Hospital/Institutional Customer Representative - Anti Infectives - ALBANY, NY

Job Description

The Hospital / Institutional Customer Representative is a key member of the Hospital Customer Team and plays a critical role in supporting our Company's customer centric business model. He/she is responsible for working with the Hospital Customer Team to understand and identify Health Care Provider (HCP) customer needs, support pull-through activities relative to the customer strategy, and ensure that our Company is viewed as demonstrating value and better health outcomes to healthcare professionals and their patients.

The primary activities include:

• Communicates about product in a way that's meaningful and relevant to each individual customer; customizes discussions and client interactions based on understanding of customer's needs.

• Engages in informed discussions about products with HCP customers - knowing when/how to seek and provide additional information.

• Within select customer accounts acts as primary point of contact for customer, meet with key customers/personnel to understand practice structure, business model, key influencers Managed Care Organization (MCO), employers, state and local regulations)/network structure, customer needs and identifies business opportunities.

• For select customer accounts/HCPs, coordinate with customer team to develop customer strategy - outlining strategy for interactions/ relationship, solutions and potential offerings for customer.

• Partners with National Account Executives (NAEs) to maintain strong focus on Managed Care pull-through.

• Shares learning and best-practices from one customer to help other customers meet their needs.

• Demonstrates a focus on better health outcomes (beyond acquisition, considers the HCP and patient experience).

• Provides input into resource allocation decisions across customers.

• Identifies and selects programs/services available in the library of our Company's "resources" to address customer needs.

• Works with solutions group (Headquarters - HQ) and/or Medical Account Executive (MAE) to develop and deliver relevant offerings that address desired customer needs.

• Maintain current understanding of practice structure, business model, key influencers/ network structure and make information available to relevant stakeholders.

• 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 National Account Executive (NAE), our Company's Vaccines personnel, Health Management Services (HMS) Manager, Solutions Consultant, Customer Strategies and Solutions (CSS), Regional Medical Director (RMD) and other key stakeholders to share key customer learning and support customer needs.

• Outstanding in all competency areas (Account Management; External Market Focus; 1:1 Customer Interactions).

• Influences beyond their specific geography or product area.

Territory covers Albany, NY and other surrounding areas.

The selected Sales Representative must reside within the territory.

Overnight travel may be required.

Travel (%) varies based on candidate’s location within the geography.

Qualifications

Education:

• Required: BA/BS

• Preferred: MBA/MS

Required:

• Prior experience working in a scientific field or healthcare environment.

• Previous sales experience.

• Prior experience developing new business opportunities with existing customers.

• Experience establishing new customer relationships.

• Understanding of our Company's products and therapeutic areas.

• Consistent performer in most competency areas.

• Valid Driver's license.

Preferred:

• Prior consulting or customer service experience.

• Experience developing and executing a plan for engaging customers and meeting customer needs.

• Understanding of Headquarter operations.

• Ability to analyze metrics to assess progress against objectives.

• Hospital/Institutional Sales experience.

Our Human Health Division maintains a “patient first, profits later” ideology. The organization is comprised of sales, marketing, market access, digital analytics and commercial professionals who are passionate about their role in bringing our medicines to our customers worldwide.

Who we are …

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for …

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today. HHAHSales

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If you have been offered a separation benefits package, but have not yet reached your separation date and are offered a position within the salary and geographical parameters as set forth in the Summary Plan Description (SPD) of your separation package, then you are no longer eligible for your separation benefits package. To discuss in more detail, please contact your HRBP or Talent Acquisition Advisor.

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Requisition ID:R204061