Regional Sales Manager

Eli Lilly and Company; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Eli Lilly and Company India is seeking a senior pharma sales leader to drive area business development and coach high-performing teams. You will align with affiliate targets, manage hospital and doctor relationships, and ensure compliant, data-driven growth across assigned territories.

The role requires 4–5 years in pharma sales with at least 2 years in sales leadership, along with strong communication, analytical, and people-management skills.

Qualifications

• Graduation in any discipline; 4–5 years pharma sales experience; 2 years of sales leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Area Business Development: devise a sales plan per affiliate guidelines and targets; drive hospital and customer wise planning and allocate targets to TMs.
• Performance Metrics: monitor SPP targets, compliance, and team achievements.
• Sales Rep Development: recruit, induct, coach TMs, and build development plans aligned to territory goals.
• Customer Relationship Management: allocate KOL duties, plan engagement activities, and strengthen doctor relationships.
• Reporting and Analysis: review on-demand reports, weekly/ monthly trackers, and present performance insights.

Skills

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Therapeutics knowledge

Analytical skills

People management

Motivation

Time management

Ability to delegate

Prioritization

Education

Graduation in any discipline

Job description

At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve. This is hard, urgent, selfless work—but it’s work worth doing. If you’re driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us.

About Lilly

At Lilly, everything we do starts with patients.

We unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world.

Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our global team of over 50,000 employees work with urgency and purpose to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve.

We bring our best to this work because people depend on it.

If you’re driven by purpose and determined to make a meaningful difference for patients, we invite you to bring your skill and your commitment to Lilly.

About Lilly’s India Affiliate

Few careers offer the opportunity to work directly for the people your work is ultimately meant to serve.

Lilly’s India affiliate is one of them.

Whether you are building brand strategies, developing sales capabilities, creating market access, or enabling the teams that do — the work you do here ensures that Lilly’s medicines reach the people who need them.

Job Description

Analyse market trends and develop a sales plan for the area; strengthen relationships with top doctors in the area; Coach team members on various sales skills including in-clinic effectiveness; manage performance and development of team members; facilitate cross-functional interaction in order to achieve the designated sales and business growth targets for the area, while adhering to the compliance guidelines.

• Area Business Development: Devise a sales plan as per affiliate guidelines, annual targets and prior sales trends; drive hospital and customer wise planning of sales targets, allocate the set targets to respective TMs in consensus with RSM, Maintain knowledge of the local and national health economy, how healthcare decisions are made, and how to tactically place Lilly resources to best impact customers and patients; Identify new opportunities and customers in the market; review the progress of TMs territory business planning and suggest necessary changes; review TMs SPP reports and monitor progress; manage relationships with stockists, paramedical staff and retailers; Adjust district business plan based on current implementation, results, resource availability, and the changing local business environment.
• Performance Metrics: SPP target v/s achievement of self and team; Adherence to compliance requirements; Sales target v/s achievement of self and team.
• Sales Rep Development: Source and select TMs for the team; Induct new team members in respective territories and establish a personal connect; Partner with TMs to explore and identify their career goals and create individual development plans that include strengths and long and short term development priorities; Leverages own professional network to provide SRs with experiences that develop and retain top talent; Help new TMs in preparing territory plans, SPP formats etc. Educate TMs on customers and territory; Work with TMs in the field to coach them on various sales skills including in-clinic effectiveness, relationship management with customers; ensure adherence to compliance guidelines; Use the Lilly Coaching Model along with active listening and questioning to guide coaching efforts towards TMs; Monitor customer satisfaction/value metrics and coach TMs on how to improve the results; provide feedback to team on their performance; engage team members by rewarding and recognizing their performance.
• Performance Metrics: Timely closure of vacancies; Quality of hires; Retention in the team; Adherence to compliance guidelines.
• Customer Relationship Management: Allocate KOL engagement responsibilities among the team members; plan customer engagement activities with the help of marketing; guide Team members to select right engagement activity for right doctors; participate in Customer engagement programs with the TM; Build personal rapport with key customers in order to strengthen relationships; monitor effectiveness of engagement activities by seeking feedback from customers along with TMs; share insights on market scenario with Marketing, Medical, Supply Chain etc; be a cross functional point of contact for the team; plan and conduct team-building activities.
• Performance Metrics: Feedback of KOLs; participation in programs as per plan.
• Reporting and Analysis: Review on-demand reports, 90 day action plans and monthly trackers of team members; Validate Stock and sales statements for the area; prepare weekly reports on FLS-SLS for the team after incorporating inputs from individual team members, for the purpose of tracking sales; Prepare a monthly sales tracker for the area; present overall performance during the monthly business reviews and highlight positives points and challenges of the area.
• Performance Metrics: Timely and accurate report submission and data analysis.
• Key Stakeholders: Doctors, paramedical & hospital staff, hospital purchase in-charge, retailers, and stockists. Internal departments like HR, Marketing, Medical, Finance etc.

Core Capabilities / Skills

• Good communication and presentation skills
• Good knowledge of therapeutic area and product segment
• Analytical skills
• People management skills
• Motivation skills
• Time management
• Ability to delegate
• Prioritization

Qualifications & Experience Required

• Graduation in any discipline with minimum 4–5 years pharma sales work experience. Minimum 2 years of sales leadership experience is mandatory.

At Lilly, caring is not only what we do for patients.

It is how we work.

We believe the people who dedicate themselves to making medicines better deserve an environment that makes their lives better too, one where they are supported, respected, and given the space to do their best work.

This is not just a policy.

It is who we are.

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