Posted on: Mon 01-06-2015

Best Search Recruitment was founded by two International Recruiters from The U.K and Denmark. The two founders have 30 years combined recruitment and business experience within various Industry sectors in Europe, Asia and Africa, including FMCG, Oil & Gas, Automotive, Manufacturing, Telco, Pharma, Chemicals...

Best Search Recruitment is founded on solid international best practices and procedures combined with in-debt knowledge of local Human Resource needs. We strive to be the best in everything we do ensuring our services add value to our clients. We aim to deliver the best candidates to the most highly sought after roles, while meeting our clients highly skilled needs. Our professional focus is identifying exceptional talent within the industries we serve matching talented individual's skills and experiences to the right career opportunities. We have also consistently acted as a solution provider for global companies seeking the right candidates for their hard to fill roles.

Medical Advisor

The Medical Advisor is responsible for the implementation of the medical strategy of the branch in collaboration with marketing and sales teams, and for providing medical and scientific expertise to enable company products reach the maximum of their potential. He/she is also responsible for the development of company reputation among its partners.

Responsibilities: Medical:

• Implementation and follow up of clinical studies in West Africa sub region
• Informing Medical Director on the updates of medical actions in West Africa
• Adapting scientific data into advantages for the patient
• Ensure compliance with company procedure in Pharmacovigilance & promotional materials.
• Handle Medical Information
• Responsible for all drug safety matters

Marketing/Sales:

• Communicate effectively on products benefit
• Liase with the relevant staff in medical , regulatory , marketing sales etc to ensure cross functional communication is of high quality and the company goals are met
• Build Partnership with KOLs & Health Authorities to support company products
• Active participation in all Medico –Marketing activities in the zone.

Regulatory:

• Ensuring ethics in consumption
• Participating in securing ethics in our actions
• Recording clinical studies (ethics committees, Regulatory bodies)
• Support in registering products
• Support for fitting promotional material to scientific , legal and regulatory requirement and company guidelines

Qualification/Experience

• Must have basic medical degrees (MBBS or MD) from a reputable university.
• Post graduate will be an advantage
• Minimum 3 years medical practice post qualification
• At least 1 year experience as a medical sales representative is mandatory
• Sales, marketing ,or other business experience in pharmaceutical industry is a recommendation

Competencies

• Good Knowledge of the health care system in Africa
• Good Understanding of the commercial implications of the business
• Planning and budgeting
• Goal and results oriented, business acumen
• Demonstrates a high level of energy, drive and personal responsibility to achieve individual goals
• Analyses and solves problems by seeking and interpreting relevant data in a logical manner
• Attention to detail, adopting methodical, systematic, organised working style whilst retaining sight of the bigger picture
• Anticipates and embraces change, adapting behaviour to suit the situation
• Challenges the status quo, generating and implementing innovative ideas and solutions
• Works as part of a team, respecting the opinions, needs and contributions of others.
• Able to build relationships across departments and fuctions
• Listens and considers other’s points of view with an open mind

Method of Application

Working Conditions Employee is required to be stationed at Africa as company’s local presence, working conditions are normal for an office environment. Work requires significant local travel and requires frequent international travel and weekend and/or evening work.

Interested and qualified candidates should forward their updated CV’s to [email protected]

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