Territory Sales Manager

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Job Position Purpose / Summary

The Territory Sales Manager will be responsible for driving sales performance across assigned accounts and geography, ensuring business growth and customer satisfaction. The role involves developing and executing territory-level business plans, expanding key customer relationships and effectively managing distributors and healthcare institutions to achieve or exceed sales targets across all product categories

Job Position Accountabilities / Expectations:

Sales Execution

• Achieve sales targets through effective territory and key account management
• Regular customer visits to build relationships and drive product adoption
• Identify, develop and convert opportunities in SFDC to build a strong funnel
• Monitor sales KPIs and submit corrective actions to close performance gaps
• Collaborate with the regional team & HO team to ensure alignment on strategy and execution

Business Development:

• Identify new business opportunities in hospitals, healthcare institutions and key accounts
• Execute customer-wise strategies to drive value capture and increase share of wallet
• Monitors monitor sales call frequency, territory coverage, sales performance and execute plans for further growth.
• Responsible for budgeting, controls and executing governance and compliance.
• Support implementation of product launches and marketing campaigns within the territory

Market Management:

• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of competitor activities, market trends and customer needs
• Participate in customer meetings, industry events and other external forums
• Collaborate with internal cross-functional teams (marketing, supply chain, finance) to support smooth execution

Distributor & Channel Management:

• Manage relationships with distributors and channel partners
• Monitor secondary sales, stock availability and order fulfillment
• Ensure compliance with pricing, India FDA policies and commercial terms
• Drive Distributor engagement program to meet commercial objective

Compliance & Reporting

• Adhere to all corporate governance and compliance guidelines
• Submit timely reports on sales performance, market insights and activities
• Maintain accurate records in CRM (e.g., SFDC) and ensure data hygiene

Qualifications / Education / Experience / Skills Required:

Education:

• Graduate in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, or an equivalent discipline. MBA / PGDBM preferred

Experience

• 8–10 years of overall sales experience in the MedTech / healthcare industry
• Preferably 4–5 years of experience in a people management role
• Proven track record in hospital/institutional sales and territory management
• Prior experience or exposure to S&IP (Surgical & Infection Prevention) products
• Experience working with distributors and tender-driven institutional sales
• Broad-based understanding of healthcare customers, markets and competitors
• Experience working cross-functionally with marketing, supply chain and finance teams

Skills Required:

• Strong communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Excellent relationship management and customer engagement capabilities
• Ability to lead, coach and develop high-performing teams
• Strategic thinking with hands-on execution ability
• High levels of integrity, initiative and organizational sensitivity

Proficiency in CRM systems (e.g., Salesforce/SFDC) and MS Office tools