National Sales Manager - Oncology

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

• Deliver sales performance and Brand Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in order to meet or exceed national sales plan within expense budgets.
• Optimize resource utilization by leading, developing and coaching Sales Team performance including setting sales targets and incentive schemes, managing Sales Force Management Systems and KPIs in order to continuously improve national sales performance. Ensure regular updates on Sales Team skills in terms of medical, technical and special In-Field knowledge areas.
• Monitor and consolidate the outcomes of regional engagement and account plans in order to feed the brand planning process and to anticipate market needs and changes.
• Ensure national priorities, activities and engagement plans are aligned with brand strategy and in order to optimize strategic momentum and drive brand success.
• Proactively and continuously aspire to serve key stakeholder needs, expectations and challenges in order to build trusted key stakeholder relationships and to achieve win-win agreements on a continuous basis.
• Influence opinions of key stakeholders assigned by Brand Teams (e.g. high prescribing physicians, wholesalers, etc.) to maximize brand performance.
• Professionally manage and build cross functional cooperation between key stakeholders, build effective multidisciplinary In Field Teams and ensure timely and qualitative market intelligence information flow to brand teams and in-field teams in order to optimize brand strategy and its execution.

• Any governmental and/or or legal mandatory certification requirements as by respective country’s laws and/or regulations (if applicable)


• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent


• Relevant business experience with proven track record of success within biotech/pharma sales management in respective therapeutic areas and at least one additional therapeutic area


• Knowledge of territory and relationships with key stakeholders already established


• Ability to build strong relationships with KOLs and other relevant stakeholders


• Ability to build strong relationships with KOLs and other relevant stakeholders


• Ability to think and plan strategically (work plans, activities, time tables, targeting) and operating with execution excellence


• Operates, leads and facilitates effectively in a matrix organization/environment


• English language proficiency verbally and in writing (for all non-English speaking countries)


• Preferred: Recognized as talent developer in national biotech/pharma environment Proven track record of success in a leadership position in Marketing or other commercial field (e.g. Market Access) within biotech/pharma industry





 
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