Oncology Sales Representative - Columbus, OH

Oncology Sales Representative / Specialist

Grow and accelerate your career with our Oncology Sales organization and join a team that's driven to make an impact on cancer patients! We take a customer-centric approach by leveraging emerging digital technologies and data analytics to better understand our customers' needs. Developing your career with us will allow you to join a group of passionate professionals, driven by purpose and determined to help save and improve lives. Come join a driven, customer-focused, and collaborative team. As an Oncology Sales Representative, you will be a key member engaging with customers to address identified needs, educating key stakeholders about our oncology products, and actively working to achieve or exceed assigned sales goals within your territory.

This is a field-based sales position that is responsible for the Columbus, OH territory. This territory includes Columbus, Portsmouth. Candidates must be willing to travel to visit with customers in-person and for national sales meetings / industry conferences. Travel (%) and overnight requirements vary based on candidate's location.

Key responsibilities include and may not be limited to :

• Working with the other team members in the territory, attain or exceed the assigned sales goals for the geography.
• In collaboration with territory counterparts, ensure customers have a seamless experience with our Oncology team, meet with key stakeholders to understand practice structure, and business model, while building business relationships and trust to uncover and comprehend their needs.
• In customer engagements, employ approved resources and messaging to communicate a compelling, patient-centered rationale for our Oncology products in their indicated uses.
• Possess knowledge of the workings of the extended care team / multidisciplinary team, cancer staging, possible treatment options, pathways, and guidelines associated with different tumors / diseases, recognizing the impact of those options on patients.
• Analyze and identify trends in a complex buying environment, including multiple channels of drug distribution (Oncology group purchasing organizations, wholesalers, and specialty pharmacies).
• Review and evaluate patterns for products purchased and prescribed (outpatient vs in-patient infusion, as part of hospital or GPO contract, etc.)
• Comprehend complex accounts and local market interdependencies to proactively develop and execute short- and long-term plans in collaboration with the local team and district manager (known as the Oncology Customer Team Leader).
• Ask insightful questions to understand customer priorities and needs to support engaging, approved, and relevant messaging about the product portfolio.
• Ensure a consistent customer experience across our Company's division and functional areas and share key learnings to support customer needs by effectively communicating and collaborating with the in-scope customer team : Customer Team Leader, Key Account Manager, Nurse Educator, Field Reimbursement Associate, Medicare Account Executive, and more.

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Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.

Regular Employee Status

Relocation : No

VISA Sponsorship : No

Travel Requirements : 75%

Flexible Work Arrangements : Remote

Valid Driving License : Yes

Hazardous Material(s) : N / A

Job Posting End Date : 12 / 5 / 2025

Requisition ID : R374875