Chemical+and+drug+sales+representative

__ Chemical and Drug Sales Representative

Job Description__

1. Promotes and sells pharmaceutical and chemical products to potential customers.

2. Explains water treatment package benefits to customer and sells chemicals to treat and resolve water process problems.

3. Distributes drug to customer and takes orders for pharmaceutical supply items from customer.

4. Discusses characteristics and clinical studies pertaining to pharmaceutical products with physicians, dentists, hospitals, and retail/wholesale establishments.

5. Estimates and advises customer of service costs to correct water-treatment process problems.

6. Inspects, tests, and observes chemical changes in water system equipment, utilizing test kit, reference manual, and knowledge of chemical treatment.

__Work Day__

As a sales representative you would go to the office and sit at your desk and make phone calls. You would make 8-10 calls to physicians and 2 pharmacy calls a day. During these calls the representative is required to record all information gathered into his or her computer. The calls made are meant to educate and sell the product.

__Personality Characters__

A Chemical and drug sales representative has to be a very talkative person and an active listener. They also have to be be very convincing and persuasive. A sales representative would have to use scientific methods to solve problems. They would have to be good at mathematics and critical thinking.

__Workplace__

A chemical and drug sales rep might have a office where they keep their paperwork, but they are mostly traveling around visiting doctors offices to try and sell them the latest drugs. They tend to work in doctors offices and that is always a potential place to get sick because of all of the sick people there.

__Places of Employment__

Chemical and Drug Sales Representatives usually do not have jobs in the government. They usually work for private industries. A place where you can work within 2 hours would be Pittsburgh.

__Outlook__ The outlook for this profession is projected to go up 16 percent between 2006 and 2016. Even with the economic hole we are in right now people will always need to have drugs. This job will be around for a long time.

__Salary__ The median hourly wage for this job is $29.66. The average yearly earnings are about $60,000.

__Recommeded Education and Training__ To be a sales representative you have to have a 2 or four year college degree and on the job training.