Sales Representative (Medical and Pharmaceutical Products)
ANZSCO Code: 225412 / Group B
Promoting and marketing pharmaceutical products to medical professionals, including doctors, physicians, and pharmacists, is the responsibility of a pharmaceutical sales representative. These delegates are the main point of contact for information about new drugs, available treatments, and the advantages of certain pharmaceutical goods, forming a crucial connection between pharmaceutical corporations and healthcare practitioners. To support the safety and efficacy of the medications they promote, they must show their products to healthcare professionals, establish and develop connections with them, and provide clinical and scientific evidence. A sales representative specializing in medical and pharmaceutical items serves businesses selling pharmaceuticals, dentistry, veterinary, and medical equipment and supplies.
Occupation description
A sales representative specializing in medical and pharmaceutical items serves businesses in the sale of pharmaceuticals, dentistry, veterinary, and medical equipment and supplies.
Occupations considered suitable under this ANZSCO code:
- Medical Representative
Occupations not considered suitable under this ANZSCO code:
- Sales Representative (Industrial Products)
- Technical Sales Representatives nec
- ICT Sales Representative
- Sales Representative (Business Solutions)
- Sales Representatives nec
These occupations are classified elsewhere in ANZSCO or are not at the required skill level.
Group Allocation
VETASSESS Group B occupation: Sales Representative (Medical and Pharmaceutical Products)
A bachelor’s degree or higher that is deemed equivalent to the educational level of the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) or experience in a related subject is required for this career.
Candidates must meet at least one of the following four requirements:
Extra credentials in a highly applicable topic of study correspond to the following levels:
- AQF Diploma
- AQF Advanced Diploma
- AQF Associate Degree or
- AQF Graduate Diploma
Bachelor’s degree or higher degree includes:
- AQF Master’s Degree or
- AQF Doctoral Degree
Highly relevant paid employment duration (20 hours or more per week)
- A minimum of 1-3 years of highly relevant work experience in the designated occupation is required at an appropriate skill level. This experience should have been obtained five years before the application date for a skills assessment.4 A minimum of 6 years of relevant work experience is required, consisting of five years of relevant work (which may have yet to be finished in the past five years) and at least one year of highly relevant work completed in the five years before application.
Assume that employment takes place before obtaining the necessary degree of certification. If so, the candidate must have completed at least a year’s highly relevant work with sufficient expertise during the previous five years. The last five pre-qualification years may have occurred throughout the preceding ten years. A positive assessment of the duration of employment and level of qualification is required for the Skills Assessment to be concluded favorably.
Qualification and Employment Criteria
Qualification
- AQF Bachelor degree or higher degree
- This includes qualifications assessed at AQF Bachelor, Master and Doctoral level.
Employment
Highly relevant tasks include:
- Creating lists of potential clients’ companies from directories and other sources.
- Obtaining and keeping up with information about market circumstances, rivals’ and employers’ products and services.
- To identify and take advantage of selling chances, visit the establishments of current and potential clients.
- Determining the consumer’s needs and providing recommendations, information, and services.
- Track rival activity and shifting consumer needs, then inform sales management of these developments.
- Pricing and credit terms, quoting, finalizing contracts, and documenting orders.
- Coordinating the supply of services, equipment installation, and delivery of goods.
- Reporting sales accomplishments and the viability of products and services to the sales management team.
- Check-in with customers to make sure they are happy with the products and services they bought and fix any issues that may have arisen.
- Creating sales reports and keeping track of and turning in business cost reports.
Employment information
Applications for the Sales Representative (Medical and Pharmaceutical Products) position should be involved in sales to industrial, business, professional, and other organizations that require technical expertise, as this vocation falls within ANZSCO Unit Group 2254 Technical Sales Representatives.
This profession does not include roles in contact centers or front-line environments where a high level of product technical expertise is optional. Posts with the primary responsibility to close sales to individuals will not receive favorable evaluations.
How to apply
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Pricing Plan
NORMAL PLAN
25 WORKING DAYS
$600
✅ Documentation help
✅ Reference letter writing
✅ Lodgment help
✅ Guidance through the process
✅ Review of the documents
ROYAL PLAN
17 WORKING DAYS
$1200
✅ Documentation help
✅ Reference letter writing
✅ Lodgment help
✅ Guidance through the process
✅ Review of the documents
COMBO PLAN
22 WORKING DAYS
$800
✅ Documentation help
✅ Reference letter writing
✅ Lodgment help
✅ Guidance through the process
✅ Review of the documents