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# 161313 - Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Reporting to:Senior Dental Area Manager, Europe
Why Work For Colgate Palmolive:
1. The learning & development opportunities: You will refine your commercial mindset and continue to learn new skills working closely with a cross-functional team giving you exposure to all local market departments.
2. The challenge & variety: You will operate in a fast paced operational environment, directly impacting the day-to-day performance of the business, with personal accountability for your business.
3. The global experience: You will have the opportunity to work with global brands, participate in global strategies with potential to develop your career internationally.
4. The Colgate Values: We are Caring, We are Inclusive and We are Courageous are integral to how we operate every day.
Job Purpose
As an Oral Care Consultant you are one of our field based specialists who work in close partnership with the UK dental professionals. This role involves detailing, selling and merchandising Colgate products to either existing or new customers in the dental sector. You will be part of a diverse team of Oral Care Consultant who operate across clearly defined territories UK wide. You are field-based and play a crucial role in maintaining and building brand awareness and sales for our professional products range.
What you will do:
5. Visit dentists, hygienists & therapists within dental practices, area health authorities, hospitals and dental hospitals located within your territory. Postal area coverage includes SW / EC / WC / NW / SM / TW
6. The aim of these visits is to establish contact, build rapport, sell specialist Professional products, drive recommendation & endorsement for our consumer brands
7. You will educate the dental professional and their teams in specific oral care areas, as well as the benefits of our Colgate products
8. Work closely with your regional manager to develop your skills and capability through coaching and an individual development plan
9. Responsible for maintaining and collating customer records within our C4C system, summarizing where they have been, who you have seen, salient points of the conversation, competitor activity and feedback about our Colgate products.
10. Complete quarterly business plan and weekly visits plans
11. Provide technical/scientific and product information through arranging, administering and presenting at trade exhibitions, educational group meetings to dentists and on a one-to-one basis
12. Provide on-going feedback to Professional Marketing and Sales team
13. Deliver upon daily KPI’s, which involve contacting dental professionals and their teams face to face and/or by video call / phone
Yes - this is totally me! My key competencies and background holds:
14. Expertise in consultative and solutions selling
15. Always customer- & consumer centric in my approach - and result oriented
16. I’m an expert in building strong relationships
17. Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
18. Experienced in being customer facing in the field
19. The ability to communicate clearly and concisely complex concepts (Medical and Scientific data) to customers
20. I have analytical skills and a commercial mindset
21. I have had exposure to working/partnering with healthcare professionals (would be an advantage but is not essential)
22. I am a shark in planning, prioritizing and making decisions
23. And last but not least, I’m a team player who also work quite well independently
Travel Requirements
Expected percentage of travel: Up to 75-100%
If you’ve read this far, we bet it’s because you’re serious about joining a group of passionate people so just hit the “apply” button and submit your application.