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Peter Williams has worked for sanofi-aventis for eight years. His progression within the company and current role as Head of Sales Training mean he is ideally placed to talk about employee development. Pf asked him a few questions.
Joining sanofi early in my career was a great move. I joined a really dynamic mid-size pharmaceutical company with a huge amount of ambition. As a result, for eight years now, I have been with a company which has been constantly growing and changing, which has been great for my personal growth. I moved into the Head of Sales Training role during a period of rapid growth and change, which meant the challenges I faced were some of the most rewarding.
Since I joined the organisation, I have been fortunate to work for people who have wanted to stretch and challenge me. The company really embraces growth through embracing change, so it supports you to do the same for yourself. Since taking on my current role, my team and I have implemented some major changes to how we approach learning and development in order to adapt to the needs of the business. There is no better place to develop than in a constantly evolving environment.
As well as highly competitive incentive schemes, we also put a huge amount of emphasis on development. We want to give people skills that will make them more effective in their current role and empower them to potentially move in to different roles in the organisation. This means we have a qualified pool of internal candidates in 2006 over 30% of vacancies in the field were filled by internal candidates. We have also created a range of programmes called I-Aspire, to identify and develop individuals who would like to progress into roles such as Product Management, Sales Management, Training and other Commercial Roles. In the last year, we have seen nine “graduates” from the I-Aspire programmes take new exciting steps in their careers, which is a great measure of the success of the programme.
To embrace the challenges that you are faced with every day. I have spoken to many representatives over the years who have lost their drive and their thirst for the job. They say the challenge is just not there any more, but most of the time they have just lost sight of it. Capitalise on the development opportunities around you, through the training department, your manager and your daily activities. Continually raising the bar for yourself when you’re out with your customers will make a tangible difference and keep the challenge visible. Decide where you want to be and understand why you want be there, then build a route map of how you are going to do it, and stick to it!
Interested in a career in training? Lucy Randle has some advice for you.
Training jobs can be relatively few and far between and the competition for them is intense. Here are some ideas about how to set foot on a career path in training.
To train others you must first be exceptional at your job, so try to deliver over and above what is expected of you. Go out of your way to help colleagues when you can and be willing to put in extra work in your own time. Seek out opportunities to gain experience by offering to:
I cannot stress enough the importance of taking ownership for your own development at work. Make your Manager aware of your keen interest in training and ask if the company is willing to help you move towards this goal. You may wish to pursue a professional qualification outside of work. Research coaching and learning styles and take time to analyse what you have achieved, learning from what has gone well and what has not. Actively seek feedback from customers and colleagues and keep a record of it.
Try to see yourself as your own trainee! If you are not willing to learn from and act on your own observations, why should anyone else? It’s all about leading by example. To be considered as someone capable of training others, you need to be seen to value advice and take advantage of training opportunities yourself.
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Location: N. Thames
Salary: £30K plus bonus
Notes: <p>Territory Sales Manager<br />Continence Care<br />North Thames<br />Permanent<br />£30K plus bonus<br />1008-20<br />STAR's recruiting for a Territory Sales Manager opportunity within a leading European company. You'll develop effective relationships with key primary care and acute trust contacts to maintain existing business and create new clients within your territory. <br />We'd like to hear from candidates with a strong background in medical sales and dealt with both PCTs and clinical staff. You must have the confidence to discuss your products with your clients and an extensive knowledge of operating in the NHS environment.<br />If you would like to be responsible for your own territory and are driven to succeed, we would like to hear from you. If you would like to know more please call Nick on 01225 336 335 or email nick.loades@starmedical.co.uk</p>
Location: South West
Salary: £30K plus bonus
Notes: <p>Territory Sales Manager<br />Continence Care<br />South West<br />Permanent<br />£30K plus bonus<br />1008-19<br />STAR's recruiting for a Territory Sales Manager opportunity within a global company who have a heritage of more than 190 years. You'll develop effective relationships with key primary care and acute trust contacts to maintain existing business and create new clients within your territory. <br />We'd like to hear from candidates with a strong background in medical sales and dealt with both PCTs and clinical staff. You must have the confidence to discuss your products with your clients and an extensive knowledge of operating in the NHS environment.<br />If you would like to be responsible for your own territory and are driven to succeed, we would like to hear from you. If you would like to know more please call Richard on 01225 336 335 or email Richard.morris@starmedical.co.uk</p>
Location: South West & South Central London
Salary: £33-36K
Notes: <p>Account Executive<br />Capital Equipment<br />South West & South Central London<br />Permanent<br />Salary £33-36K Plus benefits<br />1008-27<br />STAR's recruiting for an Account Executive to maximise profitable rental opportunities with contracted accounts, drive new contract business and penetrate sales opportunities in acute units in South West & South Central London.<br />It's an important sales role in the assisted woundcare close therapy side of the business; you'll need to be a results orientated, self driven individual with a proven track record in sales. The ideal candidate will be an excellent communicator, face to face and over the telephone, with a natural ability to get on with others.<br />You must have capital sales experience, preferably within the pressure care market. A Tissue Viability qualification or wound care background is very desirable.<br />You'll be driven, focused and financially aware to meet your targets. You must be interested and motivated by the evolutionary process and able to think outside the box, whilst adhering to protocols and parameters. You need to be personable, with a good attitude to work, with excellent time management skills.<br />If you'd like to hear more about this exciting opportunity, call Stewart today on 01628 581240 or email your CV to us stewart.musselle@starmedical.co.uk</p>
Location: Basingstoke
Salary: Competitive
Notes: <p>Senior Product Manager<br /> <br />Neurology<br /> <br />Basingstoke<br /> <br />Permanent<br /> <br />Competitive Salary<br /> <br />1007-77<br /> <br />STAR's recruiting for a Product Manager opportunity based in Baisingstoke. This is an exciting opportunity to be working in a highly specialised therapeutic market place.<br />You'll be responsible for the day to day programme support for products in UK and Ireland consistent with agreed strategies and expenditure.<br />In collaboration with Marketing, you will be responsible for all aspects of creating and implementing a market access plan for your assigned products. You'll be responsible for optimising results by developing and implementing effective programmes, consistent with EU and global strategies. Developing pre-launch and launch plans with commercial and medical management teams will also be key for new products in this role. You'll provide a regular input at brand team meetings and to patient outcome surveys for the products. As part of this role, you'll manage the marketing budgets to ensure that it remains consistent with the agreed budget plan and demonstrate an effective spend/sales ratio. <br />The ideal candidate will be educated to degree level or equivalent in life sciences and have experience in product launches and market access strategy. You'll be able to prioritize and deliver key projects within agreed timescales. A self starter and team player who has worked at a management level, you must have experience of secondary care products.<br />You'll be an excellent communicator, have good time management skills and be able to build strong relationships both internally and externally. We'd like to speak to people who have a strong scientific knowledge base and are organised and able to be flexible in a changing environment.<br />If you're interested in this opportunity please email a copy of your CV to samantha.wise@starmedical.co.uk or call Samantha on 01628 581 240</p>
Location: Watford
Salary: Up to £60K plus bonus
Notes: <p>Product Manager<br />Watford<br />Permanent<br />Up to £60K plus bonus<br />Competitive Salary<br />1008-22<br />STAR's recruiting for a Product Manager implementing effective strategy to achieve increased sales of prescription only medicines to pharmacies.<br />You'll be responsible for commissioning market research into ideal promotional platforms and key messages for your products and create launch and development plans using this information. A large part of your role will be to identify and maximise new marketing and sales opportunities as well as a rolling strategic plan for your assigned products. Monitoring of your sales team's activity and performance against assigned targets and budgets.<br />The ideal candidate will be educated to degree level or equivalent in a marketing area, with comprehensive experience in pharmaceutical sales and marketing. You'll need excellent verbal and written communication skills to succeed in this role, combined with the ability to both self-motivate and collaborate with relevant teams to achieve given targets.<br />If you would like to know more about this role, please call Samantha on 01628 581 240 or email a copy of your C.V. to samantha.wise@starmedical.co.uk</p>
Location: Berkshire
Salary: Up to £45K
Notes: <p>Associate/Brand Manager<br />Immunology/Gastroenterology<br />Berkshire<br />Up to 45K plus benefits<br />Permanent<br />1008-26<br />STAR's recruiting for a new Brand Manager opportunity. In this role you'll be developing and implementing sales strategies to maximise return.<br />You'll be creating, implementing and managing impactful marketing programmes at a sales force level. Responsible for ensuring that the budget remains within agreed limits, you will liaise closely with the sales management and sales teams to ensure full engagement with pre determined campaigns and brand plan. With this in mind you will need to develop effective ways to implement company strategy and assess ROI through KPIs.<br />We would like to hear from candidates who are educated to degree level or equivalent and have experience in project development and implementing strategic marketing plans, with good knowledge of the marketplace. Demonstrable sales record in the Pharmaceutical or Healthcare sector. You'll have the ability to grasp complex information and react accordingly within your key customer environment. You must have excellent interpersonal skills and previous experience of digital media communication would be an advantage. Computer literacy in and fluency in English are important assets for your role. <br />If you are a self starter who would like to work in an growing company we would like to hear from you.<br />If you'd like to know more please call David Alexander on 01225 336 335 or mail your CV to david.alexander@starmedical.co.uk</p>
Location: East Midlands
Salary: Competitive
Notes: <p> </p> <p>Hospital Sales Specialist</p> <p>East Midlands (Nottingham, Leicester, Derby, Lincoln)</p> <p>Circa 48K</p> <p>Oncology</p> <p>Permanent</p> <p>1008-25</p> <p>We have an exceptional Hospital Specialist vacancy available with a company devoted to the discovery and development of innovative diagnostic and therapeutic products, with a promising pipeline to match!</p> <p>On a daily basis you'll secure meetings and develop relationships with key NHS and private customers in your area including doctors, registrars, nurses, pharmacists, managers and other oncology unit staff.</p> <p>You'll position and sell the product by providing detailed, useful, tailored information about its benefits, based on your product knowledge, which you'll have to keep up to date.</p> <p>To be successful in this role, you should be able to demonstrate proven success in hospital sales. Ideally, you'll have oncology, and strong PCT experience. We would like to hear from you if you're currently a Hospital Specialist, with experience in a niche area. Key Account Management experience is would be advantageous, as well as a good understanding of clinical papers and ability to use them to sell effectively. A life science degree or equivalent or qualification in nursing, pharmacy or a related field is an essential to this position.</p> <p>If you'd like to hear more about this exciting opportunity call Nick today on 01225 336335 or email your CV to us at <a href="mailto:nick.loades@starmedical.co.uk">nick.loades@starmedical.co.uk</a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>
Location: North of England
Salary: Up to 33K
Notes: <p>Area Sales Manager<br />North of England (North West, North East and Scotland)<br />Permanent<br />Up to £33K<br />1008-24<br />STAR's recruiting for an Area Sales Manager, delivering profitable sales against agreed targets. In this role you will be responsible for effectively promoting and selling products according to internal and external customer needs. Adhering to operating procedures and maintaining awareness of activity in your territory and ensuring that customers are up to date on technical developments. You'll be seeking out new business opportunities as well as maintaining current client relationships. Delivering monthly product, activity and sales reviews to Management will be an important part of your role as maintaining a positive image and consistency of business is vital.<br />The ideal candidate will be educated to degree level of equivalent with demonstrable selling skills into hospitals and the NHS. Knowledge of pharmacy and aseptic units would be a huge benefit to you in this role, as well as an in-depth knowledge of the NHS, capital equipment and disposables. You'll need experience of creating and conducting presentations as this will be a large part of your role.<br />If you are a highly motivated self-starter, please call Stewart on 01628 581 240 or email a copy of your C.V. to stewart.musselle@starmedical.co.uk</p>
Location: Coventry, Northampton, Milton Keynes, Luton, Oxford, Reading, High Wycombe, Hemel Hempstead, Slough
Salary: Competitive
Notes: <p>Territory Manager<br />Woundcare & Skin<br />Coventry, Northampton, Milton Keynes, Luton, Oxford, Reading, High Wycombe, Hemel Hempstead, Slough (Postcode CV, NN, MK, LU, OX, RG, HP, SL, WD, AL, EN, SG)<br />Competitive salary<br />Permanent<br />1008-31<br />STAR has an exciting new Territory Manager opportunity, in which you'll be responsible for driving sales and market share by building relationships with NHS personnel and customers, ensuring high performance is delivered at all times. <br />You'll be working in our client's Woundcare & Skin division, selling a range of intimate healthcare products.<br />We welcome applications from individuals with experience of working in a sales environment, ideally medical devices or healthcare, and of client negotiation at senior, clinical level. <br />A Bachelor degree or equivalent qualification is very desirable, and experience of working with supplies/procurement would be extremely advantageous. <br />If you'd like to hear more about this exciting opportunity, call Nick today on 01225 336335 or email your CV to Nick at Nick.Loades@starmedical.co.uk</p>