Sr. Vaccine Customer Rep., Fairfax, VA

Vaccine Customer Representative

The Vaccine Customer Representative (VCR) supports customers by providing clinical information on our Company's vaccines, as well as education and resources. They do this to support customer operational and financial needs such as reimbursement information and contract adherence in an effort to help the provider or system increase their immunization rates among appropriate patients and help protect them from vaccine preventable diseases. The Vaccine Customer Representative (VCR) is the primary point of contact for a variety of customers within their assigned geography. These customers may include : health care providers such as physicians, nurses, pharmacists as well as quality directors, immunization managers, and office managers. Within their geography there are a diverse set of health care locations that they will call upon in order to execute their role including : clinics, health departments, integrated delivery systems, and hospitals. The VCR is a key member of the local customer team that works collaboratively with other field based employees such as the Vaccine Key Customer Leader (VKCL), Vaccine Medical Affairs Leader (VMAL), Region Medical Director (RMD) as well as other members of the extended team. The primary activities include :

• Engaging in balanced product sales presentations with health care providers and health care business professionals to align customer needs and our company's vaccine attributes in accordance with product labeling, and CDC and professional society recommendations.
• Providing company vaccine management with updates on customer needs as it relates to helping them improve patient health outcomes, customer feedback, marketplace dynamics, and progress towards quality goals.
• Providing customers with key insights by keeping apprised of professional and health care environment knowledge through self-study of company-provided scientific, product and marketplace information, attendance at product workshops and conferences, as well as consistent and ongoing review of our company's promotional materials.
• Utilizing analytical skills and tools to engage customers in quarterly business reviews regarding their vaccine contract to educate customers on the best ways to maximize their contract performance across the company portfolio.
• Assisting customers with education to improve their organization's immunization rates through adherence to quality based programs using appropriate tools such as Vaccine IQ.
• Regularly monitoring their business performance against objectives using company provided tools.
• Developing a territory level business plan that focuses on improving immunization rates with assigned customers in accordance with our company's policies, standards, and ethics.
• Maintaining product knowledge and certification on the entire company vaccine portfolio along with knowledge of the CDC immunization schedule for both pediatric and adult vaccines.

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Salary range for this role is $104,200.00 - $163,900.00.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at https : / / jobs.merck.com / us / en / compensation-and-benefits.