General Information
Job Advert Title Key Account Specialist, Women's Health - North/Central Portugal Location Portugal Function/Business Area Sales & Account Development Employment Class PermanentDescription
Key Account Specialist, Women's Health - North/Central PortugalAbout Astellas:
At Astellas we are a progressive health partner, delivering value and outcomes where needed.
We pursue innovative science, focussing initially on the areas of greatest potential and then developing solutions where patient need is high, often in rare or under-served disease areas and in life-threatening or life-limiting diseases and conditions.
We work directly with patients, doctors and health care professionals on the front line to ensure patient and clinical needs are guiding our development activities at every stage.
Our global vision for Patient Centricity is to support the development of innovative health solutions through a deep understanding of the patient experience. At Astellas, Patient Centricity isn’t a buzzword - it’s a guiding principle for action. We believe all staff have a role to play in creating a patient-centric culture and integrating an awareness of the patient into our everyday working practices, regardless of our role, team or division.
We work closely with regulatory authorities and payers to find new ways to ensure access to new therapies. We deliver the latest insights and real-world evidence to inform the best decisions for patients and their care-givers, to ensure the medicines we develop continue to provide meaningful outcomes.
Beyond medicines, we support our stakeholder communities to drive initiatives that improve awareness, education, access and ultimately standards of care.
The Opportunity:
As Key Account Specialist, you will be responsible for promoting the company's products through direct contact with healthcare professionals and other healthcare providers. You will provide Medical Information and other specific information about products in public and private health units in your assigned geographic territory.
In this role, you will be a vital part of the implementation of the marketing plan.
Key Responsibilities:
- Maintain relationships detail to groups of doctors and healthcare professionals through regular and systematic contacts and interactions.
- Works strategically in order to increase the notoriety and reputation of the pharmaceutical products of the company in the assigned therapeutic and geographical area.
- Responsible for achieving qualitative and quantitative sales targets in the accounts under your responsibility.
- Develop the assigned area - detailing products in all therapeutic areas of the company; allocating time resources in alignment with the goals and strategy of the affiliate; setting together with the Sales manager integrated plans at account level in collaboration with Medical function where appropriate and following Astellas policies.
- Initiate and organize other supporting actions (promotional meetings, sponsorship, etc.).
Essential Knowledge & Experience:
- Extensive experience as a Sales Representative or similar role.
- Knowledge and experience in the North/Center region Accounts / Hospitals.
- Fluent in Portuguese and good command of English.
Preferred Experience:
- Solid knowledge of the urology or women’s health therapeutic area and stakeholders in the region.
Education:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
Additional information:
- This is a permanent full-time position.
- The position may be based in Aveiro, Coimbra, Oporto, Portugal.
- This position is field based in North / Center region of Portugal and 80% travel is expected in line with your role.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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