

• Assist with
  Stock rotation and slow-moving identification and returns;
  
• Assist Sales
  Manager 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 Manager;
  
• Management of
  boot stock allocated and rotation of stock when needed to reduce unnecessary
  expiration of products;
  
• Giving feedback
  to Management on Consignment stock.
  

Requirements

• A relevant degree is a minimum requirement;
  
• Any medical and marketing qualifications would be a definite advantage
  

Minimum
requirements:

• Graduate or
  suitable tertiary education
  
• Own car, travel
  in the Johannesburg region, even after hours;
  
• Willingness to
  work hard and long hours when required.
  

Experience
Required

• Medical
  experience during education is a preference and previous experience in a
  similar position such as Vascular or any experience in the Medical Industry
  would be an advantage;
  
• Knowledge of
  the target group of customers will be an advantage;
  
• Computer
  literacy and proficiency in MS Office, specifically Excel (level 2 at least)
  and MS Word is a requirement for this position;