Consumer Sales Representative - Johannesburg at Galderma

Galderma South Africa is looking for a Consumer Sales Representative in Johannesburg East Gauteng.

The Consumer Sales Representative oversees the implementation of Sales, Marketing and Business Developments plans and processes to maximize sales opportunity through promotion and sale of Galderma’s consumer products to current and new customers.

You will be handling consumer brands such as – Cetaphil, Benzac and Loceryl

Key Tasks

• Maximize sales of Galderma consumer products through promotions
• Identify and build new customer relationships in Johannesburg East Gauteng (focus on pharmacies) while maintaining existing ones to increase sales
• Ensure that sales activities are aligned with Galderma’s commercial plans and processes.
• Accountable for stock management in the Johannesburg East Gauteng  area to ensure that Galderma products are available to the customer.
• Monitor competitor landscape to ensure that Galderma takes advantage of opportunities in the field and mitigates any factors that can have a negative impact

Skills & Qualifications

• Experienced pharmaceutical representative
• Sound knowledge of handling a territory
• Extensive knowledge of workings of a pharmacy and established relationships
• Strong commercial skills and persuasion to secure optimal shelf pressure, sales etc.
• Valid code 8 driver’s license and own transport needed
• Intermediate computer literacy – MS Office, Excel, Outlook, and Internet.
• The successful candidate will build relationships with a broad client base and will therefore need to be fluent in English and Afrikaans. Fluency in another South African language a big plus.