Francois Ebersohn Email & Phone Number

Johannesburg, Gp, Za

South Africa

Olifantsfontein Johannesburg

Randfontein

• Develop strategic plan through studying technological and financial opportunities; presenting assumptions; recommending objectives.• Increasing management's effectiveness by coaching, counselling, and disciplining managers; communicating values, strategies, and objectives; assigning accountabilities; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; developing incentives; developing a climate for offering information and opinions; providing educational opportunities.• Accomplished subsidiary objectives by establishing plans, budgets, and results measurements; allocating resources; reviewing progress; making mid-course corrections or adjustments.• Coordinated efforts by establishing procurement, production, marketing, field, and technical services policies and practices; coordinating actions with corporate staff.• Building the company image by collaborating with customers, community organizations, and employees; enforcing ethical business practices.• Maintaining quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards.• Maintaining professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; benchmarking state-of-the-art practices; participating in professional societies.

South Africa

• Companion animal range of products (Frontline and other ranges).• Maintaining Frontline market share with introduction of generics.• Re-introducing old Frontline products into a competitive generic market.• Budgeting and forecasting of products.• Marketing of these products-printed media as well as all other media, including television.• Responsible for advertising campaigns, liaising with advertising agencies and managing these projects until finalized.• Technical support for sales team and private veterinarians.• Training of sales staff on product range as well as sales skills.• Training of veterinarians and their personnel.• Training and co-ordinating call centre personnel.• Managing relationships between Merial and Veterinarians.• Co-ordinating road shows and countrywide Frontline evenings.• Working with the sales force to meet their targets.• Handling of all product complaints.• Promoting Merial and our products at Onderstepoort Veterinary Faculty.• Doing regular talks at Onderstepoort Faculty of Veterinary Sciences.• Co-ordinating Veterinarians to do talks on behalf of Merial.• Managing product advertising and promotional budgets.• Represented Merial at all Companion animal congresses.

South Africa

• Business development for Pig & Poultry vaccines as well as rest of business in Sub-Sahara.• Technical support and training for sales force on all products.• Marketing of DuPont Animal Health products, updating strategies, budget management and securing tender business.

South Africa

• Drastic Deadline brand manager also responsible for managing the whole Bayer Ectoparacide range.• Forecasting and budgeting.• Marketing as well as technical back up for the whole product range.• Promotions- developing and implementing.• Training of own personnel as well as Agricultural Co-op personnel.• Responsible for farmersdays.• Responsible for product manager tasks.• Highly involved in Cattle Feedlots.• Involved with Veterinarians, Farmers as well as Co-op personnel.• Product range optimization.• Trials on new products.• Launch and positioning of new products.• Technical support for Companion animal range.• Daily stock monitoring on SAP.

Bvsc, Veterinary Medicine

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