There’s just three days to go until the entry deadline for PharmaTimes Media’s brand new Sales Awards, which are due to close 7 September.
Culminating in an awards ceremony and dinner, the free-to-enter competition recognises and celebrates the very best sales professionals in the industry today.
Applicants can enter up to eight different categories, such as Key Account Manager of the Year, Field Based Sales Trainer/Coach and Orphan/Rare Disease Sales Professional of the Year.
The programme accepts both nominations and direct entries, the latter of which is dependent on company endorsement prior to entering.
Luci Sargood, PharmaTimes business manager and competition lead, said: “Highlighting the real difference that individual sales people can deliver to both patients and HCP’s, this competition offers a crucial opportunity for learning and development against an ever changing and often complex landscape.
“Wherever you are in your career there’s a category for you – don’t hesitate and miss out.”
The three-stage competition is a novel one, as it’s the first and only pharmaceutical sales awards whereby the representatives are evaluated by the clients they have worked with.
During the first stage, candidates will supply details of five healthcare professionals of their choice, and out of those five, two will be called upon by judges to provide feedback of the representatives.
The initial evaluation score will be calculated using this HCP feedback, and those with the top scores in each category will progress to the live finals day.
Throughout finals day, all entrants will undertake a written assessment to test both general and specialist knowledge (stage 2), before gearing up for some friendly competition whereby finalists will participate in a live challenge.
This challenge will ultimately assess the finalists’ planning and strategic abilities, alongside their communication and presentation skills (stage 3)
Scores are then collected from the three stages, and winners will be announced alongside the Marketer and Communications Team of the Year Awards at the Tower Hotel in London on Thursday 15th November.
Key dates:
Entry Closes: 7th September 2018
Finals Day: 27th September 2018
Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony: 15th November 2018