UAE Commercial Manager (OTC)

Hello. Were Haleon. A new world-leading consumer health company. Shaped by all who join us. Together were improving everyday health for billions of people. By growing and innovating our global portfolio of category-leading brands including Sensodyne Panadol Advil Voltaren Theraflu Otrivin and Centrum through a unique combination of deep human understanding and trusted science. Whats more were achieving it in a company that were in control of. In an environment that were co-creating. And a culture thats uniquely ours. Care to join us. It isnt a question.

With category leading brands such as Sensodyne Voltaren and Centrum built on trusted science and human understanding and combined with our passion knowledge and expertise were uniquely placed to do this and to grow a strong successful business.

This is an exciting time to join us and help shape the future. Its an opportunity to be part of something special.

About the role

The UAE Commercial Manager (OTC) will be managing OTC & Wellness distributors in the market as well as the Key Account Managers to deliver profit and growth to UAE business and landing future strategy and Route to Market driving excellence in execution through distributors sales team.

Key responsibilities

• Beining a key role in the commercial organization accelerating growth and profit for UAE and for the total region through unlocking sales opportunities and driving Net Revenue Management.
• Deliver growth through the collaboration with several distributors on different portfolios and ensuring the growth is coming from the most profitable SKUs
• Lead the relationship with our Pharmacies Key Accounts to a partnership level and unlock growth opportunities while using the Customer Growth Framework segmentation. This will be achieved through coaching and mentoring KAMs to better manage and upgrade our relationships.
• Look at portfolio mix opportunities to set a strategy for accelerated growth on high profit SKUs as well as pricing initiatives for growth margin enhancement
• Be the business owner for all business-related interactions with the distributors (quality audit finance supply chain etc) and manage distributors end to end (agreement screening commercial terms field force etc.)
• Grow overall OTC & Wellness business from tender to private to hospitals and be knowledgeable with UAE insurance landscape to be able to effectively manage the operation and increase the channels penetration.
• Manage overall spend/G2N within allocated budget ROI for different activation mechanics
• Own the forecast of OTC/Wellness for the UAE market and ensure the alignment between Distributor and Haleon SC
• Governance on Commercial hygiene and adherence to commercial policies (ATTP/TSF)

Qualifications and skills

Essential

• Strong commercial acumen & analytical skills
• Experience in dealing with key customers mainly pharmacies & hospitals
• 7 years of experience as commercial/sales manager
• Distributor Management
• Negotiation Skills
• Problem Solving
• Leadership skills

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