Pharmacist-in-Charge, Kano Territory General Manager

Reports to National General Manager

Responsibilities

Drive Shelf Life Operations, Marketing & Sales

• Establish Shelf Life sales, operations, and customer experience capabilities across Kano and surrounding communities.
• Build and execute business plans to exceed company goals.
• Develop and implement creative solutions to overcome obstacles.
• Collaborate cross-functionally across Field, e.g, Central Sales & Operations, Product, Design, and Data teams.
• Ensure accurate and timely reporting.
• Build and manage your territory team as the service grows.

Build Effective Customer Relationships

• Develop business relationships with customers that support delivery of business results, ensuring superior customer experience.
• Assist development of local networks to facilitate growth, retention, and customer experience.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with professional associations and key stakeholder groups.

Apply knowledge of pharmaceutical products and markets

• Use functional knowledge of the pharmaceutical marketplace, community retail, and hospital pharmacy practice to meet both client and business goals
• Gather insights to develop and advance Shelf Life value proposition and effectively communicate the benefits of Shelf Life.
• Adapt and optimize product mix to local territory market and practice.
• Conduct rapid, focused research to solve problems identified.

Requirements

• Fluency in English and Hausa
• Degree in Pharmacy
• Licensed with relevant regulators as a registered pharmacist and valid current member and in good standing with relevant professional associations.
• Minimum of 2 years experience in retail pharmacy/hospital/pharmaceutical industry practice and/or management experience in supply chain management (commercial sector).
• 3 to 5 years professional experience working as a pharmacist in the country
• Assertive, proactive/self motivated, analytical, solutions focused and committed to highest industry standards of service delivery.

Preferred

• Inventory and logistics management experience
• Small and medium-sized business experience
• MBA and/or MPH
• Experience working with regulatory bodies