Territory Business Manager - Allergy Infant Formula - San Antonio, TX
About the role
As a Territory Business Manager, you’ll set the direction we need to deliver outstanding results. You’ll focus on developing and cultivating business relationships with key decision makers like physicians, M.D. office staff, hospital staff, and others in the customer influence network. You will sell our allergy infant formula portfolio across designated pediatric and OBGYN offices and hospital segments, maximizing our long-term revenue goals and market growth for nutritional products.
Responsibilities
- Apply the selling process, organize and communicate information convincingly, build customer confidence and receptivity, and develop rapport
- Build and maintain personal relationships with physicians, M.D. office staff, hospital staff, and others in the customer influence network
- Demonstrate understanding of the healthcare industry dynamics, trends, competitors, regulations and managed healthcare environment
- Develop territory and management plans that identify and prioritize the most important activities to accomplish short- and long-term business goals
- Foster team effectiveness and accomplishment of shared goals by sharing knowledge, experience, and information in order to optimize business strategies and drive overall sales within your territory
- Communicate effectively at all times; obtain information, resources, and support within Reckitt / Mead Johnson Nutrition to maximize business opportunities and respond to customer needs; understand and implement the sales utility of clinical data, competitive intelligence, and marketing initiatives
- Utilize current computer software systems for planning, forecasting and reviewing sales activities, researching data and support sales calls and presentations
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree required
- Previous experience as a field sales representative in business-to-business sales, pharmaceutical or nutritional sales; or experience as a Neonatal Dietitian, Registered Dietitian, Pharm D, or NICU RNTwo-year RN degree with equivalent combination of related experience may be substituted for bachelor’s degree requirement
- Major in life sciences, nursing, nutrition, communications or a related field preferred
- Demonstrated skills in influencing key decision makers to buy in on a project or plan of action
- Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both written and verbally
- Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain rapport
- Demonstrated skills at meeting or exceeding sales targets preferred
- Experience in the nutritional industry or hospital-based market desirable
- Ability to lift, carry, push and pull up to 30 pounds
Skills for Success
- Data analysis
- Clinical data interpretation
- Global Medical Affairs
- Consumer behavior
- Stakeholder relationship management
- Customer relationship management
- Key account management
- Strategic partnership
- Customer value maximization
- Financial acumen
- Strategic Selling
- Influencing
- Storytelling
- Negotiation skills
- Operational excellence
- Compliance monitoring
- Digital activation to HCPs
- Artificial intelligence
- Data Analytics
- Digital strategy
- Channel strategy
- Medical Sales
- Clinical sales knowledge
- Medical Marketing
- Capability building
- NEW Product Development
- Global Medical Affairs
- Clinical Management
Benefits
We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, prescription, dental, vision, life and disability insurance; paid time off for vacation, sick, and Company recognized holidays; a 401(K) plan; generous paid parental leave; adoption and fertility support; tuition reimbursement; product discounts; and much more!