Sr. Oncology Sales Representative - Knoxville, TN

Job Description

Our Sales team support our customers by providing clinical information about products, educational information, clinical training programs and resources. We support healthcare providers and healthcare systems meet the goals of the patients in their communities.

Our Company's Oncology organization is dedicated to delivering breakthrough innovations that extend and improve the lives of cancer patients worldwide. Our team of dauntless, forward‑thinking individuals achieves this through an unwavering commitment to supporting accessibility to medicine, providing new therapeutic procedures, and collaborating with governments and payers to ensure that people who need medicines have access to them. At our company, our focus is on innovation and launch execution excellence;

we translate breakthrough science into innovative medicines that help people with cancer across the globe. As we continue to grow and define the Oncology market of the future, we are looking for dynamic, entrepreneurial individuals who thrive in a team environment and are driven to succeed.

• Field based sales position that will cover the Knoxville, TN territory.
  This territory also includes Chattanooga, TN
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• The selected candidate must reside within the territory.
• Overnight travel may be required about 25% of the time.
• Travel (%) varies based on candidate's location within the geography.

• Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of how to create a compelling and logical rationale for the value of products and how to contrast, compare, and position our company brand(s) versus competition using appropriate resources in informed discussions about products with HCP customers – knowing when/how to seek and provide additional information.
• Act as primary point of contact for customer. Meet with key customers/personnel to understand practice structure, business model, and key influencers.
• Possess knowledge of cancer staging and possible treatment options and dosing schedules associated with different tumors/diseases, with comprehensive understanding of the impact of those options on the patient. Must understand impact and use of clinical trials in multiple tumor types/therapies, both in impact on promoted products and in practice behavior of the account.
• Ability to analyze and identify trends in a complex buying environment. This includes the multiple channels of drug distribution, Oncology GPOs, wholesalers and specialty pharmacies. Review and evaluate patterns for products purchased and prescribed, outpatient vs in‑patient infusion, as part of hospital contract, etc.
• Demonstrate ability to understand complex account interdependencies in order to develop both short‑ and long‑term account plans in conjunction with a wide array of stakeholders, proactively working with the account team and supervisor (known as the Customer Team Leader) to effectively execute the account plan. Share learnings and best‑practices from one customer to help other customers meet their needs.
• Influence beyond their specific geography or product area demonstrate advanced ability to ask strategic, insightful questions to obtain information on customer needs from all stakeholders in oncology accounts, using the insights to position our company Oncology brands and collaborate with customers on a customized strategy.
• Collaborate and communicate effectively with extended "in‑scope" customer team to ensure a consistent customer experience across our company's divisions and functional areas; ensure integration with the Key Account Manager, Nurse Educator, Field Reimbursement Associate, Medicare Account Executive, and other key stakeholders to share key customer learnings and support customer needs.

• Bachelor's degree with 6‑8 years Sales experience OR a minimum of high school diploma with at least 10 years of equivalent experience.
• Equivalent experience can be:
  Professional sales experience, work experience in the healthcare/scientific field (including pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical devices) that is not sales related, professional marketing experience, or military experience.
• 2+ years of oncology…