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Bridgewater, New Jersey

Parsippany, NJ

• Responsible for inventory control of prescription pharmaceuticals and store merchandise.
• Responsible for the selection and preparation of medications for dispensing.
• Entry of patient and drug information into computer system and ensure claims are appropriately adjudicated to prescription insurance.
• Intervention of patient benefit management drug claim issues.
• Assist customers with selection of over the counter items and medication questions.

Parsippany, NJ

• Completed sales strategy reviews, leveraging key data and technology to provide recommendations to the National Accounts Sales Team while ensuring successful implementation and execution of these strategies.
• Partnered with the National Accounts Team to develop programs and initiatives aimed to drive sales for their key customers.
• Monitored customer sales to help identify potential compliance issues and worked closely with the National Accounts Team to achieve a resolution.
• Created business review presentations in Power Point to be utilized at customer meetings and conferences.
• Lead and developed the under indexed program which identified underperforming products with potential for revenue growth. Collaborated with the Marketing, Pricing and National Accounts Sales Team to create strategies.
• Collaborated with the New Products Marketing Team on new product launches by guiding customer selection and worked with the National Accounts Sales Team on execution of launch.

Parsippany, NJ

• Lead a team of five people responsible for the timely and accurate development and administration of contractual agreements and amendments the for Actavis Generics business.
• Tracked upcoming contract expirations to ensure timely renewals and/or extensions.
• Produced offer letters for newly launched products and inline products for presentation to customers, tracked document status, processed executed offers and ensured contract pricing was loaded correctly per SOP’s.
• Drafted notifications sent to customers for price changes, product removals/additions and ndc transitions.
• Prepared full line bids, reviewed contract terms and conditions and collected supporting documentation for bid submission. Negotiated bid contract terms with customers as needed. Processed bid awards, ensuring that.
• Addressed all contract pricing concerns expressed by customers, ensured an appropriate resolution was met and communicated to customer.

Parsippany

East Hanover, NJ

• Conducted analysis of disputed chargeback deductions and resubmissions, ensured that the results where communicated to the applicable wholesaler.
• Appointed Subject Matter Expert for Chargeback’s. Assist Chargeback Analysts with problematic issues and conduct teleconferences with wholesalers to develop mutual resolutions.
• Collaborated with wholesalers, GPO’s, Specialty Groups, HIBCC, IMS and HRSA to determine eligibility.
• Accurately evaluated and interpreted contracts to ensure proper set up and maintenance in contracting system.
• Monitored contract expiration dates and worked closely with Contract Managers to ensure timely renewals.
• Evaluated and interpreted contracts to ensure rebate payments were made accurately and timely.

East Hanover, NJ

• Developed and implemented the Specialty Pharmacy Commercial contracts for Managed Markets and Oncology Managed Markets as well as Services Agreements and Task Orders by working with the brand and US Managed Markets to.
• Ensured that contract language and pricing was is in accordance with company policy.
• Assisted Account Team Management with new product launch strategies.
• Ensure that contracting staff maintains effective and accurate contract loading with respect to rebates and chargebacks.

Florham Park, NJ

• Maintained and managed the pharmaceutical purchases of 100 Long Term Care Pharmacies.
• Assisted in the development and implementation of the MHA LTC Network targeting pharmacies who service dual eligible residents, in an effort to help them overcome many of the potential difficulties, as well as loss in.
• Added approximately 78,000 Assisted Living /Skilled Nursing Beds to the Southeast Territory.
• Analyzed and reconciled sales data, developing new and innovative ways to increase customer profitability.
• Assisted members with formulary and reimbursement to ensure that claims were being appropriately credited.
• Advised members on deadline driven “buy-ins” which subsequently increased their market share and, in turn, generated higher rebates on a quarterly basis.

Bachelors Of Science, Majors: Management & Marketing, Pharmacy

Activities and Societies: University Honors Program National Honors Society

Master Of Business Administration - Mba