At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

Bring your sales talents to a leader in medical technology and healthcare solutions. Rooted in our long history of mission-driven innovation, our medical technologies open doors. We support your growth with the training, mentorship, and guidance you need to own your future success. Join us for a career in sales that changes lives.

The Sales Manager is responsible for driving sales growth, managing a team, and ensuring the achievement of business objectives within a designated territory. This role involves talent development, budget management, strategic planning, and collaboration with key internal and external stakeholders. We are seeking a committed professional to join our team. While this is a remote position not located at a physical Medtronic site, the candidate hired will be required to reside within the territory and drive to multiple accounts throughout the region. A valid driver's license is essential for this role.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Hire, develop, and retain talent to create a culture of execution and performance through field coaching, strategic guidance, and field visit follow-up
• Build and advance a District Sales business plan and forecast to meet and/or exceed sales quotas while driving market growth
• Talent Management:  Ensure each seller meets and/or exceeds sales objectives through coaching and developing talent
• Manage P&L Budget: including govern financial activities within allocated budgets while making strategic discretionary spending decisions
• Cultivate and maintain key customer relationships with at least 3-5 key stakeholders, including Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) and senior supply chain administrators
• Partner across businesses with Surgical Leaders, Strategic Accounts Directors, and Enterprise teams to drive a unified sales strategy
• Collaborate with internal teams such as Marketing, Finance, and Product Development to align strategies based on market insights and competition

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• University degree in Business Administration, Life Sciences or equivalent experience
• Sales experience within the Medical Devices industry
• At least 3 years of experience in direct management of employees is desired
• Strong ability to motivate, coach and support the team with all business-related activities
• Strong strategic business acumen and networking skills
• Experience of executing successful product launches, territory planning and forecasting
• Fluent in English and one of the local languages spoken in Johannesburg 
• Driving license and willing to travel at least 50% across the Nordic region with the sales team 

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.  We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
 

 

 

This position is eligible for an annual long-term incentive plan.

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. 
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here