Country Manager ( Vietnam)
Basic Function and Scope of the Position:
The Country Manager is responsible in supporting the commercial initiatives aligned with annual corporate objectives are met for Illumina in the assigned country, including but not limited to facilitating the Company’s agreed go-to-market strategy . This position requires a high degree of cross-functional partnership and organizational skills, creativity and critical thinking and proven written and verbal communication skills. Major duties include: Monitoring and reporting on metrics and performance, managing relationships with key stakeholders and key opinion leaders, and supporting the achievement of strategic goals set for the country.
Position Responsibilities:
- Participate in the initiatives to grow Illumina presence and strategy in Vietnam
- Facilitate and monitor of the country plans and strategies
- Works with market development and business development to identify key market needs within districts and channel partner support for execution of multi-year strategies
- Apply the relevant local expertise to continually enhance and build its respected profile in the marketplace
- Coordinate and communicate the needs of the market back into regional segment marketing and product management teams
- Facilitate cross-functional co-ordination of activities and understanding of common goals, working together with Government Affairs, Medical Affairs, Market Access, Business Development and other functional partners.
- Regularly communicates and support the planned strategies with the Regional General Manager and APJ Sales Leader.
- Where necessary, ensure Channel Partner service deliverable is in line with llumina’s commitment to customer satisfaction
- Support grant submissions, joint ventures, collaborations and spin-offs, as necessary
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Listed responsibilities are an essential, but not exhaustive list, of the usual duties associated with the position. Changes to individual responsibilities may occur due to business needs.
Position Requirement(s):
- Well-developed professional and strategic skills with proven ability to develop and grow key relationships through networking at all levels in the organization.
- Mature and seasoned senior manager with well-developed inter-personal and leadership skills.
- Experience in establishing and refining CRM and other reporting systems for tracking and optimizing performance.
- Highly motivated and successful individual who can build and maintain a positive, challenging and dynamic work environment.
- Excellent time management, organizational and interpersonal skills.
- Team player with exceptional interpersonal skills.
- Detail and service oriented individual.
- Ability to monitor and control numerous concurrent tasks in tandem.
- Consistent ability to meet or exceed project deadlines and supply high quality deliverables.
- Knowledge of the genomics, genotyping, gene expression and pharmaceutical markets is highly desirable.
- Prior experience in successfully managing large and complex capital instrument sales teams in the territory.
- Highly self-motivated with some project management skill desired.
- Detail and service oriented individual.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Outlook required.
- Must be very detail oriented.
All listed requirements are deemed as essential functions to this position; however, business conditions may require reasonable accommodations for additional task and responsibilities.
Preferred Experience:
- 15+ years of experience in Life Science or a related area.
- 7+ years of experience in Life Science project management or a related area.
- Education: Graduate degree in Science / Management preferred
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