French Speaking Sales Team Leader

French Speaking Sales Team Leader – (Job Ref: 24N/OCCO)

Randox requires a Business Development Team Leader to drive strategic, commercial and customer-oriented initiatives within our sales teams. The successful candidate will contribute to the company’s overall growth and profitability by specifically developing and maintaining a strong sales strategy for the promotion and sales of all Randox clinical products.

The Successful candidate should be able to speak French Fluently and willing to travel to their designated territories of Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria.

This role is a full-time office-based position based at our HQ in Ardmore, just outside Crumlin.
The working hours are 8:40am -5:20pm Mon-Fri.

The Role:

• Development of business interests in specified sales territory in line with targets tied to the corporate growth plan
• Effectively managing distributors and Sales Executives in the territory, and push for sales growth
• Managing key relations with our current customers
• Conducting market customer visits to increases sales
• Building up in-depth knowledge of Randox and competitor products
• Identifying new market opportunities and increasing sales
• Handling customer queries in a timely and efficient manner
• Attending conferences and trade shows as required

The Candidate:
Essential:

• Qualified to degree level in a life science or business discipline
• Willingness to travel extensively to Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia & Algeria.
• High degree of self-motivation; can work under pressure and with minimal supervision
• A proven track record in sales and customer relationship management
• Ability to identify new business opportunities through expansion of existing products into new market segments
• Previous exposure to regional and international roles in social or business context.
• Proficiency in all Microsoft applications- Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Be able to communicate in English / French both verbally and written

Desirable:

• At least 2.1-degree classification
• Laboratory experience
• Proven track record in managing an international sales team, ideally in the Healthcare / IVD / Medical Diagnostics sector.
• Additional Language (Arabic is Desirable)

For you, we offer a strong base salary plus bonus and profit-sharing incentives. Full autonomy to manage your own diary. As a global company - we can offer you rapid career progression from Sales Team Leader to through to Sales Manager and to Country Manager as our market share increases. This a good opportunity to reap rewards in a sector that is experiencing significant growth.

About Randox:

An international company operating in over 145 countries that continues to have unparalleled growth, Randox Laboratories has been the heartbeat of the UK’s National COVID Testing Programme throughout the pandemic. In early 2020 Randox recognised the threat from COVID-19 and, based on over 40 years of diagnostic experience, quickly developed a test to accurately identify the virus. Testing at scale commenced within weeks to support the UK’s National Testing Programme and private clients alike. Through the enormous effort and commitment of its staff Randox is currently operating at a capacity of 180,000 COVID-19 samples per day, making it the most productive laboratory in the UK and Ireland and amongst the very largest in Europe.