Sales Manager

Ascensia Diabetes Care is a global specialist diabetes care company, dedicated to helping people living with diabetes. Our mission is to empower people living with diabetes through innovative solutions that simplify and improve their lives. We use our innovation and specialist expertise in diabetes to develop high quality solutions and tools that make a positive, daily difference for people.

At Ascensia, our values serve as the bedrock of our organization. They guide our decisions, actions, and interactions, shaping the culture we collectively foster.

Our Values include:


Resilient Growth Mindset

Executional Excellence

Courageous Leadership

Inclusive Collaboration

We believe that when we live our values authentically, both individually and as a team, we unlock our true potential and drive sustainable success.

Job Title: Sales Manager – Saudi Arabia (Contingent Worker)

Are you passionate about advancing healthcare and making a real commercial impact?

We’re looking for a dynamic Sales Manager to support Ascensia Diabetes Care’s distributor in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by leading the local team to develop and execute sales strategies to drive the growth of the business and achieve the planned sales and business objectives for the country. This is a full time contingent role.

Location: Jeddah or Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Employment: Full-time (Contingent Worker)

What you will be doing:


Manage the overall sales performance in Saudi Arabia by leading a team of sales representatives to develop and implement strategies and tactics, which drive growth of the business and deliver on the annual sales and profitability/cost objectives

Develop and implement short and long-term strategic plans that will meet customer needs, increase market share, while optimizing in-market investments and costs

Direct the implementation of planned in-market activities across all key customers and market channels, monitor success and initiate changes or implement new activities as needed to deliver or exceed on performance expectations

Implement and maintain a robust sales management CRM system to record and assess effective of field force.

Identify and develop new or existing business opportunities and potential customers to increase sales year over year

Build and cultivate high performance culture within the sales team and local operations by leading and overseeing the performance of the local sales team, fostering excellence, and supporting talent development.

What you need for success:


10+ years of experience in medical devices / pharmaceuticals sales, preferably in diabetes and blood glucose monitoring category

Proven sales team management and people leadership skills, with minimum 5 years of experience in a Sales Manager role

Demonstrated experience in delivering results through strong sales activity planning and execution, key account management and retail expertise as well as working with KOLs

Strategic skills, financial acumen and solid business judgment capabilities

Strong interpersonal, influencing, negotiation and teamwork skills

Fluency in Arabic and English

You will play a key role in driving the awareness, adoption, growth and performance of Ascensia Contour brands in Saudi Arabia working as part of the local distributor team.

What we can offer you:

We offer a competitive compensation structure with benefits aligned to market standards, along with a flexible work environment that promotes work-life balance. Our culture encourages collaboration, continuous learning, and professional development.

TO ALL RECRUITMENT AGENCIES: Ascensia does not accept unsolicited third-party resumes.

Building an Inclusive Culture: We are a company that brings varying backgrounds, ideas, and points of view to inventing on behalf of all customers. Our diverse perspectives are enriched by many dimensions, including race, ethnicity, gender, age, physical and mental ability, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, culture, language, and education, as well as professional and life experience. We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and leveraging our unique perspectives to scale our impact and growth.