Specialty Representative, Dermatology Newark, NJ

This role is field-based and candidates should live within a reasonable distance from the primary city. Talent will be hired at a level commensurate with experience.  

This geography covers the areas surrounding:  Newark Morristown Florham Park Millburn Sparta Livingston New Jersey

Execute brand strategy and tactics in field sales performance effectively manage assigned territory and targeted accounts build strong customer relationships and customer needs solving capability to maximize short and long term sales performance placing the patient into the center of any efforts and operating within AbbVies business code of conduct policies and all applicable laws and regulations.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver sales performance brand KPIs financial targets marketing objectives order to meet or exceed on those objectives.
• Create pre-call plan using SMART objectives and execute post-call evaluation in order to continuously improve sales performance. Effectively handle objections misunderstandings concerns and consistently gain logical and reasonable calls to action in order to close on every sales call.
• Proactively and continuously aspire to serve customer needs customer expectations and challenges in order to build trusted customer relationships and to achieve win-win agreements between AbbVie and customers.
• Develop and execute a call plan that achieves set call metrics and optimizes coverage and frequency to key customers in order to maximize access and sales opportunities.
• Continuously build understanding on customer needs and expectations territory market landscape competitors market segments/dynamics accounts disease product clinical and sales expertise and share this market intelligence information with in-field team brand team and sales manager to achieve alignment to anticipate environmental changes and challenges and to optimize brand strategy and its execution.
• Differentiate AbbVies value proposition with health providers assigned and identify develop and maintain disease state experts and speakers/advocates in order to maximize brand performance.

Qualifications :

• Bachelors degree in health sciences pharmacy or business-related field preferred or relevant and equivalent industry experience required
• Relevant and equivalent industry experience required in lieu of a bachelors degree is at least five (5) years of experience with three (3) or more years of experience within the pharmaceutical/health/science industry preferred and a high school diploma/GED required
• Proven track record of success in selling and solid presentation skills. Proactively identifies customer style / behavior and adapts quickly all aspects of selling approach. Offers innovative ideas and solutions to maximize business opportunities to address challenges. Provides impact with ideas for the larger organization and anticipates and responds to changes.
• Influences others & is viewed as a credible and respected role model and resource among peers. Builds collaborative partnership with district colleagues and matrix team etc. Leads by example; consistently displays positive behaviors and peer coaching through changing and challenging environments.
• Documented success in leadership and support role of increased responsibility at the district region and/or organizational levels. Understands and leverages findings to develop sales strategies.
• Preferred: Proven track record of success in sales performance within respective therapeutic areas. Commercial pharmaceutical industry experiences such as physician/account based selling training managed health care or marketing preferred. English language proficiency verbally and in writing (for all non-English speaking countries).
• An essential requirement of your position is to satisfy all applicable health care industry representative (HCIR) credentialing requirements to gain and maintain entry into facilities and organizations that are in your assigned territory. You must also be in good standing and/or eligible to obtain these credentials.
• These HCIR credentialing requirements may include but are not limited to background checks drug screens proof of immunization/vaccination for various diseases fingerprinting and specific licenses required by individual state or cities. Please remember that you are solely responsible for ensuring that you satisfy all HCIR credentialing requirements and for any associated liability for failing to do so. AbbVie has resources available to you to help answer questions you may have.
• Demonstrates in-depth scientific therapeutic product and competitive knowledge and is recognized as an expert resource by all relevant stakeholders. Strong business acumen and proficient use of business tools; possesses strategic and critical thinking capabilities. Operates effectively in a matrix environment.
• Driving a personal auto or company car or truck or a powered piece of material handling equipment
• Valid drivers license: Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screening test and meet safe driving requirements.

Key Stakeholders 

• External: Specialty Physicians in Therapeutic brand area pharmacists nurses others depending on brand plan.
• Internal: In-field team members Sales Management (i.e. DSM) Marketing Management Training Customer Excellence & Brand Plan stakeholders.

Additional Information :

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: 

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. 
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation holidays sick) medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. 

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus commission incentive benefits or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Companys sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole and absolute discretion consistent with applicable law. 

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity driving innovation transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. 

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Employment Type :

Full-time