Associate Business Manager

Key responsibilities
Portfolio management
– Identify opportunities (accounts, products, ranges, suppliers, tenders) from your existing portfolio using data analysis, market research and by working with key internal stakeholders (marketing, sales, customer service/finance)
– Assess market competition compared to identified opportunities
– Understand, identify target markets and position key product/ranges/suppliers
– Set yearly sales forecasts and short and long-term objectives and strategies
– Support key internal stakeholders (marketing, sales, IT and customer service/finance) in the determination and implementation of tactics to meet your objectives and achieve your strategies

Supplier management
– Create and maintain positive, productive and profitable partnerships with your suppliers
– Promote the company as a powerful channel to aid in your supplier’s success
– Communicate clearly and regularly, meeting the needs of each individual supplier
– Set clear expectations for reporting and deliver on these expectations
– Encourage engagement by your suppliers and support their marketing/sales plans
– Collect and analyse customer feedback and communicate this to your suppliers

Overall reagents portfolio support
– Analyse and benchmark reagent product prices against the market
– Review technical copy
– Optimise reagent product data utilising input files from suppliers
– Manage basic price enquiries from Sales team
– Support Reagents Business Managers as required