Specialty Business Manager - IBD - Chicago West

Job Description

About the Team:

The specialty sales force is primarily responsible for driving demand for the product assigned by reinforcing the product brand and Takeda value. Responsible for presenting Takeda’s products and optimizing the business opportunities in targeted physician offices, key clinics and hospital accounts that specialize in the area of specified. The Specialty Business Manager – IBD will be required to demonstrate an excellence in developing and applying business processes that lead to achievement of sales goals and objectives.

How you will contribute:

• Support account onboarding, including education, and procedures.
• Engage in clinical selling activities, including delivering the clinical value proposition, advancing customers across a brand belief continuum.
• Support initial clinical educational support and in-service for medical staff (infusion procedures, etc.).
• Coordinate and support clinical education opportunities and programs for HCPs, such as peer-to-peer discussions.
• Conduct account management activities within the smaller, less complex: GI practices, clinics and outlets as well as independent physician offices.
• Attain sales goals and objectives by delivering specialty product volume as well as other key metrics in the assigned Territory. Utilize discretion and judgment to execute the franchise and company brand strategy and tactics within the assigned customer segment.
• Establish professional working relationships with Health Care Providers (GE, MLP, IM, Nurse), decision makers, support staff, and influencers within assigned customers, to support the use of the company's products through developing and applying clinical and business expertise, and effective selling skills.
• Develop and deliver a targeted sales message based on accurate clinical information, utilizing approved marketing materials and medical reprints to support the patients, and discuss therapeutic strategies to inform and influence decision makers.
• Execute marketing strategies at the local level, leveraging resources appropriately and working successfully with company team members and counterparts to share ideas and information to enhance business results.
• Present complex clinical and business information on Takeda's specialty products and services to an audience of office and institutional based Gastroenterologists health care professionals, professional and patient groups, and others involved in the decision-making process.
• Develop and implement medical education opportunities and sponsor programs to expand the knowledge of healthcare professionals. Frequently educate self on the latest information related to disease states, treatments and the changing business environment.
• Strategically manage all allocated resources provided including financial/budgets, managed markets, medical affairs, home office, etc.

Education, Experience, Knowledge and

Skills:

Required:

• Bachelors degree – BA/BS
• 3+ years of successful selling experience in pharmaceutical, biotech or medical device and/or relevant clinical or industry experience; OR 2+ years of successful selling experience at Takeda, 5 years’ experience preferred.
• Demonstrated business and strategic planning skills to identify unique selling opportunities and adaptability to changing market conditions.
• Strong collaboration working within teams.
• Demonstrated understanding of managed care landscape and how it influences/impacts business.
• Strong verbal, influencing, presentation and written communication skills.
• Strong collaboration skills and success working in teams.
• Reside within or close proximity to assigned geography.

Preferred:

• Experience with injectable/infused IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disorder) products.
• Experience with managing and communicating complex reimbursement issues.
• Biological product launch experience.
• Experience in calling on Gastroenterologists.
• Experience discussing therapeutic strategies to inform and influence decision makers.
• Experience developing and applying clinical and business expertise, and effective selling skills.
• Experience executing marketing strategies at the local level.
• Minimum of 5 years’ direct selling experience to healthcare professionals in the…