Is A Healthcare Sales Job For You - By: Jonathan Walker

Many of the people working in the pharmaceutical sales sector often consider switching to a healthcare sales role. In truth there are some major differences between the two roles. To begin with, a medical sales representative in pharmaceuticals is likely to be employed by a larger, more structured organisation than those working in healthcare.

Those working in pharma are also likely to come under much more scrutiny from their managers. One of the reasons for this is that it is much more difficult to accurately measure sales in the healthcare sector than those in pharma. The sales date in Pharmaceutical Sales tends to arrive two months after the sales have been completed and is usually presented in postcode blocks. As well as this there could be more than one representative working in a postcode area, meaning that it is difficult for managers to pinpoint a successful representative, or activities which may have led to the sales. This is good news if your not a particularly good sales person (depending on your salary structure of course), but equally not so good if you are doing your job well and not getting the credit that you deserve.

Healthcare Sales Jobs are usually different in this respect. These sales usually require deals and contracts to be signed, meaning that you will know exactly what you have sold, how much for and who to. With this in mind, it is obvious at the end of each month who the more successful representatives are. This does tend in the top performers being "less managed" by the powers that be. After all why interfere with somebody who is doing their job well?!

Healthcare sales companies usually have flatter structures than the majority of the set ups within Pharmaceutical sales. Some believe that this does result in progression opportunities being restricted, however it tends to allow for less "politics" to occur within a company, leading to a happier and more personal work environment.

Now at the risk of sounding obvious if you are working in Medical Sales and are not particularly good at it, stick with it and don't move over to Healthcare. If you're not a strong sales person, it will soon show at the end of each month when your sales figures aren't impressive. You will soon feel the heat from your management in a way that you wouldn't do in Pharma Sales!
You should not consider moving to Healthcare sales as well if you just fancy a change of scenery or manager. As well as this, don't believe the hype of the bigger bonus's, you will only get them if you are good at the role!

Overall the environment in this role is more transparent and could elevate your career to a whole new level, you just need to establish if it is for you or not!

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