Medical Representative

About the role

The Medical Representative develops and maintains strong relationships with healthcare professionals and key customers, promotes the company's products, identifies new business opportunities and achieves agreed sales targets within the assigned territory.

Key responsibilities

• Build and maintain relationships with physicians, pharmacists, hospitals and other key healthcare professionals.
• Maintain up-to-date scientific and product knowledge so that information shared with professionals is reliable and trustworthy.
• Achieve, and where possible exceed, assigned sales targets.
• Identify new customers and business opportunities and develop effective territory and customer plans.
• Provide professional customer service and follow up on customer needs.
• Organise and take part in CME sessions, workshops, roundtables, sponsored meetings, congresses and other promotional activities with the Product Manager.
• Monitor market developments, customer feedback and competitor activity and report back to the team.
• Prepare weekly activity reports and monthly sales reports.
• Work with the Sales and Product teams to support business growth and represent the company professionally with customers and stakeholders.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Health Sciences, Nursing, PharmD or another relevant life sciences discipline.
• 1-3 years' experience as a Medical/Pharmaceutical Representative or in a similar healthcare sales role.
• Willingness to travel within the assigned territory and a valid driving licence.

Required skills

• Strong communication, interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
• Negotiation and selling skills, with a strong customer focus.
• Target-driven, self-motivated and able to work independently.
• Good planning, organisation and time management.
• Ability to identify new business opportunities and grow existing accounts.
• Good reporting and analytical skills.