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About
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible.
Sales Account Manager - Banbury
Closed for applications on: 8-Jul-2024 00:01
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 8-Jul-2024 00:01
Key details
Location
- Site
- Oxford Pharmacy Store (OPS), Unit 7, Banbury, OX16 4TJ
- Address
- Lombard Wat
- Town
- Banbury
- Postcode
- OX16 4TJ
- Major / Minor Region
- Oxfordshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (7)
Specialty
- Main area
- Sales and Marketing
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Job overview
A great opportunity has arisen for an experienced Sales Account Manager to join our Sales and Marketing team in Banbury
The aim of this role is to support the Sales and Marketing strategy at Oxford Pharmacy Store (OPS), an NHS owned UK pharmaceutical wholesaler, with a focus on driving business development, supporting internal and external communications and assisting on key customer and supplier relationship management.
The role requires an enthusiastic individual, ideally with recognised qualifications and recent demonstrable experience in a senior commercial, marketing and/or sales role and will be expected to work autonomously with limited supervision with freedom to act in their role, whilst ensuring the achievement of personal objectives, including revenue growth.
You will need an understanding of current NHS and UK medicines supply chain.
The role is flexible, Banbury base with working from home and office, as required.
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You will be responsible for the development and implementation of brand and corporate identity strategies for OPS. The post holder will have input into budgeting for marketing initiates. The post holder will establish and maintain commercial projects, underpinned by market research and data analysis, to increase revenues.
You will be required to deputise for the Sales and Marketing Manager
as appropriate.
You will be expected to work autonomously with limited supervision with
freedom to act in their role, whilst ensuring the achievement of personal objectives, including revenue growth.
You will implement and develop the Sales and Marketing strategy at OPS with an aim to increase revenue and enhance the OPS brand, assisting in the development of the annual sales and marketing plan. You will drive business development in collaboration with the Sales and Marketing team.
You will need to be able to support the development and implementation of brand and corporate identity strategies for OPS as well as develop and implement marketing projects, campaigns and initiatives.
You will maintain and produce OPS publications and marketing materials and actively promote OPS’s products and services and search out new business opportunities.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
- Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· To implement and develop the Sales and Marketing strategy at OPS with an aim to increase revenue and enhance the OPS brand.
· To assist in the development of the annual sales and marketing plan.
· To drive business development in collaboration with the Sales and Marketing team.
· To support development and implementation of brand and corporate identity strategies for OPS.
· To develop and implement marketing projects, campaigns and initiatives.
· To maintain and produce OPS publications and marketing materials.
· To actively promote OPS’s products and services and search out new business opportunities.
· To develop and implement effective sales strategies to increase revenues.
· To implement and develop an enhanced customer relations programme, managing customer relationships.
· To support relationship management and alliances with key suppliers and partners.
· To prepare data in response to external tenders to supply goods and /or services.
· To support IT strategy and the development of the OPS’s IT resources and capabilities.
· To provide maintenance of the OPS website and online presence, including social media.
· To line manage the Marketing and Communications Officer and Customer Service Representatives.
· To deputise for the Sales and Marketing Manager in his/her absence including staff management responsibilities.
- All new starters have a 6 month probationary period. This, together with the induction process, aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale
- Candidates not currently employed by the Trust who attend an interview for non-qualified Band 1-5 posts are required to undertake numeracy and literacy assessments.
- Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
- Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
- We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
- We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
- Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
- Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing
Person specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential criteria
- Understanding of current NHS agenda and Pharmacy services.
- Understanding and experience of customer relationship management.
- Demonstrable success in meeting sales targets.
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of financial systems.
Qualifications – Academic/Skills/ Professional
Essential criteria
- Post Graduate qualification in relative field or equivalent level, preferably in a scientific subject or demonstrable experience of 3 years at a senior level
Desirable criteria
- Further professional sales or marketing qualification from a recognized body
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous sales and/or marketing experience of at least 3 years at senior level
- Experience of working in the NHS or within a pharmaceutical setting
Desirable criteria
- Previous sales and/or marketing experience in the pharmaceutical industry
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mark Byrne
- Job title
- General Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07920708337
- Additional information
At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.
Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.
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