
Territory Sales Manager - Ormco & Spark
- South Africa
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Achieve set target as outlined in the Sales Incentive Plan – by Month, Quarter and Year, by business unit.
- Provide in depth training, onboarding, educational and technical support to customers for Envista’s Spark and Ormco business.
- Provide quick response (max 24Hrs) and resolution to customers' requests.
- Ensure course attendance numbers, as set out in annual KPI.
- Establish a track record of converting key brand business to Envista’s product suite from the competition.
- Understand and support the company's sales training policies and procedures to provide proper and effective treatment to all the company's customers.
- Relate new product ideas and product extensions to Marketing for evaluation.
- Create and utilize sales and educational strategies, aids, and approaches, in order to increase customer utilization and educational activity in respective territory.
- Follow corporate policies regarding customer entertainment and customer relations.
- Develop and fully utilize territory management tools to include account coverage and fiscal management. This would include block plan organization and budget compliance.
- Display or demonstrate product, using all necessary selling aids and clinically established techniques to emphasize salable features and benefits through customer visits, study groups, lunch and learns and workshop/congress attendance.
- Estimate date of delivery to customer, based on knowledge of company's production and delivery schedules.
- Coordinate with other Territory Sales Managers to share information on leads, best practice and market information.
- Utilize CRM to upload all customer calls, leads and opportunities and maintain on a weekly basis
- Analyze and assess customer and sales trends. Plan activities based on customers’ needs to ensure that BU attains or exceeds assigned monthly, quarterly and/or annual goals.
- Develop and maintain accurate customer files and records to have complete and up-to-date customer information.
- Report any product issues, the loss or potential loss of key customers, or competitive sales strategies that negatively or positively affect local sales to management (For example, competitor’s offer strategy, competitor T&E calendars, speakers, products, etc.)
- Study and stay informed on products, technologies, clinical studies, competitive activity and other general information of interest to the company or to customers. Apply this knowledge to your strategies and tactics to develop your commercial activity.
- Maintain a comprehensive knowledge of all company policies and procedures and demonstrate the ability to effectively implement them at the BU level.
- 25% Travel Required
- The Region Consists of Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Durban and Namibia
- .International travel as required by the company.
- Team meetings, Workshop Attendance as required
- Bachelor’s degree Or Diploma in a Dental Field
- Dental clinical skills and knowledge
- Minimum 5 Years Dental Sales Experience – preferably from a Global Multi-National
- Strong track record of achieving and exceeding targets
- Strong Dental Customer References
- Ability to work in a high-paced, high-pressure environment
- Demonstrated ability to digest, to comprehend, and verbalize highly technical product and clinical information related to company and industry products.
- Strong understanding of South African market “Scientific Societies, tender process, Key Expert, Local practice regulations and guidelines and market trends in the past 12 months.
- Strong market access capabilities with dental scientific societies/associations in South Africa.
- Demonstrated professional sales and business devolvement skills.
- Strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.
- Advance computer skills
- Good knowledge of using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
- Ability to work closely with different teams in a cross-culture environment.
- Fluent in English and one other South African Language (Afrikaans, Zulu or isiXhosa preferred)