Job Description
Senior Sales Representative: Oncology
Liaise with healthcare professionals and work strategically and operationally to increase the awareness and use of the company's pharmaceutical and medical products in settings such as chemotherapy rooms with specialist Oncologists, surgeons, and other HCPs as required to support the franchise indications. Work in the settings of private and government hospitals. Call on specialists and other core functions that add value and service to the entire medical account.
Responsibilities:
- This position will be required to adhere to all relevant requirements, policies, procedures, and legal regulations pertaining to health, safety, environment, and quality, as well as finance, human resources, and any other regulations as required by the company and relevant to the level of the role and responsibilities of the function.
- Responsible for the achievement of sales targets for our Company's Oncology Portfolio in a defined region/geography within a country/market.
- Accountable for accurate execution of territory sales targets planning and operational cross-functional territory development plan within assigned territory.
- Able to identify and communicate with relevant customers including Key Opinion Leaders, Oncology decision-making authorities in the cancer institutions, and other members of the appropriate Multi-Disciplinary Team (Nurses, Pharmacists, Pathologists, etc.) who are influential in the use of our Company's oncology products.
- Work in close collaboration with line manager and members of cross-functional team to be responsible for creation, execution, leading, and coordinating the activities of other internal Company team members in the same territory (medical, MAx, CDx, policy, communications, etc.) to ensure that the impact of a cross-functional team approach is leveraged.
- Arrange appointments with doctors, pharmacists, and oncologists medical teams. Be creative in creating access to relevant customers.
- Build and maintain positive working relationships with medical staff and supporting administration staff e.g., receptionists, chemotherapy room sisters, and pharmacists.
- Adhere to operational effectiveness requirements.
- Deliver presentations to doctors and other relevant medical personnel within the specific target reach for this portfolio.
- Organize continued medical education (CME) for doctors and other medical staff.
- Maintain an accurate and up-to-date picture of the competitive landscape and clinical perspectives within the cancer institutions in their territory.
- Manage budgets (for catering, outside speakers, conferences, hospitality, etc).
- Understand the dynamics of private and government sectors doctors/oncologists and institutions.
- Respond timeously on business issues within a short timeframe.
- Provide an accurate and reasonable territory potential picture as a basis for short- and long-term territory sales planning; should have a high-level reflex in terms of competition assessment and reporting.
- Maintain an excellent understanding of various processes within the cancer institutions in their territory – e.g., Multidisciplinary Team approaches, Hospital Treatment Protocols for Cancer, Ethics Committee processes, Pharmacy Policies, Formulary Inclusion process, etc.
- In collaboration with and supported by our Company's Market Access and Logistics colleagues, ensure that there is sufficient inventory at the hospital pharmacy to meet demand of Oncologists/Patients for our Company's Oncology Medicines.
- Ensure high level of ethical standards of our Company's Oncology business in place.
- Senior Sales Representatives will have a coaching/mentoring responsibility to transfer skills.
- Responsible for reporting adverse experiences or events (AEs), adverse device events (ADEs), product quality complaints (PQCs), and other reportable information, customer feedback (CF), alleged counterfeiting, diversion, and tampering (CDT) that they become aware of to the Designated Point of Contact (DPOC).
Qualifications & Experience Required:
- Completed Degree/diploma in medical or para-medical field is advantageous.
- 3 - 5 years of experience in the following Therapeutic Area would be preferred: Oncology. Surgical sales experience would also be considered.
- Be well organized and have a high work ethic.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Results-oriented with the ability to meet deadlines and handle challenging assignments.
- Able to manage complexity.
- Very Good command of the English language.
- Very good in Computer skills and competent presentation skills.
- Self-motivated and energetic with the drive to excel.
- Must have a Valid Driver's license.
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