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Senior Sales And Management Executive Resume
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| Desired Industry: Biotech |
SpiderID: 3641 |
| Desired Job Location: Vancouver, Washington |
Date Posted: 9/15/2005 |
| Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent |
Availability Date: 09/01/2005 |
| Desired Wage: 130000 |
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U.S. Work Authorization: Yes |
| Job Level: Management (Manager, Director) |
Willing to Travel: Yes, 25-50% |
| Highest Degree Attained: Masters |
Willing to Relocate: Yes |
Objective: Pharmaceutical * Biotechnology * Medical Devices
Innovative and highly focused sales executive with over 14 years of experience driving profitable growth and achieving multiple selling awards for two leading pharmaceutical companies. Proven track record in redeeming market share declines ranging from 65% to 90%. Resourceful in developing strategic development and sales management tactics for various business entities. Well recognized for outstanding sales team development, employee selection, and sales training skills.
Successfully launched six new products as pharmaceutical sales manager. Exceptional abilities in sales management and mentoring as measured by performance and promotions of seven out of nine employees and three rookie-of-the-year awards within three-year timeframe.
Experience: VELOCITY SPORTS PERFORMANCE, Portland, OR 2004-2005 Owner and Director
Oversaw daily business operations for company selling coaching and training programs designed to teach athletics to young athletes. Managed four full-time and eight part-time employees. Directed all sales, marketing, accounting and finances, administration, and human resources management.
Key Achievements:
* Achieved breakeven point in sales revenue after five months of business grand opening, seven months prior to franchise standard. Simultaneously doubled program pricing and increased income by 70% to 90% while maintaining same number of unit sales and incurring zero loss in customer count. Shifted marketing resources through creation of customer referral program, thus saving 20% in expenses and increasing customer traffic by 50%.
* Expanded service offerings and grew product offering from solely group training sessions by adding nutritional component and one-on- one training sessions. Implemented financial incentive program and weekly training program designed to motivate coaching staff for new role in selling process. Initiative resulted in coaches selling 80% of programs and showing monthly overall sales increases of 20% (40 to 50).
MERCK & COMPANY, Vancouver, WA 2001-2004
Hospital Business Director-Western Region Sales
Supervised, trained, and developed team of seven hospital representatives covering broad range of products for endocrinology, pulmonology, cardiology, and rheumatology physicians. Directly accountable for institutional account planning and contractual strategies and management initiatives.
Key Achievements:
* Created, developed, and executed business planning process resulting in achieving recognition as #1 District for Regional Sales. Evaluated existing customer base as part of sales team development efforts, refocused resource allocation in each product line, and derived business from accounts generating highest return on investment. Finished year at 114% overall quota with 26% growth; achieved #1 in cholesterol and osteoporosis sales and #2 in arthritis and allergy sales. Company adopted overall strategy and it is still being utilized today.
* Led recovery efforts when company lost 30% market share in one quarter (80% to below 50%) for key brand statin product at major veterans hospital, generating $800,000 in annual revenue. Designed and promoted series of educational programs targeted to pharmacy market. Key player in building customer trust, maintaining sole access to facility, and negotiating protocol for use of drug in support with physicians. Approach is now utilized as custom "best practice" to target appropriate resources in customer group.
* Instrumental in reversing 20% drop in market share (90% to 70%) on $1 million in sales from previous quarter for key military account with statin product. Presented decision makers with data supporting clinical superiority of product and reinforced contractual and clinical advantages associated with use of product to pharmacists and physicians, including substantial volume discounts. Successfully addressed competitor superiority claim and ensured ongoing communication to reduce possibility of competitor reentry. Strategy is now "best practice" to identify key decision makers and has become part of monthly sales presentation.
PFIZER PHARMACEUTICALS, San Diego and Long Beach, CA 1990-2001
District Sales Manager, 1994-2001
Managed, supervised, and trained group of 9 to 11 sales representatives covering family practice, internal medicine, and several specialty offices in San Diego, Palm Springs, and Las Vegas. Ensured execution of sales strategies and techniques for product portfolio worth over $50 million. Coordinated internal and external business efforts for co-promotion partners.
Key Achievements:
* Instrumental in developing local account team strategy to ensure implementation of product line with particular physician groups. Implementation of strategy resulted in approximately 25 formulary successes at seven different physician groups with local manager team being selected for National Team of the Year Award.
* Achieved status of Manager of the Year and District of the Year while managing a district in one of the most highly penetrated managed care markets in the country. Over 20% of the lives in the district were covered by Kaiser, an organization with whom Pfizer had no formulary or physical access, further adding to the significance of this achievement.
* Created conflict resolution and team building template to assimilate sales representatives from new division into team due to merger with Parke Davis. Implementation of approach resulted in collaboration of business plan across both new companies and numerous formulary successes for new joint product, including Lipitor.
Institutional Hospital Representative, 1992-1994
Oversaw selling activities and drove sales volume for large medical institution product lines encompassing Long Beach, CA territory. This territory included five key institutions and roughly $5 million in sales volume. Key player in gaining formulary access for products and driving sales for formulary products. Executed numerous professional education programs designed to enhance physician access and support sales efforts.
Key Achievement:
* Consistently performed in top 20% of all hospital representatives. Developed protocol to accelerate acquisition of practical selling skills to enhance classroom knowledge acquired by new sales representatives. Initiated role-play training followed by two full days with representative calling on selected training customers. Protocol resulted in representatives' competence and effectiveness with customer base early in career and became local "best practice" still used with many managerial colleagues.
Previous experience as Professional Healthcare Representative, PFIZER PHARMACEUTICALS, Long Beach, CA (1990-1992) and Sales Representative, PITNEY BOWES CORP., Stamford, CT (1983-1984).
MILITARY BACKGROUND
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, Los Angeles, CA (1985-1990) Captain and Procurement Officer
Purchased satellites and materials for Space Systems Division. Negotiated complex contracts for unmanned vehicles and managed source selection for new systems.
Education: M.B.A.-PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY, Malibu, CA (1988)
B.A.-Marketing, UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, OR (1982)
Skills: Core competencies include:
* Strategic Business Planning * Project Management & Forecasting * Recruiting, Coaching & Training * Contract Administration & Negotiations * Management Development Programs * Account Relationship Management * Business Reengineering & Cost Controls * Sales Staff Development & Motivation * P&L Accountability & Budgeting * Process Redesign & Change Management
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