Key Account Manager
AbbVieJohannesburgUpdate time: November 3,2021
Job Description
About AbbVie AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines 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, eye care, virology, women’s health and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn. Purpose: Champion payer/provider perspective, share payer/provider insights, anticipate payer/provider changes, recognize unmet needs and propose key account strategies for the respective stakeholder within country (on full and/or regional levels) to optimize brand and AbbVie value for all relevant affiliate brands placing the patient into the center of any efforts and operating within AbbVie business code of conduct, policies and all applicable laws and regulations. Main responsibilities: Achieve a deep understanding of the complexities, pressures and opportunities associated with the decision making matrix within each account. Based on that deep understanding articulate predicted payer/provider and payer/provider influencer decision drivers and unmet needs to the brand teams in order to ensure key account situation analysis is holistic. Highlight the cross-functional impacts of anticipated changes in the payer/provider environment to the IFTs and brand teams in order to further enrich the BT’s anticipation of the future. Build trusted and strategic relationships with payers/providers in order to anticipate access barriers and better meet agendas, plans and objectives of respective key account. Identify opportunities and collaborate cross-functionally to engage in “win : win” partnerships with key accounts in order to positively influence contracting and tendering opportunities for product access. Develop strategy and concise engagement plans specific to accounts with clear objectives and activities in order to optimize usage, funding and access of AbbVie products considering long-term goals of the entire product portfolio. Negotiate, close and sign deals and/or support/lead the contracting and tendering process and facilitate the development and delivery of proposals in order to meet profit targets. Regularly track the execution and impact of activities and performance of key accounts in order to constantly improve impact on bottom line. Qualifications KAM experience that is office based Strong strategic skills Experience with working with stakeholders in both private and public sector . Bachelor's degree, biological sciences, pharmacy, business related field, or equivalent Relevant experience with demonstrated track record of success in sales or consultative selling role within biotech/pharmaceutical industry Ability to translate strategies into actionable and realistic key account engagement plans Ability to lead, motivate and coordinate cross functional teams (in-field) Ability to negotiate, close and sign C&T deals with key accounts and with complex customer networks Solid analytic, business planning and financial acumen skills and solid working knowledge of pharmaco-economic principles Solid knowledge of payer/provider mindset and motivation in relevant local context Solid knowledge of payer/provider decision making process and who the key stakeholder/influencers are plus English language proficiency verbally and in writing (for all non-English speaking countries) Demonstrated track record of success on specific key account (payer/provider) experience strategically and long term as well as tactical within relevant local context preferred Leadership experience within specific key account based on being part of key account decision making process within C&T situations (if relevant) preferred Travel Yes, 15 % of the Time Job Type Experienced Schedule Full-time Job Level Code IC Equal Employment Opportunity At AbbVie, we value bringing together individuals from diverse backgrounds to develop new and innovative solutions for patients. As an equal opportunity employer we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.

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