Area Manager

Major accountabilities: 

• Deliver individual and team sales, productivity, market share, and performance targets.
• Create and execute business plans, including strategic and tactical brand plans aligned with company strategy and standards.
• Maintain existing customer relationships while identifying and developing new business opportunities.
• Allocate resources effectively and manage area sales and expense budgets.
• Act as the communication bridge between senior management and Sales Representatives
• Lead, hire, train, coach, and develop a high-performing field sales team.
• Build strong relationships with key account decision-makers, key opinion leaders, patient associations, and cross-functional partners.
• Maintain strong product and disease-area knowledge and coach the team accordingly.
• Monitor market dynamics, competitor activity, pricing intelligence, and key account developments.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years experience delivering strong performance in the pharmaceutical or healthcare sector.
• Proven first-line people management experience
• Strong leadership, coaching, and talent development capabilities.
• A strategic, enterprise-wide mindset with the ability to interpret data and KPIs and translate insights into action.
• Demonstrated ability to lead through ambiguity and change.
• Strong communication, collaboration, stakeholder engagement, and relationship management skills.
• A track record of achieving field performance objectives.
• Experience engaging stakeholders through omnichannel approaches.