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Apothekenreferent (m/w/d) for OTC Area

IQVIA On-site mid full-time

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Description

We are seeking an Apothekenreferent (m/w/d) for the OTC area to join our Commercial Engagement Services (CES) team. As an Apothekenreferent, you will play a key role in launching a new product in the nutritional supplements sector across Germany.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop pharmacies into long-term partners and drive distribution, recommendation, and sell-out in your territory
  • Achieve sales, distribution, and market share targets in your territory, steering activities based on relevant KPIs
  • Build sustainable customer relationships with pharmacies and continuously develop your territory
  • Implement national sales, marketing, and launch strategies in the market, ensuring excellent execution at the point of sale
  • Support product launches through targeted training, actions, and promotion in pharmacies
  • Identify growth opportunities with existing and potential customers and derive concrete measures to increase sales
  • Collaborate with pharmacies using modern sell-out and category management approaches to enhance product visibility and sales
  • Analyze market, customer, and competitive developments in your territory and provide valuable insights to the company
  • Utilize digital sales systems and CRM tools for planning, documentation, and steering customer activities
  • Work closely with your regional sales manager and relevant internal interfaces, actively contributing to the team's success

Requirements:

  • Successful experience in pharmaceutical sales, pharmacy sales, or comparable sales qualifications (e.g., FMCG/LEH)
  • Ideally, knowledge of the German pharmacy market structures and requirements, with experience in supporting pharmacies
  • Strong customer orientation, communication skills, and negotiation abilities
  • Ability to inspire customers for new products and sustainably promote recommendations and sales
  • Self-motivated, structured, and results-oriented work style, pursuing goals with high consequence
  • Secure analysis of business potentials and derivation of suitable sales measures
  • Familiarity with CRM systems, digital applications, and sales metrics
  • High willingness to travel within your territory and a valid driver's license class B
  • Team capability, engagement, and a positive hands-on mentality

Benefits:

  • Attractive salary package plus customer premiums
  • Comprehensive corporate benefits, company pension scheme, and 24/7 accident insurance
  • Top-equipped company car with unrestricted private use and model choice
  • Modern IT equipment for a digital workspace
  • Varied and individual development opportunities within IQVIA
  • High takeover quota by our customers enables a career start with future-oriented and leading companies in the pharmaceutical and medical technology industry

Skills

Required

  • pharmaceutical sales
  • pharmacy sales
  • CRM systems
  • digital applications
  • sales metrics
  • communication skills
  • negotiation abilities

Nice to have

  • knowledge of German pharmacy market
  • experience in supporting pharmacies
  • team capability
  • engagement
  • positive hands-on mentality
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