Job Description

Are you highly motivated by being able to make a difference in improving patients\xe2\x80\x99 lives? Are you a high performing executive who is energized by challenges and able to influence people around you? In Novo Nordisk Malaysia, the position of Field Sales Manager provides you the opportunity to work in a high performing sales team to contribute directly towards the business results while creating values for the Diabetes patients. Apply today and join us for a life-changing career!
About the department
Novo Nordisk is a global pharmaceutical company with more than 55,000 employees around the world. We have established a strong foothold as the market leader in diabetes care, haemophilia and growth disorder in the last 20 years.
The GLP-1 Diabetes sales team in Novo Nordisk Malaysia consists of highly motivated people who are passionate about changing diabetes and in close collaboration with other internal stakeholders. We educate our customers on our products and more importantly the disease area. We help them to make the right choices for their patients, building relationships based on mutual respect, honesty and business ethic. We focus on execution, leadership, trust and accountability and strive to be a high performing team. We are proud of our company heritage, our life-changing products, and the difference we make.
You will report to the GLP1 Business Unit Director, Malaysia.
The position
The role of the Field Sales Manager is to lead the field force to increase market leadership in the GLP-1 Diabetes portfolio for Novo Nordisk Pharma Malaysia. On top of that, the incumbent will work closely with the Business Unit Director to set sales strategy and direction for the GLP-1 Diabetes business in Malaysia.
You will be given the opportunity to lead, coach and guide the field force to achieve overall sales ambitions for the GLP-1 Diabetes portfolio. As the leader of the team, you will take the lead to work across functions to improve overall patient care, ensure smooth implementation of marketing strategy at field level, enhance field force productivity through commercial effectiveness initiatives and build a strong sales team with strong market and product understanding. You will also be collaborating closely with Medical, Marketing and Market Access teams in engaging key external stakeholders to penetrate our GLP-1 Diabetes products into targeted institutions listings.

Qualifications

• You must hold a University Degree in Science or Marketing with a strong interest in motivating and developing people, and at the same time have special interest in Diabetes.
• You must have at least 3 years of field sales and people management experience and well versed with the Malaysia local pharma practices. Have good knowledge in both the public and private medical sectors.
• As a person, you are a self-starter, highly engaged and positive, dynamic and highly results-driven with excellent networking abilities. You are able and willing to quickly adjust to new situations in a continuously developing environment.
• You are fluent in both English and Bahasa Malaysia (verbal and written).
• You hold a valid driving licence and are willing to travel extensively across Malaysia.

Working at Novo Nordisk
We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We\xe2\x80\x99re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities, and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things \xe2\x80\x93 from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energize us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we\xe2\x80\x99re all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease.

Contact
To submit your application, please upload your CV online (click on Apply and follow the instructions).

Deadline
10 Nov 2023
We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.
At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we\xe2\x80\x99re life changing.
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