AbbVie

Specialty Representative, Gastroenterology

AbbVie
Posted 10/19/2026full-timeRemote • Mississippi • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $78,500 - $192,500 per yearWebsite
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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong sales performance and strategic thinking in the pharmaceutical industry, with the ability to build customer relationships and execute effective sales strategies. Proficient in market analysis and adapting approaches to meet customer needs while achieving brand objectives.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Sales PerformanceCustomer Relationship ManagementStrategic ThinkingPharmaceutical Industry ExperiencePresentation Skills

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Execute AbbVie brand strategy and tactics in the field
  • Deliver sales performance, brand KPIs, financial targets, and marketing objectives
  • Manage the assigned territory and targeted accounts
  • Build strong customer relationships and solve customer needs to maximize sales performance
  • Create pre-call plans using SMART objectives and conduct post-call evaluations
  • Handle objections, misunderstandings, and concerns and gain calls to action to close sales calls
  • Serve customer needs and build trusted customer relationships
  • Develop and execute call plans to achieve metrics and optimize coverage and frequency
  • Build knowledge of customer needs, territory market landscape, competitors, market segments, accounts, disease, products, clinical information, and sales practices
  • Share market intelligence with in-field, brand, and sales management teams
  • Differentiate AbbVie’s value proposition with healthcare providers
  • Identify, develop, and maintain disease-state experts and speakers/advocates
  • Collaborate with specialty physicians, pharmacists, nurses, in-field team members, sales management, marketing, training, customer excellence, and brand-plan stakeholders

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor’s degree in health, sciences, pharmacy, or a business-related field preferred, or relevant equivalent industry experience
  • At least five years of relevant and equivalent industry experience in lieu of a bachelor’s degree, including three or more years within the pharmaceutical/health/science industry preferred
  • High school diploma/GED required when using equivalent industry experience in lieu of a bachelor’s degree
  • Proven track record of success in selling
  • Solid presentation skills
  • Experience adapting selling approaches to customer styles and behaviors
  • Ability to develop sales strategies from findings
  • Strong business acumen and proficient use of business tools
  • Strategic and critical thinking capabilities
  • Ability to operate effectively in a matrix environment
  • In-depth scientific, therapeutic, product, and competitive knowledge
  • Commercial pharmaceutical industry experience preferred
  • English language proficiency verbally and in writing
  • Must satisfy applicable HCIR credentialing requirements and be in good standing and/or eligible to obtain them
  • Valid driver’s license
  • Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screening test and meet safe driving requirements
  • Ability to drive a personal auto, company car or truck, or powered material handling equipment
  • Willingness to travel 25% of the time

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick)
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Short-term incentive programs
  • Resources to help answer questions about HCIR credentialing requirements

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Hard Skills
Sales Strategies DevelopmentMarket AnalysisKPI AchievementSMART ObjectivesDisease-State ExpertiseCompetitive KnowledgeFinancial Target AchievementCall PlanningObjection HandlingMatrix Environment Operation
Soft Skills
Strong Business AcumenAdaptabilityCollaborationProblem SolvingCommunication
Tools & Technologies
Business ToolsMarket Intelligence Sharing
Certifications & Qualifications
HCIR Credentialing Requirements
Industry Keywords
Pharmaceutical IndustryHealthcare ProvidersClinical InformationSales PracticesTerritory ManagementAccount ManagementCustomer ExcellenceSpecialty PhysiciansPharmacistsNurses