District Manager- Vaccines

Job Description **POSITION OVERVIEW: BASIC FUNCTIONS & RESPONSABILITIES** To implement the organization’s sales programme and lead the sales teams to ensure the achievement of budgeted business and gross profit across the region for specific human health products. **PRIMARY ACTIVITIES** * Manage assigned team (recruit, train, guide, motivate, appraise, enhancing their performance). * Support MRs in tender process to set the stage for listing of company's products * On continuous and long term basis, achieve business objectives such as budgets, customer acquisition, customer retention, customer awareness about product/company and merchandizing. * Ensure accurate and timely execution of company activities & campaigns. * Help enhance product information, product reputation & company reputation in the minds of customers. * Develop and recommend business activities for the area. * Advice management on campaigns & activities related to products. * Help device plans & forecasts for the assigned territories and for new business opportunities. * Model values and leadership principles_._ **EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & COMPETENCIES** _**Desired Experience/Education:**_ * Bachelor degree in Medicine or Pharmacy. * At least 3 -5 years of experience as a manager of sales team pharmaceutical industry with a track records of high performance (quantitative and qualitative) * Demonstrated mentoring and coaching experience / leadership potential. * Sales or management qualification (or short term courses) preferred. _**Professional Competencies Required:**_ * Highly effective sales, relationship building, communication and negotiation skills. * Excellent problem solving, commercial acumen & analytical sense and decision making abilities. * Proactive and drive for results. * Positive "can do" attitude. * Teamwork spirit. * Highly ethical. * MS Excel is a must. * Effective English language skills are preferred. _**Functional Competencies Required:**_ * Ability to offer ideas and accept ideas of others. * Self starter, initiator, willingness to develop. * Ability to add value to customers needs (both internal and external). * Ability to improve personally. * Professional personal appearance. **Required Skills:** Hospital Sales, People Leadership, Sales Pipeline Management, Sales Presentations, Sales Strategy Development, Strategic Thinking **Preferred Skills:** Current Employees apply [HERE](https://wd5.myworkday.com/msd/d/task/1422$6687.htmld) Current Contingent Workers apply [HERE](https://wd5.myworkday.com/msd/d/task/1422$4020.htmld) **Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully**  Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company.  No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.  **Employee Status:** Regular **Relocation:** No relocation **VISA Sponsorship:** No **Travel Requirements:** 50% **Flexible Work Arrangements:** Not Applicable **Shift:** Not Indicated **Valid Driving License:** No **Hazardous Material(s):** N/A **Job Posting End Date:** 09/8/2026 **\*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.**