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Our client is a globally operating, medium-sized family business in laboratory diagnostics. Since it was founded around 50 years ago, the company has grown to a size of 270 employees at two locations in Germany. In order to continue this success story, driven by the vision of making diagnostics possible everywhere in the world, our client is looking for a purchasing manager North Africa Region at he earliest possible date.
Your responsibilities
- Manage and cooperate with the distributors in the North Africa region. Maintain and develop the relationship with the distributors at all the relevant levels (owners, managers, staff)
- Develop and deliver business plans and financial projections for the countries in the sales territory to ensure optimum performance and achievement of set targets. Monitor the implementation processes.
- Implement successful marketing and pricing policies and establish sales strategy and plans based on the accurate understanding of the market trends and competitor activities in the region.
- Monitor sales and revenue performance and initiate corrective measures when necessary.
- Conduct regular business reviews with the distributors and visits to laboratories and hospitals together with the distributors.
- Maintain a high-level product related knowledge and skills and make sure that the distributors’ teams have the necessary technical, product and market knowledge to achieve the set targets.
- Ensure that all internal resources (Marketing, Technical, Finance, etc.) are optimally utilized and deployed to achieve the set targets.
- Identify the gaps and needs in distributors teams and organize the respective trainings accordingly.
Your profile :
a medical education combined with a background in clinical laboratory experience in the field of in vitro diagnostics (reagents and analyzers)sales talent and commercial understandingbusiness fluent English, French and / or Arabic, if possible German Level B2european residence permit is required.willingness to travel on a regular basis – approx. 50 %What our client offers :
permanent employment contractemployer-funded private supplementary health insuranceWorking life modelflexible working hours and home office by arrangementJobRad (bicycle leasing)e charging stationscanteen and free fruits and drinksfurther training opportunitiesfree parking spaces directly at the house