Sales Representative: RX/OTC (Western Cape)

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.

Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

​Sales​

Our Sales teams help to deliver Reckitt's purpose by building shared success with our customers, making access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment possible in-stores and online.

Within Sales, we're focused on achieving outperformance across all of our channels, operating in highly competitive categories. This focus results in a dynamic, fast paced environment where cross functional teams are encouraged to collaborate to achieve success.

We have around 10,000 sales people across the world, within market roles and ranging in areas like Field Sales, Key Accounts, Trade Marketing and Category Development.

About the role

Embark on a dynamic career journey with Reckitt as a Sales Representative - RX/OTC in the Western Cape, where your exceptional storytelling skills bring our products to life. You'll become the face of brand advocacy, crafting stories that resonate and inspire. Your attention to detail and passion for engagement will cultivate strong relationships and build the foundations for lasting customer loyalty. If you thrive in environments that blend independent challenges with collaborative teamwork, and relish the prospect of flexibly connecting with customers and industry peers, your next chapter of professional growth awaits you with us.

Your responsibilities

• Ensure achievement of agreed Net Revenue sales targets, as well as optimizations of Trade spend within specific sales reporting areas (SRA).
• Responsible for continuous training and detailing of healthcare professionals in the Private/Public sector. 
• Monitor competitor activities by acquiring knowledge on the healthcare professional’s usage of those products, then assisting in the implementation of appropriate response and proactive strategies.
• Develop and maintain relations with key healthcare professionals in the Private and Public sector, to monitor their product usage, in order to optimise opportunities for increased usage.
• Ensure day-to-day flow of information of sale activities and transactions (orders, call rates, merchandising, promotions) via technology based tools in order to meet sales and territory objectives.

The skills for success

Customer strategy; Channel strategy, Sales strategy development.

The experience we're looking for

• Appropriate tertiary qualification with preference in either of the following areas Physiology & Anatomy or Pharmacology.
• At least 2 years sales experience.
• Understanding of the Healthcare Private and Public sector.
• Experience in Organizing and planning of Continuous Medical education (CME) activities to Healthcare Professionals.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.

We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognize that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.