Pharmaceutical Sales Manager

Pharmaceutical Sales Manager – 7100 URA

Our client is a established pharmaceutical company in Basel and to support their sales team, we are looking for a Sales manager to join their team. This role is based in Basel and it is a full time permanent opportunity.

Main Responsibilities

• Drive sales growth for the assigned Diseases portfolio across Switzerland.
• Manage and develop relationships with key hospitals, physicians, pharmacists, and other healthcare stakeholders.
• Identify patient pathways, treatment gaps, and commercial opportunities within the disease area.
• Develop account and territory strategies based on customer needs, market dynamics, and access conditions.
• Communicate clinical and product information clearly and effectively to healthcare professionals.
• Build and maintain strong networks with key decision-makers and opinion leaders.
• Work closely with Medical, Marketing, Market Access, and other internal teams to execute commercial initiatives.
• Monitor market developments, sales performance, customer activity, and future demand.
• Support product launches, educational events, congresses, and stakeholder meetings.
• Maintain accurate customer information, activity records, forecasts, and account plans in the CRM.
• Ensure all customer interactions and commercial activities comply with company policies, SOPs, and applicable regulations.
• Travel regularly across Switzerland to maintain strong customer engagement.

Qualifications & Experience

• Relevant working/residency permit or Swiss/EU-Citizenship required.
• 5+ years of experience in pharmaceutical, specialty care, hospital, or healthcare sales.
• Demonstrated success managing and growing hospital or strategic customer accounts.
• Good understanding of the Swiss healthcare and hospital environment.
• Native-level German with strong written and verbal communication skills; Excellent English and other Swiss languages are advantageous.
• Strong commercial, negotiation, presentation, and relationship-building capabilities.
• Able to understand complex scientific information and communicate it effectively to different stakeholders.
• Proactive, independent, and commercially driven with a strong sense of ownership.
• Strong analytical, planning, and organisational abilities.
• Comfortable working cross-functionally and building partnerships internally and externally.
• Willingness to work on the field on a regular basis.