What is the Job of a Medical Representative?
- Promoting Products/Brands of the Company to Doctors and Medical Fraternity.
- Generating Prescription of Products/Brands.
- Making Product Available at Chemist Shops.
- Ensuring Regular Supplies in the Market through Company/CFA to stockists to Chemists to Patients.
- Handling stockists, Chemists, and Sub Stockists.
- Most Important – Achieving Sales Target.
Who can Join as Medical Representative?
- The Candidate has Good Communication and Selling Skills.
- Fairly Good Knowledge and Understanding of Basic Biology, & Chemistry.
- Ready/Capable to Travel extensively on a daily basis.
- Having a valid Driving Licence and Driving Skills.
- Having Territorial/Geographical Knowledge of the Area.
- Basic Knowledge of MS Office and Handling Applications
What is the Qualification of a Medical Representative?
Depending on the Company and Product Portfolio the Selection Criteria are decided by the HR of the Company. It Could be
- Science Graduate – B.Sc, B.Pharma, Post Graduates – M.Sc, MS, M.Pharma.
- MBA.
- Diploma in Pharmacy.
- Any Graduate with Good communication and Selling Skills.
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What is the Salary of a Medical Representative?
The salary of a Medical Representative Largely Depends on the Company, Speciality, and Portfolio besides the H.Q City.
The Usual Structure for Broader understanding isÂ
- Multinational Companies – 3,00,000 to 6,00,000 Starting Salary
- Specialized Products – 4.00- 10,00,000 INR CTC/PA
- Good Marketing companies – 2,00,000 to 4,00,000 INR CTC/PA
- Average Companies – Usually Negotiable w.r.t HQ Performance Ranging between- 2,00,000 to 4,00,000
- Local Leve Companies – 1,50,000 to 3,00,000 Depending on Candidate Profile
Which is the Best Company for Medical Representatives?
Although the Definition is Exhaustive for Best Company Since this is a Match between Company’s Culture and Individuals Expectations/Capabilities and Profile.
Few of the Top Pharma Companies are
- Sun Pharma Click to Check Jobs
- Cipla Click to Check Jobs
- Abbott Click to Check Jobs
- Mankind Pharma Click to Check Jobs
- Alembic Pharma Click to Check Jobs
- Alkem Click to Check Jobs
- Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Click to Check Jobs
- Torrent Pharma Click to Check Jobs
- IPCA Laboratories Click to Check Jobs
- Cadila Pharma
- Zydus Healthcare
- Lupin Ltd
- Wockhardt Ltd
- Intas Pharma
- Glenmark
- FDC Ltd, etc.
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Which Company takes fresher Medical Representatives?
Many Top Indian and MNCs prefer to Take fresher Candidate, especially Science Graduates or MBAs, with a View to mold them as per the Organizational Culture
Most Companies Prefer to Take Candidates with 6 Months to 1 Year of Field Experience
Top Companies Hiring Freshers are
- Alembic Pharma
- Oaknet (Eris Oaknet)
- Cipla
- Mankind
How a Fresher can Join as Medical Representative?
- Fresher Having education Background in Science – Diploma/B.Sc/Pharma or Post graduation get an Easy entry.
- Job Vacancies are Published on Various Job Portals Like Pharmaindustry.in
- Many Institutes are Opened across the Country to give Initial Training/Coaching Of Jobs and Assist in Recruitment.
- Multiple WhatsApp/Telegram/Facebook Groups share Jobs. Click Here to Join
- Or Can Take the Help of Individual Consultancies.
What are the Career Prospects of a Medical Representative?
A Well performing and working on his/herSelf Development, Medical Representative can Reach the COO, Vice President, or Founder of a Company eg – Mr. Amit Bakshi Eris Life Sciences, Mr. Ramesh Juneja, Mankind Pharma
How does a Medical Representative gets promoted?
The following Criteria are Observed for Promoting Any Medical Representative
- Sales Performance
- Overall Target Achievement
- Product Performance
- New Launch Performance
- Customer Servies
- Process Orientation
- Sales Hygiene
- Work Hygiene
- Overall Self Development
- Communications Skills
- Problem Handling
- Product Knowledge
- Strategy Understanding and Execution
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What are the Skills required for Medical Representative?
- Communication Skills – Written and Verbal
- Presentation Skills
- Analytical Skills
- Market Research and Analysis
- Product Knowledge, Competitors Knowledge
- Thought Clarity and Process understanding
How many Days of Leave does a Medical Representative get in a Year?
- The Leave Structure Depends on the organization to Organization It May Vary from 12 days in Year to 45 Days in a Year Capturing All Types
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What are the Oher Benefits a Medical Representative Gets?
- Monetary
- Cash Incentives
- Performance Linked Awards/Rewards Like International Trips.
- Employee Benefits like Gratuity, Bonus, Ex Gratia, Insurance Cover, PF, ESIC, etc
- Self-Development Opportunities through Various Training and Development Programs.
- On the Job Training and Skill Development by Reporting manager or other Managers while Joint Field Work.
