Oncology Therapeutic Specialist - Montreal, Laurentians & Gatineau

Responsibilities

• Deliver sales performance, brand KPIs, financial targets, marketing objectives in order to meet or exceed business objectives.
• Create pre-call plans and execute post-call evaluation in order to continuously improve sales performance. Effectively handle objections, concerns with a logical and rational approach, in order to close on every sales call either F2F or virtually
• Proactively and continuously support key stakeholders' needs, expectations, and challenges, in order to build trusted relationships on a continual basis.
• Execute a call plan that achieves set metrics and optimizes coverage of key customers, to maximize sales opportunities.
• Differentiate AbbVie's value proposition with healthcare providers and identify, develop and maintain disease state experts and speakers/advocates in order to maximize brand performance.
• Education/Experience Required:
• Bachelor's degree in in Biological Sciences, Pharmacy, Nursing or equivalent.
• Physician/account-based selling, CHE/educational/training, medical, managed health care or marketing experience preferred.
• Hospital network skills are critical.
• Proven track record in sales and solid presentation skills both F2F and virtually. Demonstrated ability to reach HCPs F2F in the post COVID setting is essential.
• Experience with Veeva engage is an asset and other proficiency with virtual technology tools are essential.
• Strong ability to proactively identify customer style / behavior and to quickly adapt all aspects of selling approach.
• Recognized expert with in-depth scientific, hematology product and competitive knowledge.
• 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 for the larger organization and anticipates and responds to changes or challenges.
• Viewed as a credible and respected role model and resource among peers. Builds collaborative partnership with sales colleagues and brand team, etc.
• Documented success in leadership and support roles of increased responsibility.
• Understands and leverages findings to develop/enhance sales strategies.
• Essential skills & abilities:
• Candidate must be fluent in English and French. Both verbal and written
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, etc.)
• Must be proficient with technology and interacting in virtual platforms (Zoom, Veeva Engage, Microsoft Teams)
• Position requires evening/ weekend work from time to time, including overnight travel.
• Range for expected overnight travel is estimated at 30% for ongoing territory management, air travel is expected.
• Flexibility to adapt to territory alignment changes. Current territory alignment is the Montreal McGill, Laval, Gatineau, Joliette, St-Jérome and Abitibi.
• Valid driver's license and passport.
• Key in-field team competencies:
• Ability to think strategically to support the development of high-quality account plans and account management methodology.
• Display sound business judgment (having an executive leadership mindset to assess local market and set direction). Ability to predict contingent outcomes from both a customer and competitive perspective.
• In-depth analytical skills, to enable appropriate and

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Additional Information

AbbVie Canada is looking to hire an Oncology Therapeutic Specialist to join our commercial sales team. The Oncology Therapeutic Specialist's role will focus on all HCPs involved in the treatment of hematological malignancies as well as drug access navigators and patient associations. Our Oncology Therapeutic Specialists develop robust account plans to execute brand strategy and tactics in the field, deliver sales performance and effectively build strong customer relationships. They also support customer needs to maximize short- and long-term sales performance, while placing the patient at the center of any efforts and operating within AbbVie's business code of conduct, policies and all applicable laws and regulations. They work in a cross-functional in-field team, with members of the medical, market access and AbbVie Care teams.

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