Sales Manager – Surgical Innovations (Indirect Africa)

About the role

Join Medtronic as the Sales Manager for Surgical Innovations, Acute Care & Monitoring and Endoscopy across Indirect Africa. You will lead commercial strategy, coach a dispersed team and work with distributors to expand patient access to cutting‑edge surgical and monitoring technologies.

Key responsibilities

• Own the regional commercial strategy and Annual Operating Plan delivery for SI, ACM and Endoscopy, translating priorities into clear country, portfolio and distributor action plans.
• Lead, coach and develop the field team across Indirect Africa, setting performance expectations and strengthening commercial capability.
• Govern distributor performance through business reviews, forecasting, pipeline management, inventory planning, pricing discipline and corrective actions.
• Prioritise growth opportunities across Core Surgical, Endoscopy, Patient Monitoring and Respiratory Interventions.
• Build strong relationships with key customers, clinical leaders, distributors and internal stakeholders to support therapy adoption and strategic partnerships.
• Partner with marketing, finance, supply chain, regulatory, clinical, legal and compliance teams for new product introductions and reliable market execution.
• Maintain high standards of ethics, compliance, data quality and operating discipline while providing accurate forecasts and business insights.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in business, life sciences, engineering, healthcare or a related discipline.
• Significant commercial experience in medical devices or a comparable regulated industry, with responsibility for sales delivery across multiple markets.
• Proven experience leading people and complex distributor networks, with the ability to coach teams and influence partners across cultures.
• Strong capability in business planning, forecasting, pipeline management, tender execution, pricing and financial performance management.
• Fluent business English plus Arabic and/or French.
• Willingness to travel frequently across Indirect Africa and commitment to ethical conduct, compliance and inclusive leadership.

What we offer

• Competitive salary and flexible benefits package.
• Annual long‑term incentive plan.
• Opportunities to shape the future of healthcare with a global leader.