Key Account Manager, Oncology - Hampshire & Dorset

Novartis AG; Puddletown; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A global healthcare company seeks a secondary care sales professional for their breast cancer product in the UK. This role involves achieving sales targets through strong customer relationships and specialized product knowledge. Candidates should possess relevant pharmaceutical experience, an understanding of the UK healthcare system, and excellent communication skills. The position offers a competitive salary, sales incentives, and comprehensive benefits, aiming to reimagine medicine and improve patient outcomes.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Sales incentive bonus

Pension scheme

Share scheme

Health insurance

25 days annual leave

Flexible working arrangements

Subsidized dining facilities

Employee recognition scheme

Learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Must have a degree or equivalent experience.
• Ideally specialized knowledge of breast cancer.
• Valid UK driving licence is required.

Responsibilities

• Develop account plans for product and new business opportunities.
• Utilize marketing materials and coordinate direct promotion programs.
• Integrate activities across functional teams to achieve sales targets.

Skills

Pharmaceutical sales experience

Strong communication skills

Customer-centric approach

Collaborative working

Networking

Self-motivation

Understanding of UK healthcare system

Education

Degree or equivalent

Job description

Job Overview

This is a secondary care sales role responsible for achieving sales targets by promoting and selling the Novartis Breast Cancer product across Hampshire and Dorset. We are open to different levels of experience and the role may be titled Senior KAM depending on experience. Play your part to differentiate Novartis as a leader in our breast cancer therapy area.

Responsibilities

• Develop account plans for the product, customers and new business opportunities
• Develop and apply an understanding of customer organizations and networks and of diverse influences that affect customer decisions
• Develop business/clinical networks supporting Medical advocacy and key opinion leader plans, including medical experts from customer or academic communities
• Ensure that Novartis products and supporting services are broadly understood and available to more patients and customers
• Deploy and use Marketing and Sales promotional materials and programs; coordinate direct promotion programs and facilitate pull-through activities
• Present highly technical portfolios to customer audiences
• Develop deep specialist product and disease state knowledge in the specific therapeutic area and leverage this to build professional customer relationships and support sound clinical discussions
• Integrate customer-facing activities in cross-functional teams (e.g. Medical Affairs, Market Access) to achieve sales targets

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent experience
• Relevant pharmaceutical sales experience (ideally specialist knowledge of Breast Cancer)
• High level of self-motivation and a strong dedication to succeed
• Experience and understanding of the UK healthcare system
• Strong communication and selling skills
• Engaging customer & patient centric approach
• Collaborative and has proven success with cross‑functional working
• An existing network of contacts and relationships from the territory would be advantageous
• Full UK driving licence
• Championing and utilising new ways of working through AI based tools

Benefits and Rewards

Benefits and Rewards: Read our handbook to learn about all the ways we’ll help you thrive personally and professionally: https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards Division International Business Unit Marketing

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve. Why Novartis? Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people's lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here: https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture

• Competitive salary, Sales incentive bonus, Pension scheme, Share scheme, Health insurance, 25 days annual leave, Flexible working arrangements, subsidized dining facilities, Employee recognition scheme, learning and development opportunities.

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