Bill Ahern Email & Phone Number

Bridgewater Nj

Drive Leadership Development across all Sanofi US business units.

Cambridge, Mass

Managed the global sales training function for Oncology and Transplant through the merger with Sanofi Oncology. Executed on training initiatives in JAPAC, EU, and the US markets.

Design and deliver programs that drive strategic initiatives and promote key performance goals for the pharmaceutical business units. Direct sales skills and career development for all specialty salesforces: 1200 sales representatives, sales managers and account executives. Collaborate with sales, marketing and matrix partners to identify training & operational solutions. Administer annual budgets of over $ 10,000,000 and manage logistics for all corporate training, workshops and sales meetings. Assign and supervise the performance of a team of associate managers, managers and associate directors. Conduct yearly company-wide employee career development assessments, performance, and salary reviews.Provided training that measurably improved sales force effectiveness; developed training programs and materials in-house, saving the company over $2,000,000 in vendor costs.Established Continuing Education (Virology Managerial Excellence) for Manager Development from inception to implementation in order to build core skills for new district managers and provide quarterly training for all managersBuilt & initiated new biologics training infrastructure,(Orencia) to include orientation, training and launch workshops for sales representatives and sales managersSuccessfully launched 12 brands, including Plavix, Abilify, Sprycel, Orencia and Atripla over the last 10 years