Senior Product Specialist Dermatology

On behalf of our client, a leading pharmaceutical company, we are currently recruiting for a Senior Product Specialist to join their Dermatology Team.  In this exciting customer-facing role working on a launch brand you will work with the Commercial Team to build relationships, develop key opinion leaders, while achieving sales targets through the provision of information and education to designated stakeholders.  This role offers a fantastic opportunity to engage with HCPs on a new therapeutic option in an area of unmet medical need.  

Responsibilities Include:

• Achieving sales objectives as laid out in the marketing plan.
• Promoting the medicine to the medical profession, developing relationships, and supporting with key opinion leaders and groups of influential healthcare professionals.
• Developing and maintaining a high level of knowledge in terms of disease areas, products, competitors and changing environment to create maximum impact on sales performance.
• Developing effective account plans that will deliver value to HCPs, patients, and company
• Planning and organising activities to achieve coverage and frequency of customer groups as agreed with manager to maximise promotional opportunities.
• Reporting accurately all activities carried out in line with company procedures in a timely manner, including weekly updates on performance, sales and activity, environmental issues, etc.
• Providing sales information to manger each month to support development of proposed forecast.
• Recording call activity in line with company requirements to facilitate the analysis of targeted messages and sales performance.
• Controlling budgeted promotional expenditure as agreed with manager to maximise profitability.
• Maintaining standards of conduct in line with company procedures and in accordance with the IPHA Code of Practice to maintain and enhance the reputation of the company.
• Collecting market intelligence and communicating this to manager.
• Assuming active membership of designated in-field teams.
   

Requirements: 

• Primary degree in science/nursing and/or relevant industry sales experience
• Proven track record in Dermatology preferred, but not essential
• Experience in complex, high value medicine environment
• Experience with multichannel plan setting and implementation
• Proven ability to work independently and take ownership and accountability of results
• Excellence in strategic hospital account management and planning
• Successful track record on working as part of a cross functional team
• Full valid driving licence
• Field based with travel (100% of the time)

For full details contact Linda at +353 1 2784701 or email your CV to ldunne@thornshaw.com

Thornshaw Scientific is a division of the CPL Group www.thornshaw.com