Sales & Marketing Excellence Manager

Posted:
1/19/2026, 5:19:19 PM

Location(s):
Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey ⋅ Istanbul, Turkey

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Business & Strategy

Career Category

Sales & Marketing Operations

Job Description

Job Purpose

  • Lead and continuously improve all commercial excellence processes across Sales and Marketing, including Multichannel strategy, Sales Force Effectiveness (SFE), Business Planning & Analysis (BPA) and Market Research.

  • Build and execute a customer-centric commercial multichannel strategy, drive effective sales force deployment, optimize resource allocation and enhance reporting systems.

  • Set proper controls, governance and working mechanisms for all Sales & Marketing Excellence activities, creating industry-leading standards in commercial performance and decision support.

Responsibilities & Outputs

Multichannel Excellence

  • Build and support execution of the overarching multichannel commercial strategy.

  • Improve the effective use of existing channels and explore opportunities for channel expansion where applicable.

  • Advise Commercial Team and Product Managers on appropriate channel usage, campaign design and content creation.

  • Define KPIs/metrics and design performance dashboards for multichannel activities.

  • Identify regional multichannel best practices to localize and promote within the affiliate; share local best practices with the region.

Sales Force Excellence

  • Lead the Sales Force Effectiveness (SFE) team and drive excellence in field force deployment.

  • Design and implement core SFE processes including:

    • Segmentation & Targeting

    • Territory Alignment

    • Resource Allocation & Rightsizing

    • Line Structuring

    • Incentive & Reward Scheme Design

  • Identify improvement opportunities in SFE processes by collaborating closely with Business Units and field representatives.

  • Rationalize, streamline and operationalize sales and engagement reporting needs with a focus on meaningful metrics and KPIs.

  • Ensure BI tools deliver effective and comprehensive analytics; lead BI tool integration with regional systems.

  • Coordinate tender sales performance tracking.

  • Act as single point of contact for commercial data vendors (e.g., IQVIA/IMS).

  • Maintain CRM system (Veeva or equivalent), implement required updates, rules and enhancements.

Business Planning and Analysis

  • Develop robust forecasting models based on patient flows and market dynamics; involvement in Budget/Latest Estimates works with relevant teams.

  • Develop, maintain and standardize forecasting methodologies, templates and reporting systems.

  • Build organizational capabilities in market analysis and commercial planning.

  • Prepare comprehensive market analyses for brand planning, long-term forecasts, country strategy development and ad-hoc decision needs.

Market Research

  • Initiate and coordinate affiliate-wide market research activities (primary & secondary).

  • Maximize utilization of available data sources and market intelligence platforms to generate insights for brands and customer segments.

  • Ensure market research recommendations are actionable and integrated into commercial strategies.

Authority

  • Key advisor to Sales & Marketing leadership and Commercial Operations on multichannel, SFE, market research and BPA decisions.

  • Decision-maker for:

    • Reporting frameworks and KPI definitions

    • Field force tracking rules (segmentation, targeting, CRM/CLM governance)

    • Sales incentive model execution

    • System and process design for multichannel and SFE

  • Responsible for CRM, IMS/IQVIA and BI tool budgets; supports decisions on resource allocation and line structuring.

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