What you'll do
As a Sales Representative with us, you’ll sell life-changing medicines within one of four therapeutic areas: Oncology, Respiratory, Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic, and other diseases. Using your exceptional selling skills and personable attitude, you’ll build strong and strategic partnerships with healthcare providers across your territory – from clinicians and pharmacists to nurses and consultants.
The part you play in our business will be challenging, yet rewarding, requiring you to use your resilient, collaborative and diplomatic skillsets to make connections. The majority of your work will be field based, and will require you to be highly-organised, planning your monthly schedule, attending meetings and calls, as well as writing up reports.
Success Profile
No matter your experience or background, if you’ve got the passion and drive to progress, we’ll help you to succeed. These are some of the skills and capabilities we look for to ensure that success:
80%
Independent
As this is a mobile role, you’ll be doing a lot of your work on your own. Being independent will be an important skill when delivering on targets. This means staying resilient and motivated in order to work successfully and meet your territory objectives.
75%
Communicative
You’ll be connecting with a range of healthcare professionals with different product needs. Interpersonal and relationship-building skills are vital to your collaborative role. And, where possible, you’ll use those skills to proactively identify new business opportunities.
80%
Flexible
Being on the road, you’ll be able to manage your own time, working around your various tasks. For this, you’ll need to be flexible in the way you work with the ability to adapt to and take advantage of opportunities as they arise.
80%
Responsible
This is a heavily-regulated industry, so working within it means taking responsibility and being particularly observant when selling our products. This means managing your work and territory with diplomacy and in a way that is compliant.
Responsibilities
Job ID R-195226 Date posted 10/30/2024 Immunology Business Partner - Cairo
ABOUT ASTRAZENECA
AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious diseases. But we’re more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies.
BUSINESS AREA
Get to directly impact the lives of patients by turning our deep and broad pipeline into a reality. Here patients always come first – we address unmet needs, from nephrology to immunology, and provide patient care along the entire journey. Have the opportunity to be involved in the next big thing, whilst making a meaningful difference to patients and wider society.
What you’ll do
Engage healthcare professionals in dialogue about approved indications and product efficacy/safety profiles to support on-label prescribing for appropriate patients Find innovative solutions for drug accessibility to patients Responsible for right positioning of the testing for treatment paradigm Responsible for different accounts mapping with engagement plan to different stakeholders Fill the gaps in patients' journey Ensure right positioning of the drug and right use throughout scientific message and engagement plans Follow up with all the stakeholders in the assigned accounts (Payers, Diagnostics, Purchasers & Pharmacists) Focus on all the cases to ensure proper diagnostics to establish testing concept Achieve sales target and assigned Sales KPIs in line with our policies and procedures Promote AstraZeneca’s portfolio and services by providing the latest and most relevant data and information to the right customer at the right time Support Healthcare professionals’ decision and optimize patient outcomes in an ethical way Leverage all available data sources to create, dynamically prioritize and adapt relevant territory and customer engagement plans Demonstrate advanced customer engagement skills to deliver high quality customer interactions and maximize customer experience for the benefit of patients Maintain a deep and current knowledge of the industry, trade association, competitors, buyer dynamics and focus effort on customer opportunities Build interpersonal inclusion through self-awareness, developing curiosity, active listening and strengthening team/peer inclusion.
Essential for the role
AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We all applicable laws and regulations on inclusivity in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.
Applicants should possess the following qualifications to go through initial screening:
Pharmacy or Medicine graduate 2 Years Multinational Experience Immunology/Biologics/Rheumatology Experience is a must Cairo Residency, and the role will be managing Cairo & Delta 2 Excellent communication skills in English/ Arabic Presentation skills, digital abilities and learning agility Experience with strategic accounts & KOL management Effective interpersonal and team building skills Completed military or other governmental obligations Driving license is required
At AstraZeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients, and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration, and always committed to lifelong learning, growth, and development. We’re on an exciting journey to pioneer the future of healthcare.
AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.
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Benefits
There’s a whole spectrum of perks that come with being a Sales Representative. From taking on the responsibility to enjoying opportunities to progress vertically and laterally. Discover some of our benefits:
Progression
We set you up to progress at every stage with structured goals and targets. There are also many routes you can take, from sales team management to product management, and beyond.
Autonomy
The work you do will allow you to take on a lot of responsibility, getting to know your product and owning the way you work – from your schedule and territory, to your strategy and the development of goals.
Performance based
We reward based on your performance. So, by creating a big impact – both on our commercial growth and your personal development – you’ll be rewarded well.
Training
Our training is of a high quality. From onboarding to on the job training, from learning from peers to product training, discover multiple opportunities to develop.
