Women's Health Business Specialist - Houston North

Purpose and Scope

Achieve territory sales goals by promoting Astellas products and services to physicians and other medical personnel within assigned geography. Educate customers on the use, characteristics, advantages, indicated treatments and all other developments related to promoted products. Professionally represent Astellas in the field and ensure high levels of visibility and customer satisfaction in territory. Maintain effective communication and relationships with key external and internal customers.

Role and Responsibilities

• Effectively promote and educate targeted physicians/HCPs on the use of Astellas' products through one-on-one meetings and group presentations, company-approved promotional speaker programs, and other company-approved means.
• Work 5 days in the field each week, supported by office time as needed for call planning, customer follow-up, preparing presentations, making appointments, report generation, etc.
• Ensure solid performance levels of call and field productivity.
• Meet Call Plan expectations and achieve territory product sales goals while adhering to all APUS-defined ethical sales practices, Compliance guidelines, and required promotional regulations.
• Execute company-approved Product Marketing plans and territory/regional business plan activities.
• Support targeted customers using company-approved resources, sales materials, and promotional activities/programs/initiatives as identified by Sales Management.
• Coordinate promotional efforts with peers across franchises and co-promotion alliance partners as appropriate.
• Manage/maintain all company equipment and company-approved promotional materials according to defined company Compliance guidelines.
• Ensure territory sales strategy execution using annual territory business plan, regional business plan, and call activity reports.
• Accurately report/submit sales call activities, territory expenses and written reports within deadline as defined by Astellas or the Regional Sales Manager.
• Attend all company-sponsored sales and medical meetings as directed by company management.
• Additional duties as needed.

Quantitative Dimensions

This position is responsible for achieving both territory product sales goals and territory sales activity goals through company defined metrics.

Organizational Context

It is important for individuals in this position to actively pursue continuous learning and professional sales development on effective sales and communication techniques and product/therapeutic area knowledge. This position is a customer facing sales position, reports to Regional Sales manager, maintains territory responsible for managing Astellas' products, partners with counterparts, teammates, and cross functional colleagues as appropriate, balances territory and regional work and projects while maintaining solid level of sales performance, exhibits strong level of skill in competencies, and demonstrates sales influence within territory and at times within region.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications: BA/BS degree; 2+ years pharmaceutical selling experience; strong knowledge of sales processes and pharmaceutical products and industry; solid communication, facilitation, and presentation skills; proactive can do approach; demonstrates problem solving ability, analytical, business acumen; solid motivational and persuasion skills; demonstrates team orientation and leadership; proven record of sustained high sales performance and achievement; proficient in MS Office Suite; ability to travel at least up to 50% of the time and at times overnight travel; valid driver's license in good standing.

Preferred Qualifications: Advanced degree or continued education; knowledge of promoting specialty products.

Location and Working Environment

This is a field-based role. Remote work is available.