Job Description
Based in Penang (Malaysia), the Vaccine Product Specialist is responsible for driving sales growth, expanding market penetration, and ensuring strong customer engagement across multiple healthcare sectors. This role requires a highly motivated, proactive, and resultoriented individual who can build strong relationships with healthcare professionals (HCPs), identify business opportunities, and execute sales strategies that support both current portfolio performance and upcoming vaccine launches.
The ideal candidate thrives in a competitive environment, demonstrates strong clinical selling skills, and is aggressive in pursuing sales targets while maintaining strict compliance standards.
Key Responsibilities
Sales & Business Development
- Achieve and exceed monthly, quarterly, and annual sales targets for the vaccine portfolio.
- Aggressively generates new business opportunities across private hospitals, government hospitals, specialist clinics, and GP clinics.
- Conduct effective sales calls, detailing visits, and product presentations to HCPs.
- Identify highpotential accounts and develop tailored action plans to drive adoption and prescription growth.
- Maintain a strong presence in key accounts through regular engagement, followups, and relationship building.
Market & Account Management
- Perform territory segmentation, account profiling, and competitor analysis to uncover growth opportunities.
- Execute territory business plans with disciplined tracking and reporting of progress.
- Build strategic partnerships with key decisionmakers, including hospital pharmacists, specialists, pediatricians, O&G specialists, and purchasing units.
Launch Excellence (New Product Launch Readiness)
- Prepare territory for upcoming vaccine launches through
- Early customer shaping
- Medical education
- Objection handling
- Drive Uptake
- Drive flawless execution of launch tactics and ensure rapid uptake in priority accounts.
Customer Education & Engagement
- Provide scientific and product education to HCPs, ensuring accurate understanding of vaccine value propositions.
- Organize and support CME programs, scientific meetings, workshops, and digital engagement activities.
- Partner with Medical and Marketing teams to deliver impactful customerfacing initiatives.
Compliance & Reporting
- Ensure all activities comply with relevant industry regulations, policies, and ethical standards.
- Maintain accurate records of sales activities, customer interactions, and market intelligence through CRM systems.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in science, Pharmacy, Nursing, Life Sciences, or related field preferred.
- Minimum 13 years of pharmaceutical or healthcare sales experience.
- Prior experience in vaccines, hospital sales, or multisector coverage is an added advantage.
- Strong sales drive with an aggressive, huntermindset approach.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationshipbuilding skills.
- Ability to engage confidently with specialists, GPs, pharmacists, and hospital administrators.
- Strategic thinking with strong execution discipline.
- Territory management and business planning capability.
- Resilience, adaptability, and comfort with a fastpaced environment.
- Proficiency in digital tools, CRM platforms, and virtual engagement channels.
- Possess a valid driving license and willingness to travel extensively across the assigned territory.
- Based in Penang, Malaysia
Required Skills
Account Management, Customer Needs Assessments, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Health Economics, Interpersonal Relationships, Lead Generation, Market Analysis, Product Knowledge, Sales Forecasting, Sales Metrics, Sales Pipeline Management, Sales Reporting, Sales Strategy Development, Sales Training, Self Motivation, Strategic Selling
Preferred Skills
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Employee Status
Regular
Relocation
VISA Sponsorship
Travel Requirements
Flexible Work Arrangements
Not Applicable
Shift
Valid Driving License
Hazardous Material(s)
Job Posting End Date
05/31/2026
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Requisition ID R387712
