Pharmaceutical Sales Specialist - CVRM Primary Care Team, Belleville IL

Role Summary

Pharmaceutical Sales Specialist - CVRM Primary Care Team, Belleville IL

Responsibilities

• You will develop superior product and disease state knowledge and effectively educate and engage healthcare professionals in dialogue about clinical evidence, approved indications, and product efficacy/safety profiles to support on-label prescribing for appropriate patients.
• You will function independently with sales proficiency to drive sales performance and ensure sales forecasts and assigned budgets meet or exceed therapeutic and territory expectations.
• You will successfully complete training requirements, including product examinations.
• By developing and maintain in-depth knowledge of market, demographic, and managed care information relative to your assigned sales territory.
• You will be able to work with your District Sales Manager and Regional Sales Director to develop a local strategy and business plan to generate recognizable increases of sales in your territory.
• You will capitalize on formulary approvals and other opportunities through effective implementation of the Strategic Targeting Plans by using a wide variety of promotional, personnel resources and analytical tools to enhance effectiveness in assigned sales territory, based on local assessment of customer needs.
• You will provide special education to healthcare providers through appropriate programs that fall within AstraZeneca’s ethical guidelines.
• Work with Pharmaceutical Sales Specialists around common objectives to coordinate selling efforts.

Qualifications

• Essential: Bachelor’s degree
• Essential: A driver’s license and safe driving record
• Desirable: Knowledge of the medical, healthcare or pharmacy industry and skills in clinical; preferably within Cardiovascular, Renal or Metabolic Disease therapeutic areas
• Desirable: Prior sales experience
• Desirable: Demonstrated organizational and communication skills
• Desirable: Demonstrated leadership
• Desirable: Demonstrated judgment and decision-making capability
• Desirable: Be results oriented with demonstrated time management skills
• Desirable: Ability to learn, analyze, understand and convey complex information