Area Sales Manager, Specialty

CSL

8d•$120,000 - $144,000

About The Position

The Area Manager is responsible for promotion and utilization of CSL Behring products and for managing all aspects of territory business development. Area Manager will cultivate and maintain relationships with key customers to include: Health Care Professionals (HCP), hospital decision makers/influencers, specialty pharmacies and distribution channel partners. Area Manager will create demand for promoted products while demonstrating strong clinical knowledge. Area manager should demonstrate a high level of business acumen to facilitate the development of new accounts while supporting the growth of existing accounts. Area Managers will be expected to support appropriate patient education programs as needed.

Requirements

Bachelor degree in a scientific or business field
Minimum of five years’ pharmaceutical sales or required relevant experience
Demonstrated success with field sales and market share growth
Knowledge of the pharmaceutical market and regulations

Responsibilities

Promote products and increase usage of products to select call points, including HCP’s, hospitals, hemophilia treatment centers, patient support groups, distributors and/or specialty pharmacies.
Develops customer advocates for promoted products.
Responsible for the development of new accounts and the growth of existing accounts through solid customer relationships, communication of technical product and disease state information, and effective territory management skills.
Develop and implement territory business plans consistent with corporate direction designed to achieve/exceed territory sales targets.
Appropriate knowledge of product features and benefits, competitive products and programs and distribution channels.
Implement key marketing programs to increase market share of key promoted products.
Maintain proper call frequency with assigned targets and update as needed to assure time is aligned with current product focus.
Stay abreast of current clinical technical literature from medical journals and other information sources.
Implement CSL selling model (PS2) with effective opening, probing, listening, and closing skills on customer calls.
Actively work with patient support groups where appropriate, following CSL Behring SOP’s.
Stay abreast of pertinent marketplace issues and opportunities and effectively communicates them to manager.
Represent CSL Behring at local customer meetings as appropriate to increase exposure of CSL Behring products and services.
Regular travel required which may include weekends for select customer or corporate meeting and events.