With the demise of the industry now in sight where is the best place to go to find a high paying sales job with a lot of potential?
There has to be another industry that rewards the sales reps nicely?
With the demise of the industry now in sight where is the best place to go to find a high paying sales job with a lot of potential?
There has to be another industry that rewards the sales reps nicely?
we used to goof on contract pharma reps but now it looks like they'll be working long after us "permanent hires" are
Can we get some more suggestions on this? I was thinking about Real Estate Sales.
Oh wait I forgot, you could also be a delivery boy of some sort.
Most of the pharma reps I know couldn't sell an umbrella in a rainstorm.....to anyone. Unless you have actual sales experience outside of pharma, you need to find another occupation. Here are some ideas: catering, chauffer, inventory. Or maybe start out as a bottom ladder salesman and acutally learn how to sell something.
it's true. i couldn't sell an umbrella in a rain storm. but i did sell your mom some lovin'. guess she most have really needed it. btw, she's kinda stinky.
Most of the pharma reps I know couldn't sell an umbrella in a rainstorm.....to anyone. Unless you have actual sales experience outside of pharma, you need to find another occupation. Here are some ideas: catering, chauffer, inventory. Or maybe start out as a bottom ladder salesman and acutally learn how to sell something.
With the demise of the industry now in sight where is the best place to go to find a high paying sales job with a lot of potential?
There has to be another industry that rewards the sales reps nicely?
it's true. i couldn't sell an umbrella in a rain storm. but i did sell your mom some lovin'. guess she most have really needed it. btw, she's kinda stinky.
What’s funny about this statement is that medical device is the easiest thing in the world to sell if you have a superior product with a fair price. Sorry device guy but the doc/hospital is not buying because of your superior sales ability they are buying because you sell the product with the best price/outcomes ratio. The products that truly prove the ability of a salesperson is a commodity product priced similarly. If the outcomes/results of a product(in any given industry) are negligible and the price in negligible between competitors that’s when you can show on paper the skill of a sales rep. If you sell the best pacemaker the pacemaker is selling itself not the rep. Sorry device guy but if you tried to float what you do in the open market you would be equally at a disadvantage as pharma rep. I don’t care if you are selling to the biggest institution in the country and dealing with “C Suite” personnel, the buyers in the medical field are the biggest losers, and lowest purchasing agents in the world. I left device and pharma and went into selling industrial chemical systems selling B2B and in a bad year I make $300K a year but I deal with the hardest ass strongest negotiators in the world. I remember selling into hospitals and the buyer and “C-suite” guy always would have to acquiesce to a MD chair and really had limited decision making power. If you want to test you mettle as a salesperson get out of medical and come to real B2B and, no copiers, hip implants, pace makers, etc, is not B2B!!!
What’s funny about this statement is that medical device is the easiest thing in the world to sell if you have a superior product with a fair price. Sorry device guy but the doc/hospital is not buying because of your superior sales ability they are buying because you sell the product with the best price/outcomes ratio. The products that truly prove the ability of a salesperson is a commodity product priced similarly. If the outcomes/results of a product(in any given industry) are negligible and the price in negligible between competitors that’s when you can show on paper the skill of a sales rep. If you sell the best pacemaker the pacemaker is selling itself not the rep. Sorry device guy but if you tried to float what you do in the open market you would be equally at a disadvantage as pharma rep. I don’t care if you are selling to the biggest institution in the country and dealing with “C Suite” personnel, the buyers in the medical field are the biggest losers, and lowest purchasing agents in the world. I left device and pharma and went into selling industrial chemical systems selling B2B and in a bad year I make $300K a year but I deal with the hardest ass strongest negotiators in the world. I remember selling into hospitals and the buyer and “C-suite” guy always would have to acquiesce to a MD chair and really had limited decision making power. If you want to test you mettle as a salesperson get out of medical and come to real B2B and, no copiers, hip implants, pace makers, etc, is not B2B!!!
Question on selling something like "industrial chemical systems"..I sell very well off of emotion. Always have. The FABs and price of my device, as well as the Return on Investment are good, but at the end of the day I prefer to get :"ohhhs and ahhs" when I demo something and then I can close on emotion, which most people buy off of anyways. Even when I sold copiers, I sold off of emotion, i.e. color, ease of use, etc.
I am no way bashing what you sell but am wondering how you get someone emotional about something like that.
