Senior Trade Account Director

Senior Trade Account Director
(US Wholesale and Channel Management, US Market Access Shared Services)
Band:Proposed L4-1
Position Summary:
The field-based Senior Trade Account Director will develop, negotiate, and execute business to business fee for service agreements, supply chain and distribution/retail access strategies across a diverse customer account/channel mix including: full-line wholesalers/specialty distributors, regional and national retail and retail-owned specialty pharmacies (chain drug stores, food/drug, mass merchant, independent banners), and retail-owned specialty pharmacies.
As part of the US Wholesale and Channel Management team, the Senior Trade Account Director will professionally sell, negotiate, and contract across Sanofi's product portfolio and implement brand-specific/disease state programs to ensure the right product for the right patient at the right time.
Roles & Responsibilities:

• Lead, cultivate and maintain business relationships with all assigned customers in the Trade channel segment (Wholesale/specialty distributors, retail pharmacies, retail-owned specialty pharmacies) across multiple business units covering the US mainland and Puerto Rico
• Execute and manage $4-6 Billion in annual channel gross sales (total wholesaler business = $18B)
• Penetrate customers broadly and deeply in a way that and leads to the identification and implementation of quality initiatives, optimizing across all Sanofi BUs
• Gain a deep understanding of individual customers, their priorities and future directions as it relates to their impact in the Trade channel and downstream customers/patients
• Collaborate across multiple internal stakeholders (USMA Account Teams, V&A, Medical, Field Sales, CE, Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain, Pricing & Contracting) and multiple GBUs (General Medicines, Specialty Care, Vaccines, CHC) to ensure a harmonized approach to key customers
• Partner with mid-level and senior executives of strategic customer accounts to create mutually beneficial business relationships
• Develop, negotiate and implement innovative contracts to support brand strategies and coordinate pull-through activities to support access opportunities and challenges.
• Track, problem solve, and analyze contracted product performance and communicate account performance broadly with key stakeholders.
• Lead cross-functional teams to evaluate competitive activity, identify key opportunities, and develop specific market objectives and tactics that optimize business performance.
• Develop a robust internal Matrix Team network that influences brand strategy and executes tactics through frequent meetings and interactions. Responsible to drive the Matrix team process in a leadership role across brand, Market Access, and sales leadership
• This individual will work closely with internal stakeholders such as Marketing, Market Access, Training, Medical, and Legal (as needed) to ensure US Wholesale and Channel Management activities are coordinated and occur in alignment with brand strategies & company policy
• Interface with national trade association and advocacy members and remain current with core industry issues, challenges and best practices that reduce access barriers and enhance the patient experience (e.g., HDA, NACDS, NCPA, Asembia, PCMA, NASP)
• Work with internal US Wholesale and Channel Management partners on day-to-day distribution, retail issues as well as the wholesaler strategy & operations team to ensure access to product is maintained
• Maintain open & transparent communication throughout the company, especially in regards to BU, & cross-BU initiatives with similar accounts

Qualifications:
Education

• Bachelor's degree (BS/BA) required
• Advanced degree (MBA, PharmD) preferred

Experience

• 10-12 years pharmaceutical industry experience
• 8-10 years of experience in managed market accounts and/or Trade channel (distribution, retail, specialty pharmacy) environment
• Experience working directly with Wholesaler Distributors or Specialty Distributors, a must
• Experience in negotiation and terms and conditions and Channel experience, a must
• 1-3 years managerial/leadership experience, preferred

Professional Skills and Competencies

• Demonstrated clinical and product knowledge in broad range of therapeutic areas
• Expert negotiation and influencing skills coupled with extensive relationship management, customer network, and consultative sales
• Solution oriented through the application of advanced problem solving skills
• Ability to achieve results through others without formalized line authority
• Ability to communicate at a high level & establish rapport and build relationships with internal and external partners
• Must have superior communication skills to sell ideas and programs both internally and externally; excellent verbal and presentation skills
• Strong understanding and experience in different access and reimbursement models
• Strong analytical and modeling skills are necessary
• Strong project management capabilities including time and events, scenario and contingency planning, and ability to ensure on time and on budget delivery of outputs and deliverables
• Apply marketplace knowledge to create new customer opportunities and enhance brand objectives
• Strategically works to improve organizational efficiency and ensure maximum utilization of resources
• Ability to work effectively and efficiently with the medical/legal/regulatory submission & approval process to ensure appropriate review and timely delivery of materials
• Understanding of the legal/regulatory environment and internal Sanofi legal/regulatory guidelines and processes
• Customer Focus: Focuses attention on building and maintaining customer relationships to achieve success
• Directing Others: Collaborates across functional, geographic, and company boundaries to meet mutual business goals and objectives
• Building Talent: Continually focuses on the performance and development of one's self and others to enhance the talent of the company
• Participative Management and Driven For Results: Identifies shared goals, collaboratively builds ideas, influences action
• Analytical Skills and Decision Quality: Synthesizes data from multiple, conflicting data sources to evaluate business opportunities and develop solutions
• Building Effective Teams: Develops, motivates and guides a group to successful outcomes and the attainment of business objectives

Primary Location and Role Criteria

• United States - Remote
• Ability to travel 50% required

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