Virtual Sales Rep Melbourne (entry level)

DKSH; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive training

Hybrid working environment

Career progression opportunities

Great Place to Work Certified 2026

Job summary

DKSH Healthcare Australia is hiring a Virtual Sales Representative to start your career in pharmaceutical sales. You will build relationships with healthcare professionals through outbound virtual calls and promote leading brands.

This entry-level role offers comprehensive training, a hybrid work model (3 days in our Melbourne office and 2 days from home), and opportunities to progress into medical sales. You will gain valuable experience and lay the foundation for a career in healthcare.

Qualifications

• Entry-level candidates with potential, attitude and drive.
• Science/health or related qualification required.
• Current residency in Sydney as per profile may apply.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships with healthcare professionals through outbound virtual calls.
• Promote and represent leading healthcare and pharmaceutical brands.
• Achieve and exceed individual and team targets.
• Use your communication and influencing skills to create meaningful conversations with customers.
• Accurately record interactions and maintain sales data.
• Work collaboratively with a supportive and close-knit virtual sales team.
• Develop valuable pharmaceutical sales experience to open doors to future roles.
• Operate in a hybrid environment – 3 days in Melbourne office and 2 days from home.

Skills

Healthcare interest

Communication skills

Phone conversations

Resilience

Time management

Education

Science/health related qualification

Job description

DKSH's purpose is to enrich people's lives by providing access to goods, services, and insights. United by our vision to be the trusted partner, we help companies grow in Asia and beyond across our Business Units Consumer Goods, Healthcare, Performance Materials, and Technology.

Delivering life-saving drugs to hospitals, bringing high-quality products to remote villages, installing technology that raises living standards, and providing new formulations for healthcare products that make life easier. These are just a few examples of how DKSH touches people's lives around the clock. We do this while helping our clients and customers grow by providing services including sourcing, market insights, marketing and sales, eCommerce, distribution and logistics as well as after-sales services.

Listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange, DKSH operates in 36 markets with 33,100 specialists, generating net sales of CHF 11.1 billion in 2021. Founded by Swiss entrepreneurs in 1865, we have been deeply rooted in Asia Pacific for over 150 years.

Start your career in pharmaceutical sales with DKSH Healthcare Australia!

Are you ambitious, motivated and ready to build a career in healthcare sales? Whether you're a recent graduate, have some junior sales experience, or simply love connecting with people, this is your opportunity to break into the pharmaceutical industry.

What you'll do

Company description:

About DKSH

DKSH's purpose is to enrich people's lives by providing access to goods, services, and insights. United by our vision to be the trusted partner, we help companies grow in Asia and beyond across our Business Units Consumer Goods, Healthcare, Performance Materials, and Technology.

Delivering life-saving drugs to hospitals, bringing high-quality products to remote villages, installing technology that raises living standards, and providing new formulations for healthcare products that make life easier. These are just a few examples of how DKSH touches people's lives around the clock. We do this while helping our clients and customers grow by providing services including sourcing, market insights, marketing and sales, eCommerce, distribution and logistics as well as after-sales services.

Listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange, DKSH operates in 36 markets with 33,100 specialists, generating net sales of CHF 11.1 billion in 2021. Founded by Swiss entrepreneurs in 1865, we have been deeply rooted in Asia Pacific for over 150 years.

Job description:

Virtual Sales Representative

Start your career in pharmaceutical sales with DKSH Healthcare Australia!

Are you ambitious, motivated and ready to build a career in healthcare sales? Whether you're a recent graduate, have some junior sales experience, or simply love connecting with people, this is your opportunity to break into the pharmaceutical industry.

What you'll do

• Build relationships with healthcare professionals through outbound virtual calls
• Promote and represent leading healthcare and pharmaceutical brands
• Achieve and exceed individual and team targets
• Use your communication and influencing skills to create meaningful customer conversations
• Accurately record customer interactions and maintain activity and sales data
• Work collaboratively with a fun, supportive and close-knit virtual sales team
• Develop valuable pharmaceutical sales experience that can open doors to future field-based medical sales opportunities
• Work in a hybrid environment - 3 days in our Melbourne (Southbank) office and 2 days from home

Profile description:

What we're looking for

You don't need years of sales experience — we're looking for entry level candidates with potential, attitude and drive.

You'll ideally have:

• A genuine interest in healthcare, pharmaceuticals and sales
• A science, health or related qualification
• Some customer-facing or junior sales experience - retail, hospitality, customer service or similar
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Confidence speaking with customers over the phone
• Resilience and the ability to handle challenges and setbacks
• Strong organisation and time-management skills
• A competitive, target-driven mindset and desire to succeed
• Current residency in Sydney

We offer:

Why DKSH?

This is more than just a first job in sales. It's an opportunity to build a career in the healthcare industry.

We offer:

• Comprehensive training to build your pharmaceutical sales and virtual selling skills
• Career development and progression opportunities, including pathways into medical sales field roles
• A flexible hybrid working environment
• A supportive team culture where you'll be encouraged to learn and develop
• Exposure to some of the world's leading healthcare and pharmaceutical companies
• The opportunity to make a genuine impact by helping our clients connect their products with healthcare professionals and ultimately improve patient outcomes
• Great Place to Work Certified 2026

If you're ambitious, motivated and ready to launch your career in pharmaceutical sales, we'd love to hear from you!