Job Summary
Area Business Manager (ABM) North Region
Sales & Marketing
Delhi / NCR Base Location
Business Head / AGM Domestic Sales
North India Delhi NCR Haryana Punjab Himachal Pradesh Uttarakhand Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh and other assigned North India markets
Pharmaceutical Excipients / Pharmaceutical Ingredients
- Develop and execute the business development strategy for Pharma Excipients across the assigned North India territory.
- Identify new pharmaceutical manufacturers formulators CDMOs contract manufacturers and other potential customers.
- Generate new leads and convert prospects into regular business.
- Develop new customers and expand business with existing key accounts.
- Build a strong pipeline of NPD trial approval and commercial opportunities.
- Achieve monthly quarterly and annual sales targets.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with key pharmaceutical customers.
- Establish relationships with Purchase R&D Formulation QA Production Supply Chain and senior management.
- Understand customer requirements upcoming projects NPDs and formulation requirements.
- Conduct regular customer visits and business review meetings.
- Develop long-term strategic relationships with major accounts.
- Identify opportunities for introducing Nitikas excipient products into customer formulations.
- Coordinate product sampling and customer trials.
- Follow up with R&D/Formulation/QA teams for product evaluation and approval.
- Track the complete product approval cycle from sample trial qualification commercial approval first order repeat business.
- Coordinate with internal Technical R&D and QA teams for customer technical queries.
- Promote and develop business for Nitikas Pharma Excipients portfolio.
- Develop a strong understanding of product applications specifications and customer requirements.
- Understand customer formulation requirements and identify suitable product opportunities.
- Conduct product presentations and technical-commercial discussions with customers.
- Support customers during product evaluation trials and commercialization.
- Map pharmaceutical clusters and potential customers across North India.
- Develop a database of pharmaceutical manufacturers formulators and decision-makers.
- Identify new market opportunities applications and customer segments.
- Monitor competitor products pricing customer preferences and market activities.
- Provide regular market intelligence to the management.
- Prepare monthly quarterly and annual territory business plans.
- Develop customer-wise and product-wise sales plans.
- Maintain accurate sales forecasts and opportunity pipelines.
- Track actual sales against targets and take corrective actions.
- Identify gaps in business performance and develop action plans.
- Follow up on quotations purchase orders and commercial negotiations.
- Ensure timely conversion of enquiries into orders.
- Monitor customer outstanding and coordinate timely payment collection.
- Maintain commercial discipline in assigned accounts.
- Coordinate with Finance and Commercial teams for customer-related issues.
- Act as the primary business contact for assigned customers.
- Coordinate customer complaints with QA Technical Production and Dispatch teams.
- Ensure timely resolution of customer issues.
- Maintain strong customer satisfaction and retention.
- Track complaints until closure.
Coordinate with:
- R&D
- QA
- Production
- Planning
- Commercial
- Finance
- Logistics
- Dispatch
- Technical Services
- Regulatory
to ensure smooth execution of customer requirements and timely deliveries.
- Prepare daily/weekly/monthly sales MIS.
- Submit customer visit reports and business development reports.
- Maintain enquiry and lead-generation records.
- Track sampling trials approvals and commercialization status.
- Prepare customer-wise sales analysis.
- Provide regular updates on competitors market trends and business opportunities.
- Conduct regular customer meetings and business reviews.
- Participate in exhibitions conferences seminars and industry events.
- Develop relationships with senior decision-makers and technical teams.
- Represent Nitika Pharma professionally in the assigned market.
The candidate will be responsible for developing business with:
- Pharmaceutical Manufacturers
- Formulation Companies
- CDMOs / Contract Manufacturers
- Pharmaceutical R&D Centres
- Nutraceutical Manufacturers
- Healthcare Product Manufacturers
- Pharmaceutical Distributors / Strategic Channel Partners
- Other relevant B2B customers for Pharma Excipients
Candidates should be comfortable interacting with:
- Purchase Heads
- Procurement Managers
- R&D Heads
- Formulation Scientists
- QA Heads
- Production Heads
- Supply Chain Heads
- Commercial Heads
- Plant Heads
- Directors / Promoters
- 510 years of relevant experience in Pharma Sales / B2B Sales.
- Experience in Pharmaceutical Excipients / Pharmaceutical Ingredients / Specialty Chemicals is strongly preferred.
- Candidates with strong B2B sales experience with pharmaceutical manufacturers may also be considered.
- Proven experience in North India market development will be an advantage.
Preferred:
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- MBA Sales & Marketing
Other graduates with strong relevant Pharma Excipients sales experience may also be considered.
- Strong Pharma Excipients / B2B sales understanding.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Strong customer relationship management.
- New business development capability.
- Strong negotiation and commercial skills.
- Customer mapping and decision-maker identification.
- Understanding of pharmaceutical R&D/Formulation requirements.
- Product sampling and approval follow-up.
- Strong market intelligence and competitor analysis.
- Good Excel PowerPoint and MIS skills.
- CRM experience will be an advantage.
- Strong follow-up and execution capability.
- Willingness to travel extensively across North India.
Candidates having strong customer relationships and market exposure in:
- Delhi NCR
- Baddi
- Chandigarh
- Haryana
- Punjab
- Himachal Pradesh
- Uttarakhand
- Rajasthan
- Uttar Pradesh
Required Skills:
Sales Excipients Key account management Business and developement Bpharma Domestic Sales North India
Required Education: