Specialty Representative, Urology, Gynecology & Oncology - Houston South, TX

What you'd do

• Deliver sales performance, brand KPIs, financial targets, marketing objectives, etc. in order to meet or exceed on those objectives.
• Create pre-call plan using SMART objectives and execute post-call evaluation in order to continuously improve sales performance.
• Effectively handle objections, misunderstandings, concerns and consistently gain logical and reasonable calls to action in order to close on every sales call.
• Proactively and continuously aspire to serve customer needs, customer expectations and challenges in order to build trusted customer relationships and to 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 in order to maximize access and sales opportunities.
• Continuously build understanding on customer needs and expectations, territory market landscape, competitors, market segments/dynamics, accounts, disease, product, clinical and sales expertise and share this market intelligence information with in-field team, brand team and sales manager to achieve alignment, to anticipate environmental changes and challenges and to 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 in order to maximize brand performance.

What they want

• 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 is 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
• Buy and Bill experience preferred
• Proactively identifies customer style / behavior and adapts quickly all aspects of selling approach.
• Offers innovative ideas and solutions to maximize business opportunities to address challenges. Understands and leverages findings to develop sales strategies.
• 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.
• Provides impact with ideas for the larger organization and anticipates and responds to changes.
• Influences others & is viewed as a credible and respected role model and resource among peers.
• Builds collaborative partnership with district colleagues and matrix team, etc.
• 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.
• Preferred: Proven track record of success in sales performance within respective therapeutic areas.
• Commercial pharmaceutical industry experiences 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).
• Valid driver’s license: Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screening test and meet safe driving requirements

About AbbVie · Sales

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 including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com.