Oncology Sales Representative - Jacksonville, FL

Merck; United States; On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Merck is seeking an Oncology Sales Representative to join a field-based team supporting the Jacksonville, Florida territory. You will engage with customers, educate stakeholders, and drive territory growth while aligning with patient-centered oncology goals.

The role requires travel to visit customers in person, attendance at national meetings, and collaboration with the Oncology Customer Team Leader and other key partners to meet sales targets and expand market presence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 6+ years of sales experience OR high school diploma with 8+ years of equivalent healthcare/science experience (non-sales included).

Responsibilities

• Attain or exceed assigned sales goals for the geography.
• Collaborate with territory counterparts to ensure seamless customer experience and build business relationships.
• Communicate compelling, patient-centered rationale for oncology products to key stakeholders.
• Analyze market trends and identify opportunities within multiple drug distribution channels.
• Develop and execute short- and long-term plans with local team and district manager.
• Engage with customers to understand priorities and needs for relevant conversations about product portfolio.

Skills

Account Management

Customer Engagement

CRM

Data Analysis

Sales Experience

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Job Description

Grow and accelerate your career with our Oncology Sales organization and join a team that's driven to make an impact on cancer patients! We take a customer-centric approach by leveraging emerging digital technologies and data analytics to better understand our patients' needs. Developing your career with us will allow you to join a group of passionate professionals, driven by purpose and determined to help save and improve lives.

Help us continue to grow and define the oncology market of today and tomorrow with a driven, customer-focused, and collaborative team. As an Oncology Sales Representative, you will be a key member engaging with customers to address identified needs, educating key stakeholders about our oncology products, communicating with the broader oncology community, and actively working to achieve or exceed assigned sales goals within your territory.

This is a field-based sales position that is responsible for the Jacksonville, Florida territory.
This territory includes Tallahassee, Florida and Albany/Brunswick, Georgia.
Candidates must be willing to travel to visit with customers in-person and for national sales meetings/industry conferences.
Travel (%) and overnight requirements vary based on candidate location.

Key responsibilities include and may not be limited to:

• Working with the other team members in the territory, attain or exceed the assigned sales goals for the geography.
• In collaboration with territory counterparts, ensure customers have a seamless experience with our company Oncology, meet with key stakeholders to understand practice structure, business model, and key influencers, while building business relationships and trust to uncover and comprehend their needs.
• In customer engagements, employ approved resources and messaging to communicate a compelling, patient-centered rationale for our company Oncology products in their indicated uses.
• Possess knowledge of the workings of the extended care team/multidisciplinary team, cancer staging, possible treatment options, pathways, and guidelines associated with different tumors/diseases, recognizing the impact of those options on patients.
• Analyze and identify trends in a complex buying environment, including multiple channels of drug distribution (Oncology group purchasing organizations, wholesalers, and specialty pharmacies).
• Review and evaluate patterns for products purchased and prescribed (outpatient vs in-patient infusion, as part of hospital or GPO contract, etc.).
• Comprehend complex accounts and local market interdependencies to proactively develop and execute short- and long-term plans in collaboration with the local team and district manager (known as the Oncology Customer Team Leader).
• Ask insightful questions to understand customer priorities and needs to support engaging and relevant conversations about the product portfolio.
• Ensure a consistent customer experience across our Company's division and functional areas and share key learnings to support customer needs by effectively communicating and collaborating with the in-scope customer team: Customer Team Leader, Key Account Manager, Nurse Educator, Field Reimbursement Associate, Medicare Account Executive, and more.

Qualifications:

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree with at least 6 years of sales experience OR a minimum of high school diploma with at least 8 years of equivalent experience.
• Equivalent experience can be professional sales experience, work experience in the healthcare/scientific field with oncology experience being strongly preferred (including pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical devices) that is not sales related, professional marketing experience, or military experience.
• Valid driver's license and able to drive a vehicle.
• Travel the amount of time the role requires, including overnight travel 10 - 15%.
• Reside in or within a reasonable distance to the district.

Preferred Experience and Skills:

2+ years of oncology field-based experience selling an oncology therapeutic to oncology customers.

Oncology field sales or clinical oncology experience.

Documented history of strong performance in a sales/marketing or oncology clinical role.

Candidates with less than 2 years of oncology field sales experience (selling an oncology therapeutic to oncology customers) will be considered for the S2 Oncology Sales Representative level.

Candidates with 2+ years of oncology field sales experience (selling an oncology therapeutic to oncology customers) will be considered for the S3 Oncology Sales Specialist level.

Required Skills:

• Account Management, Account Management, Adaptability, Business Decisions, Business Models, Business Sales, Client Advisory, Competency Management, Customer Communications, Customer Engagement, Customer-Focused, Customer Management, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Customer Service, Customer Support, Data Analysis, Financial Goal Setting, Interpersonal Relationships, Lead Generatio

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