Therapeutic Specialist, Neuroscience

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 including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about Abb Vie, please visit us at  Follow @abbvie on Linked In, Facebook, Instagram, Xand You Tube.

We are currently recruiting for a permanent full-time position. Are you looking for a career, where development and high-performance are valued? Abb Vie Canada is looking to connect with a sales professional who will work with physicians and allied health professionals in hospitals and the community, as well as in long term care facilities. You will promote the benefits of Botox for patients who suffer from Chronic Migraine, Spasticity and Movement Disorders.

This role will be based in the northern GTA and the territory includes North York, Barrie, Sudbury, Timmins and Thunder Bay.

Our Therapeutic Specialists develop robust business plans to execute brand strategy and tactics in the field, deliver sales performance and effectively build strong customer relationships and support customer needs to 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.

• Deliver sales performance, brand KPIs, financial targets, marketing objectives 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, misunderstandings and concerns, while using logical and rational to close on every sale call.
• 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.
• Continuously build understanding of customer needs and expectations, territory landscape, competitors, market segments/dynamics, accounts, diseases, products and clinical expertise. Share this market intelligence information with district manager and respective team members, to achieve alignment, to anticipate environmental change and to optimize brand strategy and its execution.
• Differentiate Abb Vie's value proposition with healthcare providers and identify, develop and maintain disease state experts and speakers/advocates to maximize brand performance.

• Bachelor's degree in Commerce, Science or equivalent.
• Minimum of two years in a Specialty Sales role within the pharmaceutical industry, plus minimum of two years Key Account Management experience.
• Physician/account-based selling, training, managed health care or marketing experience preferred.
• Proven track record in sales and solid presentation skills.
• Strong ability to proactively identifies customer style / behavior and to adapts quickly all aspects of selling approach.
• Recognized expert with in-depth scientific, therapeutic, 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 district colleagues and team, etc.
• Documented success in leadership and support roles of increased responsibility.
• Understands and leverages findings to develop/enhance sales strategies.

• English language proficiency (oral and written).
• 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 evening/ weekend work from time to time, including overnight travel.
• Valid driver's license and passport.

• Ability to think strategically to support the development of a high-quality territory plan.
• Display sound business judgment (having an executive leadership mindset to…