District Sales Manager

District Sales Manager – North Region

Does your motivation come from challenges and from working in a dynamic environment? Are you enthusiastic about using and sharing your scientific knowledge to make a difference to patients’ lives? Then we might have the right position for you.

We are now recruiting for a District Sales Manager for Iraq, North Region based in Erbil. This is a unique opportunity to work for a world leader in diabetes care, haemophilia, growth hormones therapy and obesity.

About the Department

Novo Nordisk Iraq has a history of selling and supply to Iraq since 1968. We are located in our office in Baghdad and employ 35 plus engaged people, all dedicated to support our affiliate outperform competition and overcome challenges related to Human Resources, Marketing, Market Access, Medical, Regulatory, Quality, Finance, IT and Legal.

Novo Nordisk is looking for a sales professional to take up the position of District Sales Manager based in Erbil.You will lead report to the Head of Sales, Diabetes & Biopharm and will be responsible for the promotion of Novo Nordisk Diabetes and Biopharm portfolio by managing the regional field force employees. As a people manager, you will coach, supervise, motivate and take care of individual developments of the reporting team in order to reach their business objectives and represent Novo Nordisk vision, values and commitment in daily contact with customers. The main cities in the North area are; Erbil, Sulumania, Duhok, Kirkuk, Mosul

The Job

As a District Sales Manager, you will ensure district promotional activity plans are well prepared. You will plan and organize congress/symposium participations in the district. You will monitor customer needs in your area. You will evaluate 4 Medical Representatives’ performance in your region, and support their continuous development.

 

You will report of customer complaints and adverse events according to NN procedure by living Novo Nordisk values and applying Novo Nordisk way in daily work where “we never compromise on Quality and Business Ethics”

 

Qualifications

You hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences and is registered before the Pharmacist of Syndicate in Iraq. You have a people management experience or capable of acting as a people manager. You possess solid professional qualifications and at least 5-year experience in pharmaceutical industry as sales representative or similar roles. Fluent in Arabic and English, Kurdish proficiency will be preferable on top. Willing to travel internally in all Iraqi regions and externally. Excellent communication and negotiation skills. Effective time management skills, ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously. Strong team player, innovative and initiator and demonstrate proactive thinking.

 

Working at Novo Nordisk

At Novo Nordisk we recognise that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and the communities we operate in.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. We are happy to discuss flexible working, depending on the role and subject to business needs.

 

Contact

If you are interested in joining our team and you are qualified for the challenge, please submit your CV online through the career site.

Deadline

23 August 2021

 

Millions rely on us
To work for Novo Nordisk you will need the skills, dedication and ambition to change lives for the better for millions of patients living with diabetes and other chronic diseases. In exchange, we offer the chance to be part of a truly global workplace, where passion and engagement are met with opportunities for professional and personal development.