Area Business Lead CKM

Bayer; Coimbatore District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Bayer invites applications for the Area Business Lead CKM role in India. You will supervise and coach a team of Medical Representatives across the FLSM territory, driving sales, growth, and district plans. The role emphasizes customer engagement in both in-clinic and off-clinic settings and strict adherence to Bayer compliance.

The ideal candidate brings pharma sales experience, leadership ability, and strong communication skills, with a readiness to work extensively in the field.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in any discipline.
• 2–3 years of pharmaceutical sales experience with a proven track record.
• At least 2 years of leading a team of medical representatives.
• Strong interpersonal, communication and teamwork skills.
• IT literacy and English language skills are a plus.
• Willingness to work extensively in the field.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and lead a team of Medical Representatives to meet sales, volume, growth targets.
• Develop a District Plan to achieve district targets for Bayer products.
• Drive Customer Engagement Excellence through in-clinic and off-clinic activities.
• Ensure compliance with Bayer policies within the team.
• Lead the district with distribution management and timely target achievement.
• Report activities and results using Veeva CRM and other tools.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Team leadership

IT literacy

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Veeva CRM

Job description

At Bayer we're visionaries, driven to solve the world's toughest challenges and striving for a world where ,Health for all, Hunger for none' is no longer a dream, but a real possibility. We're doing it with energy, curiosity and sheer dedication, always learning from unique perspectives of those around us, expanding our thinking, growing our capabilities and redefining 'impossible'. There are so many reasons to join us. If you're hungry to build a varied and meaningful career in a community of brilliant and diverse minds to make a real difference, there's only one choice.

Area Business Lead CKM

1. Position purpose

• To directly supervise, build, coach and lead a team of Medical Representatives within the assigned FLSM territory
• to develop a District Plan to meet/exceed sales, volume and growth targets of assigned Bayer products for the entire FLSM territory including each individual direct report and channels
• to drive the team to execute Customer Engagement Excellence – focusing on executing in-clinic promotion leveraging Patient Focused Interactions (PFI) and implement off-clinic promotional activities and thereby improve Customer relationship
• to ensure that all Bayer Compliance requirements are fully understood, adhered to, monitored and respected within the team

Direct Reports : Team of Medical Reps

2. Major tasks and responsibilities of position

• Supervise and lead a team of medical representatives to achieve sales, volume, growth, market share and listing targets for the assigned territory
• Lead and coach team to develop customer / product / therapy knowledge to implement the District business plan to achieve growth objectives in each territory
• Guide team to execute right frequency of multi-channel interactions for each customer, backed by rigorous action planning both pre and post interaction
• Drive customer activity reporting in Veeva CRM and take advantage of all available functionality for enhancing customer interaction and experience
• Build strong relationships with key decision makers and stakeholders in the territory to develop solutions that benefit patients, HCPs and Bayer

• Encourage team to collaborate with and provide feedback to Sales / Marketing on MCCP strategies, tactics and identify potential new sources of business
• Create a positive culture of high performance through right hiring, talent identification / development / retention and performance management principles
• Ensure that all Bayer Compliance requirements are fully understood, adhered to, monitored and respected within the team
• Driving Distribution Management through guiding an coaching BO/BE/ME: Collection of SSRs; Collating Primary vs Secondary sales; Collection of Orders from distributors; Adhering to the sales Credit Policy; Ensuring Phased distribution of orders such that he completes 40% targets by 15th of every month.

3. Value added:

Supports organization strategy, growth ambitions by by leading a team of sales representatives to deliver sales and volume growth of assigned brands in the territory and continuously improve quality of Customer Engagement Excellence (CEE) by enabling the skills and capability of Medical reps to execute best in class in-clinic and off-clinic promotional activities. And most importantly creates a culture of high quality execution and performance orientation.

4. Work relations

• Internal (day-to-day): Sales Representatives, Second Line Sales Manager (FLSM) or National Sales Manager, BU Marketing, BU Head, Training/Learning Manager
• Internal (need basis): Commercial Excellence Teams, Medical
• External (day-to-day): HCPs and other relevant stakeholders

5. Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in any discipline (Any advanced qualification is a plus).
• Minimum 2 – 3 years of pharmaceutical sales experience with a demonstrated performance track record
• At least 2 years’ experience of leading a team of medical representatives
• Strong interpersonal, communication and team skills
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams, set direction and deliver results
• IT literacy (basic knowledge and skills to utilize computers/tablets and related technology efficiently) Excellent command (both oral and written) of local native language
• English language skills are a big plus
• Energetic, Enthusiastic, self-driven, organized & willing to work extensively in field

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Bayer is an equal opportunity employer that strongly values fairness and respect at work. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of race, religion, gender, age, physical characteristics, disability, sexual orientation etc. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and avoiding discrimination.

Location: India : Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore

Division: Pharmaceuticals

Reference Code: 877846

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