Job title: Country Head Turkey

Hiring Manager: General Manager AMET

Job location: İstanbul

At Sanofi Consumer Healthcare, we're building healthier future by helping people help themselves. We empower people to champion better self-care for themselves, our communities and our planet by making it as simple as it should be. We are a brand led, consumer first organization focused on growing our leading loved brands like Buscopan®, Nospa®, Eneterogermina®, Allegra®, Dulco®, or Essentiale® to help more people play an active role in their health.

Working together, we're focused on simplifying our business, clarifying roles and responsibilities and driving personal accountability to improve collaboration and excellence of execution while role-modeling and fostering challenger mindset across the whole organization to enable everyone to bring out their best every day.

About the Job:

To lead the Country Operations that will deliver the country P&L, contribute towards maximizing market share and operating profitability.

• P&L ownership  

• In country, develop and implement customer plans based on commercial policies & channel strat. defined by T&RM team

• Administer Sales force

• Drive sales execution and manage commercial back-office operations

• Execute MCE/ HCP activation plans

Main Responsibilities

KEY RESULTS/ACOUNTABILITES

Performance and business acumen to deliver the financial and Market Share KPI’s

• Responsible for the delivery of profitable market share growth of the country thereby delivering the Boost Target through effective Performance Management of the Sales Force Teams

• Responsible for the delivery of the Volume Sales, Gross & net Sales KPI’s

• Responsible for delivering the Gross Margin and BOI targets of the country

• Management of the Field Force line of the P&L

• Management of the channel and country SISO within country commercial policy targets (defined by TRM) and externally with the retailers.

• Engage internally and externally to lead the transformation and accelerate the business.

Manage the Where to Play Strategy for the country to drive profitable sales growth

• Enhance cross collaboration with Brand & innovation and Science Hub teams to bring health in your hand mission to life

• Set an effective commercial policy and pricing strategy in collaboration with the commercial team

• Develop the channel activation strategy in conjunction with the brand plans

• Ensure the appropriate use of all distribution channels to actively drive the country RTM e.g. Distributor/ Wholesaler

• Drive the prioritization and growth of the E-Commerce Channel

• Develop and activate all new channel/ white space opportunities.

• Keep abreast of competitive industry practices and new channels opportunities, active watch on external practices.

• Implement company sales trading policies and marketing strategies at retail level so that retail sales targets and discount targets as well as rebates for the assigned products are achieved.

• Lead & Execute the Channel, Customer, Store and HCP Segmentation process.

• Lead the design of the sales incentive program in conjunction with the SFE Team / Performance Analytics

• Lead the sales target setting at a channel, brand and rep/ KAM level to drive sales growth and build the Challenger Mindset  

• Guide KAM’s to Develop Customer Annual Joint Business Plans aligned with company objectives and Account(s) Mission & Vision for assigned Strategic Customer(s) and Top to Top meetings to secure the Plans

Drive excellence in execution

• Win with HCP & Pharmacists

• Drive an in market Fast Start at the start of the year, building momentum.

• Negotiate and deliver the necessary pricing plan in line with the TRM Strategy for the Country to drive profitable market share

• Execute the OCE plan in country for HCP’s and Pharmacists to drive recommendation and top line sales growth.

Responsible for all external GTM relationships

• Ultimate responsibility for the management of all Retailer relationships including the delivery of the JBP

• Responsibility for the management of Distributors and Wholesalers as either 3PL providers or full-service executors with responsibility including but not limited to: Annual JBP negotiations, Forecast Management and Order management

A Champion of the CHC Transformation Journey

• Drive the right Culture and behavior in line with the recharged challenger mindset.

• Ensure people engagement, this is tracked through the annual Your Voice

• Continue to strengthen the Fit for Growth principles in the organization, these principles translate into building a Brand Led Organization where we promote Simplicity and Accountability.

• Develop your teams and aim to attract and recruit best in class talent.

• Be a strong promoter of the Diversity and Inclusion priorities for the Country.

• Differentiate on Sustainability in Country and make B.Corp our Competitive Edge.

• People Leadership

• Performance manages the team through setting and reviewing priorities. Provides appropriate and timely feedback about performance and coaches team members to help them achieve their goals

• Supports the professional and career development of the team by identifying the skills and competencies that employees need for their current and prospective roles and provide opportunities to learn and practice new skills

• Leads the building of a motivated and engaged team through the use of formal and informal recognition, regular communications and the encouragement of cooperation between individuals and teams

Maintain Compliance

• Abide by the requirements of the internal Code of Ethics including but not restricted to maintaining high professional standards of conduct in line with the Company procedure with a duty of care to the reputation of the Company 

Ethical Leadership

• Takes personal accountability to use personal experience and knowledge, as well as the training and tools provided by Sanofi, to maintain a good knowledge and understanding of all ethics and governance relevant to the role (Sanofi Policies and Procedures and any relevant legal requirements) and demonstrate personal leadership in applying these to all work undertaken.

• Escalates any decisions, or seek the support of colleagues or management if personal knowledge and understanding is not at the level required to carry out any part of the role

Environmental and Safety Leadership

To care for his/her own safety and wellbeing and the safety of others, and to co-operate with the company to ensure a safe place of work.Employees are therefore expected to:

• Support and conform to Company safety rules and procedures to ensure a safe and healthy working environment

• Report any accident, incident or near miss, whether it be of personal injury or property damage

• Assist in the investigation of accidents with the objective of introducing measures to prevent recurrence

Thoroughly read all safety documentation issues by the Company and comply with its requirements. Escalate any doubts or uncertainties to their supervisor and / or manager.

KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

INTERNAL

Cross Functional Collaboration with:

• Finance

• Brand & Innovation Team

• Performance Analytics

• Growth Performance Hub

• Scientific Affairs – Medical / Regulatory / PV / Quality

• Supply chain

• Procurement

• P & C

EXTERNAL

Would be expected to be involved with:  

• Distributor / Key Accounts

• Agencies

• HCP organizations

About you:

SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS

• Education Level: Preferably, bachelor’s degree in business administration or relevant field; MBA - is a plus

• Experience: 10 to 15 years of commercial / sales and/ or marketing experience

• FMCG experience is a plus

Skills:

• Business and financial acumen

• Budget Planning

• Strong Communication and negotiation skills

• Analytical skills

• Decision making

• Leadership and people development

• Adaptability and flexibility

• Resilience

Play to Win Behaviours – Candidate must be able to demonstrate the Challenger Minsdet

• Stretch – We Differentiate where it counts

• Take Action – We drive Results

• Feedback – We challenge each other to grow

• Togetherness – We enjoy the ride together

Why Choose us?

• an international work environment, in which you can develop your talent and realize ideas and innovations within a competent team.

• access to internal recruitment and development libraries - you can create your own career path within Sanofi; your professional development will be supported purposefully.

• flexible home office policy, with a possibility to work up to 50% of time from home, where you can easily schedule your office days

• an attractive package of benefits

• Employee Assistance Program (mental health support, legal and financial consulting)

• Gender neutral paid parental leave as well as volunteer days

If the description fits your experience and has aroused your interest, please apply so we can get in contact with you!

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