Job Description

About 1.9 million Malaysian are afflicted by migraine, a complex neurological disorder that causes recurrent attacks of head pain. At Novartis, we are reimagining medicine to provide innovative therapies in hope to improve patients’ lives. We are looking for highly energized, passionate people to join the Neuroscience team in bringing our product to the market.

As a Product Specialist, you will be building and executing business plans to meet the sales goals for the assigned territory. To develop effective professional business relationships with customers that support delivery of business results in a specific therapeutic area and to differentiate Novartis as a leader in a specific therapeutic area.

Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Execute business plans for assigned product lines/brands, customers or therapeutic area; uncovers and develops new business opportunities.
• Develop and apply understanding of customer organizations and networks, and of diverse influences that affect customer decisions (e.g. peer relationships).
• Execute call plans for customers, including medical experts from customer or academic communities; calls on the right person to deliver the right message with the right frequency, develops business/clinical networks.
• Deploy and use Marketing and Sales promotional materials and programs; coordinates direct promotion programs and facilitates pull-through activities.
• Use expert knowledge of Novartis products and of a range of therapy areas to build professional customer relationships and to support sound clinical discussions and presents highly technical portfolios to customer audiences, when necessary.
• Develop deep product and disease state knowledge in a specific therapeutic area and leverages this to build professional customer relationships and support sound clinical discussions.
• Allocate resources effectively for sampling, programs, and events, etc.

Minimum requirements

• Minimum 2-3 years of sales working experience in the Pharmaceutical industry.
• Minimum a Degree in Medical Science or other related Science discipline.
• Proficient and fluent in the English and Bahasa Malaysia language (written and spoken).
• Willing to travel.

Why consider Novartis?:

750 million. That’s how many lives our products touch. And while we’re proud of that fact, in this world of digital and technological transformation, we must also ask ourselves this: how can we continue to improve and extend even more people’s lives?

We believe the answers are found when curious, courageous and collaborative people like you are brought together in an inspiring environment. Where you’re given opportunities to explore the power of digital and data. Where you’re empowered to risk failure by taking smart risks, and where you’re surrounded by people who share your determination to tackle the world’s toughest medical challenges.

We are Novartis. Join us and help us reimagine medicine.

Novartis are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons

Please click here to apply.