Sales Representative

**SENIOR SALES REPRESENTATIVE**

**Location: Cape Town, South Africa**

**Contract: Permanent**

**Johnson & Johnson Medical** has an immediate opening for **Senior Sales Representative for Ethicon Franchise in Cape Town, South Africa.**

**Overall Purpose of this Job**:
The role will represent the Ethicon Franchise within the in the public sector by selling and/or promoting the Ethicon products and will be working alongside an appointed third-party intermediary to further leverage existing contacts within the Public Sector Procurement departments, to open doors and create business opportunities for Ethicon.

**The responsibilities & the impact YOU will have**:
**Key Responsibilities**
- Pro-actively drive sales activities in the public sector to achieve set sales targets.
- Be able to lead key customer activities by demonstrating strong clinical/ product knowledge capabilities to support the Ethicon third-party intermediary.
- To promote and execute communicated strategies as determined by the marketing managers across different product portfolios.
- Establish relationships with key stakeholders in the public sector market and create continuous, engagement platforms for marketing managers to drive strategic engagements with relevant KOL’s.
- Create a clear and effective territory plan with customer & account segmentation according to sales opportunities and marketing priorities.
- Be prompt and efficient in responding to customer needs and providing professional sales service.
- Regular feedback and reporting on field activities, sales target achievement, forecasting and opportunities company provided sale force reporting tool.
- Be part of all public sector collaboration teams and advocate for Ethicon product strategy implementation.
- Participate in relevant product trainings, marketing tools training and complete required assessments where applicable to establish proficiency.

**Qualifications**
We’d love to hear from YOU, if you have**:
**Required**:

- Proven sales success within the medical environment.
- Alibility to work under pressure and be target driven.
- Self -starter and highly self-motivated individual who can achieve desired results in a slow-paced public sector setting.
- Can work independently with a sense of individual drive.
- Ability to create network with key stakeholders at different level.
- Team player with strong interpersonal & communication skills.
- High learning agility.

**Qualifications**
- B-degree or equivalent tertiary qualification.
- 5- 10 years of selling experience in the medical industry, preferably surgical.
- Proficiency in computer skills.
- Valid driver’s license.

**_For more than 130 years, diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) have been part of our cultural fabric at Johnson & Johnson and woven into how we do business every day. Our commitment to respect the dignity and diversity of all is embedded in our Credo._**

**_We know that the success of our business depends on having the best talent in a workforce that reflects the diverse markets we serve around the world and an inclusive culture that values different perspectives and life experiences_**

**_That is why we in South Africa are working to create an inclusive environment where diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences are valued and each and every one of our people feels that they belong and can reach their potential. No matter who they are._**

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**This is what awaits YOU at J&J**:

- A dynamic and inspiring working environment.
- Many opportunities to work on challenging projects and assignments.
- Possibilities for further personal as well as professional development.
- Many employee benefits.

**Primary Location**
South Africa-Western Cape-Cape Town
- **Organization**
Johnson & Johnson Medical (Pty) Ltd (8445)
**Job Function**
Sales
**Requisition ID**
2206014447W