Job vacancy: Pharmaceuticals OTC Sales Executive

February 18, 2014

Hi Uncle Leong,

 

How have you been?

I understand from my dad that there are many job seekers from online citizen which you are quite familiar with.

We are keen to see if we are able to connect to some of these job seekers for the post of a OTC Sales Executive.

 

Below is the job description:

OTC Sales Executive

Job Description

 

  1. Responsible for all facets of OTC product sales, including negotiations with buyers on pricing and promotions.
  2. Possess skills to deal with chain pharmacy buyers and negotiating terms of trade and promotion
  3. Possess skills to deal with lower trade wholesalers for sales and promotion
  4. Possess understanding of supply chain and distribution.
  5. Must have accountability for product performance reporting, such as forecasting, analysis of ytd and prior year sales, promos, etc
  6. Developing category plan-o-grams and continued analysis of product performance.
  7. Coordinate product availability to stores and ensure stocks and visibility of product is present in all chain pharmacy and private stores.
  8. Maintain out of stocks at minimum levels, as well as manage the clearance process and residuals.
  9. Must be an effective communicator and innovator.

Minimum Skills, Knowledge and Abilities: OTC Executives must be fluent in English, must have working knowledge of purchasing system, Excel, Word and Outlook programs, ability to develop promotion plans and sales forecasts, ability to perform under pressure and meet deadlines. They must have a minimum of 1-2 years of OTC sales experience.

 

Appreciate your assistance and thank you for offering to help us post this AD on online citizen.

 

Best regards,

 

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Leong
Leong Sze Hian has served as the president of 4 professional bodies, honorary consul of 2 countries, an alumnus of Harvard University, authored 4 books, quoted over 1500 times in the media , has been a radio talkshow host, a newspaper daily columnist, Wharton Fellow, SEACeM Fellow, columnist for theonlinecitizen and Malaysiakini, executive producer of Ilo Ilo (40 international awards), Hotel Mumbai (associate producer), invited to speak more than 200 times in about 40 countries, CIFA advisory board member, founding advisor to the Financial Planning Associations of 2 countries. He has 3 Masters, 2 Bachelors degrees and 13 professional  qualifications.