Oncology Sales Representative – Grand - North Wales, United States - Merck Sharp & Dohme

Merck Sharp & Dohme

Verified Company

North Wales, United States

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

Grow and accelerate your career with our Oncology Sales organization and join a team that's driven to make an impact on cancer patients We take a customer-centric approach by leveraging emerging digital technologies and data analytics to better understand our patients' needs and design ingenious solutions to meet them.

Developing your career with us will allow you to join a group of diverse professionals, driven by purpose and determined to help save and improve lives.

Help us continue to grow and define the oncology market of today and tomorrow with a driven, customer-focused, and collaborative team.

As an Oncology Sales Representative, you will partner with customers to address identified needs, educate key stakeholders about our oncology products, and communicate our vision to the broader oncology community.

This is a fieldbased sales position that will cover the Grand Rapids, Michigan territory.
Additional areas of the territory include Western Michigan, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Traverse City, and Sault Ste. Marie.

Key responsibilities include and may not be limited to:

Serve as a primary point of contact for customers and meet with key stakeholders to understand practice structure, business model, and key influencers, while building relationships and trust to uncover and comprehend their needs.
Use appropriate resources to create a compelling and logical rationale for the value of our Oncology products during informed discussions with customers, knowing how to compare, contrast, and position our brand(s) versus competitor products.
Possess knowledge of cancer staging, possible treatment options, and dosing schedules associated with different tumors/diseases, recognizing the impact of those options on patients.
Understand the significance and use of clinical trials in multiple tumor types/therapies, both in impact on promoted products and in practice behavior of the account.
Analyze and identify trends in a complex buying environment, including multiple channels of drug distribution (Oncology group purchasing organizations, wholesalers, and specialty pharmacies).
Review and evaluate patterns for products purchased and prescribed (outpatient vs inpatient infusion, as part of hospital contract, etc.).
Comprehend complex account interdependencies to proactively develop and execute short

- and long-term account plans in collaboration with the account team and supervisor (known as the Oncology Customer Team Leader).

Share learnings and best practices from one customer to another to help others meet their needs.
Influence beyond their specific territory or product/indication area and ask strategic, insightful questions to obtain information about customer needs, use these insights to position our Oncology products/indications accordingly, and collaborate with customers on a customized strategy.
Ensure a consistent customer experience across our Company's division and functional areas and share key learnings to support customer needs by effectively communicating and collaborating with the inscope customer team: Customer Team Leader, Key Account Manager, Nurse Educator, Field Reimbursement Associate, Medicare Account Executive, and more.

Minimum Requirements:

Bachelor's degree with at least 6 years of sales experience OR a minimum of high school diploma with at least 10 years of equivalent experience.
Equivalent experience can be professional sales experience, work experience in the healthcare/scientific field (including pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical devices) that is not sales related, professional marketing experience, or military experience.

years of field-based experience, selling an oncology therapeutic to oncology customers.

Valid driver's license and able to drive a vehicle.
Travel the amount of time the role requires.
Legally authorized to work in the United States.

Preferred Experience and Skills:

2+ years of fieldbased experience, selling an oncology therapeutic to oncology customers.
Documented history of strong performance in a sales/marketing or oncology clinical role.
Clinical oncology experience across multiple solid tumors.

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**Employees working in roles that the Company determines require routine collaboration with external stakeholders, such as customer-facing commercial, or research-based roles, will be expected to comply not only with Company policy but also with policies established by such external stakeholders (for example, a requirement to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to access a facility or meet with stakeholders). Please understand that, as permitted by applicable law, if you have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 and an essential function of your job is to call on external stakeholders who require vaccination to enter their premises or engage in face-to-face meetings, then your employment may pose an undue burden to business operations