BioPharmaceutical Area Sales Manager - South Texas

Area: South Texas - Neurology

 

Target citiy for the area is Houston - will consider candidates who live within 100 miles of territory boundaries with access to a major airport. Territory includes: San Antonio, Lubbock, Austin & Houston, TX and Shreveport, Baton Rouge & New Orleans, LA.

 

SUMMARY:

Are you a results-driven biopharmaceutical sales leader looking to be part of an organization that values being curious, adaptable and accountable? Lundbeck is a global biopharmaceutical company focusing exclusively on brain health. With more than 70 years of experience in neuroscience, we are committed to improving the lives of people with neurological and psychiatric diseases. Lundbeck employees are inspired and driven by our purpose to advance brain health and transform lives. It’s a very exciting time to join our team as we lead the way in creating positive customer experiences!

As a Biopharmaceutical Area Sales Manager (BASM) you will be responsible for leading, developing, and managing a diverse, high performing demand creating sales team to drive strong sales performance for promoted products within an assigned geographic area. Set and lead the development of area strategic direction and tactical sales plans using robust analytical skills to identify strengths and opportunities while minimizing weaknesses and threats to execute those plans and meet or exceed sales goals.

 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Leading Others

• Achieves business objectives and sales results by observing Account Manager interactions with target customers, extended treatment team members, ancillary staff and providing them with individual coaching, feedback and inspiration. Helps Account Manager continue to develop for success in current role and for future growth.

• Establishes a result driven highly collaborative team culture by demonstrating personal accountability, teamwork, and collaboration

• Leads by example and works collaboratively across functional areas by serving as a resource and by leveraging the expertise of others.

• Recruits, develops, and retains diverse, high performing Account Managers to Lundbeck.

Knowing the Business

• Guides the identification of local market systems of care, patient flow, reimbursement, and provides innovation solutions

• Identifies strategic relationships that are valuable to the area’s business (e.g. KOLs, advocacy, P&T committee, etc.)

• Actively seeks to discover and meet the needs of internal and external customers by building relationships and delivering innovative solutions.

• Ensures that Account Managers can accurately craft Managed Markets selling messages to effectively position Lundbeck’s products within the context of the provider’s setting and payer mix.

Managing Execution

• Sets and maintains competent product knowledge and selling skills standards within the team. Manages demand creation by providing comprehensive clinical knowledge and executing sales and marketing strategies in the local market. Directs and monitors the execution of approved marketing plans and promotion campaigns. Evaluate and identify improvement and development opportunities of account managers through performance management process to include clear, timely, and actionable feedback on a regular basis.

• Facilitates local market execution by aligning the sales force and other cross-functional areas (to include alliance partners), persuading, convincing, or motivating a targeted audience through collaboration and direct or indirect influence.

• Analyzes sales reports and develops plan of action.

• Maintains timely communication with account managers, management and in-house personnel. Manages multiple priorities and resources related to individual and group efforts. Takes responsibility for redirecting efforts as needed to deliver high productivity and quality of work from self and others.

• Assures adherence to all standards, policies, procedures and guidelines as set forth by the organization.

 

REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE and SKILLS:

• Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Sciences degree from an accredited college or university

• External Candidates:  Minimum of 3+ years sales management experience in Pharmaceutical, Biopharmaceutical’s, Biologics or related experience.

• Internal candidates must have a minimum of 1 year of Commercial experience in areas such as: Sales Management, Training, Market Access, Sales Operations or Marketing or a minimum of 2 years consistent sales success within Lundbeck

• Proven track record of