Sales Representative EMID - Johannesburg Northern suburbs

As a Sales Representative you are primarily responsible for selling the full range of products in assigned accounts or regions in a professional manner to hospitals and related healthcare professionals as well as for the management of quality and consistency of product and service delivery. He/she will build strong ethical business relationships with customers to ensure usage of our products and gain greater market share by focusing on procedural selling.
In return, we will provide you with world-class training, frequent development opportunities, rewarding benefits and the opportunity to work in a varied, challenging role with a large scope for demonstrating your independence, innovation and your talent for sales.

Are you Covidien?

Covidien is a leading global healthcare products company that creates innovative medical solutions for better patient outcomes and delivers value through clinical leadership and excellence. We deliver outstanding results and innovative solutions in the Medical Device and Medical Supplies segments. Through progressive thinking and cutting-edge technologies, Covidien is well positioned to lead the way in today’s rapidly changing healthcare industry. Whatever your specialty or ambitions, you can make a difference at Covidien – both in the lives of others and your career.

At Covidien, we strive to fully understand our marketplace, customers, communities and employees, and we enter into relationships with a sense of honesty, fairness and trust.

We are an equal opportunity employer.


Key Responsibilities:

• As a Sales Representative you will present and sell EMID (Endomechanical Intelligent Devices) product range to current and potential clients
• Achieve agreed budgets, focus on sales growth
• Building on well established relationships to become an expert advisor to healthcare professionals
• Managing customer relations at all levels in your territory
• Complete all administrative tasks punctual and accurate within given deadlines

Skills & Qualifications

Minimum requirements:

• As a Sales Representative you need to have previous experience in sales
• Living in the Johannesburg area

Preferred requirements:

• Experience in medical devices/pharmacutical sales
• A professional education or relevant degree

Other skills:

• Driven
• Strong presentation and negotiation skills
• Excellent Customer Focus
• Team player