Senior General Manager

Job Description : SENIOR GM FOR KENYA Senior General Manager - Sales & Marketing to be located at Nairobi. Details of the position are mentioned below: · Company: Our client is a leading most group of companies marketing world class medicines in Africa. The company has marketing rights of various global Pharma companies to market their products in Africa. · Designation: Senior General Manager - Sales & Marketing. Our client wants to hire a Senior/General Manager (C-Suite) for promoting their business in the hope that he/she will assume the role of our CEO going forward. In the interim stage following their hire, he/she would report to the CEO to ensure that they are equipped with the skills to take the business forward before assuming the role of CEO himself/herself to drive company's business forward. The expected time frame for this transition should be in the region of one year. · Job Location: Nairobi Job Specifications and Requirements: · At least 15 years in Sales and Marketing in the Pharmaceutical Industry. · Should have worked (and is currently working) at one of the top 20 Pharmaceutical Companies in India as a Senior Sales and Marketing Manager or General Manager in Sales/Marketing · Undergraduate Degree: Should be in Pharmacy, Pharmacology or a related field. · Master's Degree: Either an MBA or a Masters in Marketing. · Preferred but not absolutely essential: Having worked in pharmaceutical sales and marketing in another country in Asia, the Middle East and/or Africa. · Drive, ambition, with excellent interpersonal and technical skills is a requirement. · The ability to market our business, our brand and bring in new agencies and products to the East African region will be expected early on in the role. · The ability to manage a business, its staff and its stakeholders (whilst taking a holistic view to synergies and efficiencies) is also a must.

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