Therapeutic Specialist, Gastroenterology, Manitoba and Saskatchewan

Company Description

Abb Vie'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 – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, virology, women’s health, gastroenterology – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about Abb Vie, please visit us at  Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, You Tube, Linked In and Tik Tok.

Joining Abb Vie means you will be part of a team of outstanding professionals dedicated to making a remarkable impact on patients’ lives. At Abb Vie, we conduct ground‑breaking science on a global scale every day.

Abb Vie Canada is one of the Best Workplaces in Canada. Are you looking for an exciting full‑time career where development and high performance are valued? Abb Vie Canada is looking to connect with a Therapeutic Specialist to join our commercial sales team. This role will cover the Manitoba and Saskatchewan territory.

The Therapeutic Specialist will develop robust business plans to execute brand strategy and tactics in the field, deliver sales performance, and effectively build strong customer relationships to support customer needs and maximize short‑ and long‑term sales performance, while placing the patient at the center of any efforts and operating within Abb Vie's business code of conduct, policies and all applicable laws and regulations.

• Build strong partnership with customers and accounts; develop a high‑quality territory plan.
• Deliver sales performance, brand KPIs and financial targets, and marketing objectives in order to meet or exceed business objectives.
• Create pre‑call plans and execute post‑call evaluations to continuously improve sales performance.
• Proactively and continuously support key stakeholders’ needs, expectations, and challenges, building trusted relationships on a continual basis.
• Execute a call plan that achieves set metrics and optimizes coverage of key customers to maximize sales opportunities.
• Continuously build understanding of customer unmet and/or evolving needs and expectations, territory landscape, competitors, market segments/dynamics, accounts, diseases, products, and clinical expertise. Share this market intelligence with the district manager and team members to achieve alignment, anticipate environmental change, and optimize brand strategy and execution.
• Differentiating Abb Vie's value proposition with healthcare providers and identifying, developing, and maintaining disease‑state experts and speakers/advocates to maximize brand performance.

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Proven track record of success in sales and solid presentation skills.
• Strong customer‑relationship and building skills.
• Passion for taking on challenges and for success.
• Excellent business acumen; strategic, analytical, and critical‑thinking skills.
• Ability to predict contingent outcomes from both a customer and competitive perspective; understands and leverages findings to develop sales strategies.
• Solution‑oriented; offers innovative ideas and solutions to maximize business opportunities and address challenges; demonstrates leadership and entrepreneurial spirit.
• Anticipates and responds to changes, with the ability to navigate ambiguity.
• Team player: builds collaborative partnership with district colleagues and multiple stakeholders to maximize an integrated account plan.
• Leads by example; consistently displays positive behaviors and peer coaching through changing and challenging environments.
• Documented success in leadership, with a proven capacity to influence and drive change.

• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, etc.).
• Must be at ease with technology (the use of various tools/systems to perform day‑to‑day tasks).
• Position requires approximately 50% travel as well as some evening/weekend work, including overnight travel.
• Valid driver's license and passport.

Abb Vie is an equal‑opportunity employer and encourages women, Aboriginal people, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities to apply.

Abb Vie is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled.

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