- Product promotion and sales: Medical representatives are responsible for promoting pharmaceutical products to healthcare specialists, including doctors, pharmacists and hospitals, to generate sales. This involves conducting product presentations, detailing the features and benefits of goods, and providing scientific and clinical data to support their efficacy.
- Relationship building: Medical representatives establish and maintain strong relationships with healthcare specialists by periodically visiting medical facilities and engaging in discussions to understand requirements and address any concerns. Building trust and rapport helps them foster long-term business partnerships.
- Market analysis: This responsibility involves monitoring market trends, competitor activities and customer feedback to gather insights, and provide suggestions to pharmaceutical companies. This information helps in developing effective marketing strategies and identifying growth opportunities.
- Product education: Medical representatives are responsible for educating healthcare specialists about the proper usage, dosage and potential side effects of pharmaceutical products. Medical representatives to stay updated with the latest research work and clinical data to provide accurate, and reliable information to healthcare specialists.
- Territory management: Medical representatives typically manage a specific geographic area or customer base and develop strategies to maximize sales within this territory. This involves planning and organizing visits to medical facilities, maintaining records of interactions, and tracking sales performance.
- Collaboration: Medical representatives also collaborate with internal teams, such as marketing, research and development, and regulatory affairs to align promotional strategies. They provide feedback on product performance and participate in the development of marketing materials.
- Compliance: This responsibility involves adhering to regulatory and ethical guidelines from the pharmaceutical industry. This helps companies ensure that all interactions and promotional activities transpires in a compliant, and ethical way.
bachelor's degree of medicine, vet, scienceat least 1 year experience excellent communication skills ability to work independently and as a part of a team