Assistant Sales Manager - Pharma Industry

Job Title: Assistant Sales Manager

Location: Slough

Type of Position: Permanent

OBJECTIVES:

Achieve company's set sales and profit targets

Conduct Market research including competitor analysis to drive the business to achieve company goals

Identify most profitable products for the company

Working within a team and cross functional departments for effective function of the business

Manage sales team and sales department to drive sales forecast and track company's plan

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Identify opportunities to improve quality of sales process

Reporting to management with sales statistics, sales processes and any issues that are impacting the business plan and forecasts

Monitoring and overseeing accuracy of sales data in the system such as sales prices, unit cost, profit and other related sales data

Preparing, overseeing and reviewing of different reports related to sales and presenting to management

Liaison with cross functional departments within the UK as well as overseas departments to develop and implement the business plan and process

Evaluation of customers spending trends, customer proposals and offers to build customer relationships in the best interests of the company

Day to day commercial decision making including sales prices and sales trends

Making a sales forecast and putting in place a strategy to achieve it

Coordinate planning activities with other departments (Finance, Purchase, Production, Regulatory and Warehouse) and work towards achieving the company's common goal

Ensuring sales invoices, credit customers queries are processed in a timely manner

To liaise with the purchasing team as well as other related department to ensure stock levels are appropriately maintained

Observe market trends and identify high margin and fast moving product lines

PERFORMANCE MEASURES:

Achievement of sales and profit set in target

On time implementation of sales offer to customers

Taking initiative to develop business and increase sales

Reducing company queries and complaints including credit note issues

Achievement of sales and profit of each staff in sales department