Company Overview
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 key therapeutic areas—immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care—and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.
Job Description
Execute brand strategy and tactics in field, sales performance, effectively manage assigned territory and targeted accounts, build strong customer relationships, and customer needs solving capability to maximize short and long‑term sales performance, placing the patient at the center of all efforts and operating within AbbVie’s business code of conduct, policies and all applicable laws and regulations.
Responsibilities
- Deliver sales performance, brand KPIs, financial targets, marketing objectives, etc. in order to meet or exceed those objectives.
- Create pre‑call plan using SMART objectives and execute post‑call evaluation to continuously improve sales performance. Effectively handle objections, misunderstandings, concerns, and consistently gain logical and reasonable calls to action to close every sales call.
- Proactively and continuously aspire to serve customer needs, expectations and challenges to build trusted customer relationships and achieve win‑win agreements between AbbVie and customers.
- Develop and execute a call plan that achieves set call metrics and optimizes coverage and frequency to key customers to maximize access and sales opportunities.
- Continuously build understanding of customer needs and expectations, territory market landscape, competitors, market segments and dynamics, accounts, disease, product, clinical and sales expertise, and share this market intelligence with the in‑field team, brand team and sales manager to achieve alignment, anticipate environmental changes, and optimize brand strategy and its execution.
- Differentiate AbbVie’s value proposition with health providers assigned and identify, develop and maintain disease state experts and speakers / advocates to maximize brand performance.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in health, sciences, pharmacy or business‑related field preferred or relevant and equivalent industry experience required.Relevant and equivalent industry experience required in lieu of a bachelor’s degree : at least five (5) years of experience with three (3) or more years of experience within the pharmaceutical / health / science industry preferred and a high school diploma / GED required.Demonstrates in-depth scientific, therapeutic, product, and competitive knowledge and is recognized as an expert resource by all relevant stakeholders. Strong business acumen and proficient use of business tools; possesses strategic and critical thinking capabilities. Operates effectively in a matrix environment. Offers innovative ideas and solutions to maximize business opportunities and address challenges.Proven track record of success in selling and solid presentation skills. Proactively identifies customer style / behavior and adapts quickly all aspects of selling approach. Provides impact with ideas for the larger organization and anticipates and responds to changes.Influences others and is viewed as a credible and respected role model and resource among peers. Builds collaborative partnership with district colleagues and matrix team, leads by example, consistently displays positive behaviors and peer coaching through changing and challenging environments.Documented success in leadership and support role of increased responsibility at the district, region and / or organizational levels. Understands and leverages findings to develop sales strategies.Preferred : Proven track record of success in sales performance within respective therapeutic areas. Commercial pharmaceutical industry experience such as physician / account‑based selling, training, managed health care or marketing preferred. English language proficiency verbally and in writing (for all non‑English speaking countries).An essential requirement of your position is to satisfy all applicable health care industry representative (HCIR) credentialing requirements to gain and maintain entry into facilities and organizations that are in your assigned territory. You must also be in good standing and / or eligible to obtain these credentials.These HCIR credentialing requirements may include, but are not limited to, background checks, drug screens, proof of immunization / vaccination for various diseases, fingerprinting and specific licenses required by individual state or cities. You are solely responsible for ensuring you satisfy all HCIR credentialing requirements and for any associated liability for failing to do so. AbbVie has resources available to help answer questions you may have.Valid driver’s license; ability to pass a pre‑employment drug screening test and meet safe driving requirements.Experience driving a personal auto or company car or truck, or operating powered piece‑of‑material handling equipment.Key Stakeholders
External : Specialty Physicians in therapeutic brand area, pharmacists, nurses, and others depending on brand plan. Internal : In‑field team members, Sales Management, Marketing Management, Training, Customer Excellence, and brand plan stakeholders.
Additional Information
This role is field‑based and candidates should live within a reasonable distance from the primary city. Talent will be hired at a level commensurate with experience. The geography covers Ann Arbor and surrounding areas.
Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law :
The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical / dental / vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.This job is eligible to participate in our short‑term incentive programs.Note : No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company’s sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.
Equal Opportunity Employer
AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer, Veterans, Disabled.
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