Medical Representative (6 months -Contract)

Biopharma Careers; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 240,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage for you and family

Relocation support

Learning and development opportunities

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Dr. Reddy’s in South Africa seeks a field-based pharma sales professional to promote products to doctors and pharmacies within a designated area.

You will implement strategies to meet monthly, quarterly, and annual targets and engage with key stakeholders as directed by the Regional/National Sales Manager. Responsibilities include visiting targeted clients, maintaining a client database, and reporting product complaints or medical information queries per internal processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's/Diploma in Life Sciences or related field.
• 1–2 years pharma industry experience.
• Existing relationships with key stakeholders is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Sell and promote products to doctors and pharmacies within designated area.
• Implement action plans to meet monthly, quarterly, and annual targets.
• Visit and liaise with targeted clients as agreed with Regional/National Sales Manager.
• Maintain a database of targeted clients.
• Report product complaints and medical information queries per internal processes.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Analytical skills

Sales skills

Relationship building

Data analysis

Basic computer knowledge

Education

Bachelor's Degree / Diploma in Life Sciences or Relative Field

Job description

What you'll do

• Selling, detailing and promoting products, in a designated area, to targeted doctors & pharmacies, with the focus on doctors and corporate pharmacies.
• The implementation of action plans in accordance with the marketing/sales strategy of the Company to ensure sales targets are achieved on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis.
• Personally, visiting and liaising with relevant targeted clients which are crucial to the performance of the Company, as agreed with the respective Regional Manager/National Sales Manager.
• Maintaining a data-base of all targeted clients.
• Liaising with the Regional Manager/National Sales Manager with respect to the effective exploitation of the various business opportunities in the designated areas.
• To report product complaints (adverse events & product technical complaints) and medical information queries for all DRL products as per internal processes.

Education qualification

• Bachelors Degree/ Diploma in Life Sciences or Relative Field

Experience

• Minimum 1-2 years of Pharma Industry Experience
• Established and Existing relationships with key stakeholders is beneficial

Skills & attributes –

Technical Skills

• Basic understanding of pharmaceutical industry, market trends, competitors, customer understanding.
• Ability to set clear goals, provide guidance, and track team performance.
• Ability to analyse sales data, track performance metrics, and generate reports to measure the effectiveness of sales strategies.
• Basic Computer Knowledge.

Behavioural Skills

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Good at Building and leveraging relationship

Benefits Offered

At Dr. Reddy’s we actively help to catalyse your career growth and professional development through personalised learning programs.

The benefits you will enjoy at Dr. Reddy’s are on par with the best industry standards. They include, among other things and other essential equipment, joining & relocation support, family support (Maternity & Paternity benefits), learning and development opportunities, medical coverage for yourself and your family, life coverage for yourself.

Our Work Culture

Ask any employee at Dr. Reddy’s why they come to work every day and they’ll say, because Good Health Can’t Wait. This is our credo as well as the guiding principle behind all our actions. We see healthcare solutions not only as scientific formulations, but as a means to help patients lead healthier lives, and we’re always attuned to the new and the next to empower people to stay fit. And to do this, we foster a culture of empathy and dynamism. People are at the core of our journey over the last few decades. They have been supported by an enabling environment that buoys individual ability while fostering teamwork and shared success. We believe that when people with diverse skills are bound together by a common purpose and value system, they can make magic.

For more details, please visit our career website at https://careers.drreddys.com/#!/