Key Account Manager, Oncology (Solid Tumor)

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About AbbVie

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.

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Job Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

  1. To ensure consistent sales growth and achievement of sales goals and targets in assigned territories and key accounts by identifying new business opportunities, expanding the customer base, executing projects, and concurrently preserving existing business relationships.
  2. To develop and establish strategic partnerships with key stakeholders, facilitating the expansion and penetration of AbbVie product range within designated key accounts through sales and marketing strategies and tactics.
  3. Collect insights from the field, initiate discussion on new initiatives, align internal stakeholders and managing internal process; take proactive action to arrange & with quality execution.

CORE JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: Product Knowledge & Strategic Landscape Understanding
  • Possess good knowledge of the industry, products, business environment and best practices and represent AbbVie in a professional manner that aligns with company image.
  • Proficient in articulating product features, benefits, and clinical applications of assigned portfolio to address customer inquiries and concerns effectively.
  • Being active in the assigned territories to consolidate field observations and actively sharing this knowledge with internal stakeholders to inform key decisions.
Strategic Relationships and Customer Engagement
  • Ability to cultivate strategic relationships by nurturing long-term connections with customers, establishing influential relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), Therapy Area Experts (TAEs) and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) in the designated therapeutic area, across the various departments, institutions, societies, and Academy of Medicine, Malaysia and facilitating the development of company product speakers at the national or regional level.
  • Maintain long-term customer relationships and think ahead of ways to develop superior competitive strategies to support growth and productivity priorities.
  • Embody “The Challenger Sale” mindset and skillsets to drive strategic conversations, challenge conventional thinking, and deliver exceptional customer engagement results.
Key Account Management
  • Ability to generate insights from field visits to develop effective activities. Propose action plan with strategy and flawless implementation. Initiate & lead discussions with relevant internal & external stakeholders to align on budget, objective with measurable outcome and lead team to execute flawless implementation.
  • Ability to provide insights from specific market situations, competitive environment during internal team discussion for national & hospital level listing.
  • Understand and execute hospital account/ network management (such as Formulary Listings, sample listing, purchasing/dispensing pharmacists, head of departments, Tenders, price change request) and territorial account management through sales report analysis and market intelligence such as
    • Facilitate and identify individuals in the buying decisions (Advocates, Endorsers, Gatekeepers).
    • Build and maintain close business relationships with hospital stakeholders and specialists.
    • To make in-depth understanding of account-level specific needs, challenges, and objectives, which includes evaluating patient demographics, treatment preferences, and market trends within key accounts.
  • Responsible to follow through with the internal Master Approval Process for third-party promotional activities in the assigned territories/ accounts such as Department Journal Club support, CME RTM, HCP individual sponsorship, Medical Journal subscription support, and other account-level CME supports that aligned with marketing goals and strategies.
Business Development
  • Expanding product usage within key accounts by identifying and developing new business opportunities, working closely with brand team and other internal stakeholders to develop approach tailored to the HCPs’ needs.
  • Ability to establish assigned programs to ensure the maximum effectiveness of the organization’s efforts in achieving
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