Field sales role to meet sales targets by promoting products to doctors, organize events and patient programs, manage inventory and reporting, gather market intelligence, train new hires, and support area manager in territory activities.
Job title: Scientific sales executiveJob Location - BengaluruPURPOSE OF THE ROLE
- To achieve the area sales objectives and stretch beyond targets by increasing prescription from identified doctors & lead the market creation efforts for new category through effective implementation of marketing activities. To support in organizing patient acquisition and retention programs.
- To align with and participate actively in organization led initiatives periodically.
- To understand and comply with the organization code of ethics
- Role based at the respective region assigned
- Descriptors
- Capability Development - Attend all local and regional meetings and training programs and acquire and apply knowledge as disseminated through such programs.
- New Hire Induction - Impart field induction training to new joiners monitor progress and give feedback to superiors.
- Make product presentation and assist area manager in PCM’s whenever required.
- Assist AM in collection and summarizing of SLP sales leadership in plan formats.
- Attendance and participation at local/regional meeting
- Attendance and participation in training programs/seminar
- Sales Target Achievement - Achieve monthly, quarterly and annual sales targets as assigned by AM/RBM
- Inventory Management - Forwarding of breakage & expiry of products within limits of authority.
- Target achieved
- % Growth
- Doctor Calls - Make a predetermined number of effective calls to doctors for promoting company’s products and concepts as per policy decided from time to time. Collect complete data on territory doctors, maintain and submit call records in the prescribed format and update doctor data base.
- Efficient Day Planning - Plan day’s work with clear objectives for each call, perform pre and post call analysis and visits chemists for feedback.
- Market Intelligence - Keep track of movement of company products vis-à-vis competitor’s products and give regular feedback to superiors. Assist the AM to identify appropriate target doctors.
- Report adverse events to Pharmacovigilance.
- Effective utilization of SFE tools OPTIMA and SLP guidelines for process excellence.
- Product Availability - Make the products available, follow-up and coordinate with the chemists and C&F to ensure adequate inventories of company’s products.
- Call average
- Frequency of coverage i.e. A, B doctors
- Accuracy and timeliness of Data entered in OPTIMA
- Market & competitors feedback to superiors
- Adverse event reporting
- Brand Building - Organize specific group events of doctors – organize logistics e.g., venue, date, & time, materials, etc and co-ordinate with therapeutic area executive/product manager in compliance with the ethical framework of the company
- Participate in the patient acquisition and retention campaigns, where applicable. Give post program feedback; follow up with participating doctors to increase demand.
- Inventory level recording
- Quality, timeliness and effectiveness of events organized
- % growth in patient acquisition and retention
- Feedback from key customers - Doctors chemists.
- We’re an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives.
- More than 3 yrs. field experience in Sanofi
- Current/Past experience in launching new specialty products
- Experience across multiple & wide geographic area
- Demonstrated strong KOL connect.
- Experience of selling diabetes products will be a plus
- Project management experience will be an added advantage
- Pharmaceuticals (preferred)
- Product knowledge
- Market Knowledge
- Business policy knowledge and procedures of the company
- A Customer first approach
- Selling and negotiation skills.
- Excellent communication & articulation skills
- Entrepreneurial mindset
- Collaboration & Teamwork
- Learning Aptitude
- Interpersonal relations and skills to manage customer relations.
- Ability to work with database and data warehousing programs
- The career path for the role can be towards territory management as Area Manager, Territory Manager or moving into an individual contributor role in other therapy areas.
Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.
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Top Skills
Data Warehousing Programs
Database
Optima
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Sanofi Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IND Office
No. No. 7, Raintree Place, 9, 6B, MC Nicholas Rd, Chetpet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, 600031
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