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Onboarding a new sales hire in a pharma supplier: the thirty-day plan before they touch a customer
Prevent your new pharma sales hire from jeopardizing critical deals and client trust.
The moment it goes wrong
A new sales hire, unprepared, might miscommunicate critical product specifications during a client call. This misunderstanding can lead to a costly batch deviation or an audit finding, eroding customer trust and jeopardizing future contracts worth millions.
What changes after this course
Your new sales team members will confidently discuss product capabilities and regulatory compliance from day one. Managers will hold a clear training record for each hire, ensuring they meet internal readiness standards before engaging customers.
How long it takes, by who is listening
Nobody spends a day in a classroom. Every module exists in three lengths; a person takes the length their role needs, and every length ends with the same recorded questionnaire, so the training record is complete either way.
| Who takes this course | Length | Total time |
|---|---|---|
| Owner, CEO and board | Briefing | 1 h |
| Business development and export sales | Briefing | 1 h |
| Human resources and onboarding | Briefing | 1 h |
What is in the course, module by module
6 modules. Under each title are the three things the listener can do afterwards; the audio itself runs 10 to 50 minutes depending on the length chosen. Each module ends with a multiple-choice questionnaire whose result is recorded per person for your auditor. Your human-resources or quality manager decides what counts as passed and when a level is retaken.
1Understand the Pharma Supplier Landscape and Your Role
- Identify key players in the pharmaceutical supply chain and their relationships.
- Describe the primary services or products your company offers to pharmaceutical clients.
- Explain the critical importance of regulatory adherence for all pharma suppliers.
2Master Your Company's Products and Internal Structure
- Locate and interpret product specification sheets and certificates of analysis.
- Identify the core departments and their functions within your organization.
- Recognize the common pitfalls of not knowing internal product data thoroughly.
3Apply Regulatory Compliance and Quality System Basics
- Explain the role of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) in your company's operations.
- Access and understand key quality management system documents, like Standard Operating Procedures.
- Recognize the cost of non-compliance, including fines and customer disengagement.
4Execute Your Company's Sales Process and CRM Tools
- Outline the standard stages of your company's sales cycle from lead to close.
- Demonstrate proficiency in using your customer relationship management system.
- Identify the critical decision points that move a prospect through the sales funnel.
5Communicate Effectively and Map Internal Stakeholders
- Develop clear internal communication strategies for product and service inquiries.
- Identify key internal experts for specific product lines or technical support questions.
- Understand how miscommunication between departments can delay customer projects.
6Develop Your 30-Day Action Plan and Readiness Checklist
- Create a personalized 30-day action plan for continuous learning and internal engagement.
- Complete a readiness checklist ensuring all pre-customer contact requirements are met.
- Formulate confident answers to common customer questions about your company's offerings.
Price for this title
One licence, 6 modules in all three lengths, included in every purchase, every employee of the legal entity, 12 months. Pick your company size.
Cheaper as part of a track pack or company library. Delivered within 72 hours of payment or the course is free.
Custom course or custom pricing? A course built on your own procedures and products, a mixed bundle, several legal entities, or a budget that does not fit a table: tell us on WhatsApp and you have a written quote the same day.
Ask about custom courses and custom pricingWho this is for
Roles: Owner, CEO and board, Business development and export sales, Human resources and onboarding,
Businesses: every kind of pharma company
Countries: India China Türkiye Korea Japan Taiwan Egypt, Gulf and MENA Brazil and Latin America Pakistan, Bangladesh and Vietnam United States Europe
What you receive
- Audio modules in all three lengths, included in every purchase. The briefing for the board and the sales floor, the standard run for regulatory and quality, the expanded walk-through for the bench. One price buys all three; each person takes the length their role needs. Listen on the commute, at the bench, in the car.
- Made to be listened to. A narrator with character, a story in every module and real examples from the buyer's side of the table. Not a read-out of the guideline that puts the room to sleep.
- Companion workbook. Exercises and checklists per module, ready to file.
- Full transcript. Searchable, printable, quotable in your procedures.
- Source for every fact. Each statement links to its guideline, regulation or paper, so an auditor can check it.
- Certificate per learner. Name, course, hours, guideline version, date.
- Auditable training record. Per-person export for your quality file, the document inspectors ask for under EU GMP Chapter 2.
English first. Other languages are available in test mode on request.
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