Regional Sales Director
Pa, Md, De, Ky, Mi, New England, Nj, Carolinas, Ny
Led ,trained, motivated, and managed a 100 plus sales team with 8-12 District Managers- 2007 Sales Results – Ranked 3rd out of 22 Regions - 2006 Sales Results – Ranked 4th out of 27 Regions- 2006 Developed integrated team initiative with Corporate office - Highmark (successful formulary access and pull-through). Success Story depicted as Best Practice shared at Global (Paris), National and Management Meetings.- 2007 – local leadership initiatives – Actonel Alliance Local Leadership Summit with P&G; Leadership Development Summit (DSMs) – Home Office- Lead RSD for new hire DSM Training in Home Office; Sanofi Aventis Coaching & Leadership Models - Management Development Labs point-person – identify and train DSM candidates for future positions- Director of Regional Sales Team of more than 90-100 sales professionals & 8-15 DSMs.- Managed various disease states & therapeutic classes (diabetes, asthma & allergy, antibiotic market, osteoporosis, CNS, cardiovascular diseases, etc) - One of two RSDs in launching new Diabetes Field Force (1999) and expansion of Diabetes Field Force (2000). - Launched the blockbuster diabetes product Lantus (2001); Developed new region that started at 88.5% with Lantus and ranked five of six Regions. By end of year, Region climbed to second of 6 Regions with an OCT YTD of 100.7 (Second in Division)- Proven track record for development of Area Managers and Sales Associates-Participated in crisis leadership & management; lead sales team through significant market adversity (e.g. Allegra – loss of patent exclusivity)