Business Unit Manager, Urology

4 weeks ago

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Boston Scientific Gruppe Full time

Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit - High Performance

At Boston Scientific, we'll give you the opportunity to harness all that's within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information, and training, we'll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you'll be supported in progressing – whatever your ambitions.

About the Role

Work in line with corporate, regional, and country sales strategies to plan, schedule, and execute sales tactics in securing BSC Urology product positioning, market penetration, training, and forecasting against market and sales plans. Reference marketing intelligence and research to properly strategize with the sales team to capture and broaden BSC's Urology market share. Drive the achievement of customer satisfaction and business growth through focused business planning and people management.

This position based in Johannesburg requires extensive travel across South Africa (approximately three days per week) based on business and client requirements.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Running key processes including Annual operating plan, strategic planning, and forecasting for the SAF.
  • As a member of the Country Leadership team in South Africa and Divisional leadership team of Urology, being the leader for driving change in the country and in the region.
  • Driving alignment between division and region for planning and execution.
  • Coaching sales teams and supporting them for their professional development.
  • Providing continuous tools and education to group members to ensure up-to-date industry, competitor, and product knowledge.
  • Continually seeking information from physicians, suppliers, and others to challenge, modify, and prioritize regional strategies.
  • Countering competitor sales strategies whilst collaborating closely with marketing.
  • Maintaining awareness of industry trends and their impact on local/regional sales activities.
  • Monitoring regional sales performance on an ongoing basis, initiating corrective actions, preparing reports, summaries, analysis, and documentation on all aspects of region management.
  • Assisting sales support/marketing staff members in activities such as sales promotion, training, or market research.
  • Developing and executing sales strategies and activities in conjunction with the Marketing and Training team.
  • Planning and controlling expenses to ensure sales objectives are met within budget.
  • Integrating individual territory plans and account profiles into a broader regional sales plan and coaching sales teams accordingly.
  • Preparing quarterly regional sales forecasts and participating in the determination of market potential and sales expense estimates.
  • Regularly traveling in the field with team members to ensure divisional strategies are fully implemented, whilst supporting team development through coaching and best practices.
  • Ensuring effective territory management and account targeting.
  • Conducting quarterly sales reviews with the team and manager, adjusting strategies in accordance with regional requirements.
  • Developing, implementing, and monitoring regional targeting programs.
  • Identifying sales forecast gaps and submitting corrective strategies to achieve sales growth.
  • Developing and recommending expansion analysis, promotion programs, and materials to help support sales strategies.
  • Actively supporting corporate/divisional selling initiatives by proactively assisting in the training and influencing their team.
  • Maintaining skills and knowledge to sell the entire product line to all applicable buying influences and differentiating each product line against competition.
  • Identifying and developing working relationships with economic buyers in their region's key accounts.
  • Facilitating contract negotiations involving all products within the region.
  • Creating a complete "bundle" of product and value-add services.
  • Defining negotiation parameters for economically constrained customer situations.
  • Maintaining contact with major accounts and key relationships to deliver profitable business ventures.
  • Assisting key customers in the creation, maintenance, expansion, and startup of divisionally related educational courses and forums.
  • Attending and participating in customer, company, and industry-sponsored forums and courses.
  • Facilitating the sharing of documents and processes, ensuring complaints or problems are addressed, demonstrating high commitment to Quality.
  • Driving quality awareness and guiding the local organization towards improved performance and customer initiatives.
  • Ensuring employees are notified of all mandatory training and quality obligations with HR Manager.

What are we looking for in you:

  • Successfully completed degree level studies within a relevant scientific or business-related subject.
  • Industry experience working in a similar strategic sales and team management position within the clinical/medical device area.
  • Strong business acumen with experience delivering sales strategies, direct sales and marketing, product lifecycles, P&L, competition, and market trend analysis.
  • Team management experience including direct reports and cross-functional leadership.
  • Strong internal and external communication skills.
  • English language skills, both written and verbal, at a professional working proficiency level or above.
  • Ability to rapidly adapt to a very dynamic marketplace.
  • Strong team player, collaborative, and able to build relationships and work cross-functionally.
  • Self-motivated and capable of influencing others.
  • Flexible, adaptable but focused and persistent.
  • Willingness to travel extensively as required by workload.

Requisition ID: 595019

As a leader in medical science for more than 40 years, we are committed to solving the challenges that matter most – united by a deep caring for human life. Our mission to advance science for life is about transforming lives through innovative medical solutions that improve patient lives, create value for our customers, and support our employees and the communities in which we operate. Now more than ever, we have a responsibility to apply those values to everything we do – as a global business and as a global corporate citizen.

So, choosing a career with Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) isn't just business, it's personal. And if you're a natural problem-solver with the imagination, determination, and spirit to make a meaningful difference to people worldwide, we encourage you to apply and look forward to connecting with you

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