District Manager, Metabolics - Houston, TX

AbbVie•Houston, TX

2d•$109,500 - $208,500

About The Position

AbbVie is hiring a field-based District Manager, Metabolics, for the Houston, Texas area. Candidates should live within a reasonable distance of the primary city. The hiring level will be commensurate with experience. The role leads district sales execution, team development, and business planning to achieve agreed-upon targets and improve market performance. Travel is required approximately 50% of the time.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in health, sciences, pharmacy, or a business-related field preferred; relevant and equivalent industry experience required.
Business analysis and planning skills that drive sales performance.
Excellent judgment and decision-making skills.
Ability to articulate scientific aspects of treatments and therapeutic areas.
Proven ability to deliver candid, effective feedback and efficiently manage performance.
Ability to develop talent for promotional opportunities.
Ability to create a culture of winning and full team engagement.
Ability to collaborate and influence without authority across organizations; models AbbVie’s Ways of Working.
Valid driver’s license; ability to pass a pre-employment drug screening and meet safe-driving requirements.
Ability to travel adequately to cover the territory and attend scheduled training events and sales meetings overnight.
Must drive a personal auto or company car or truck, or a powered piece of material-handling equipment.
Must satisfy applicable health care industry representative (HCIR) credentialing requirements for access to facilities and organizations in the assigned territory, and remain in good standing or eligible to obtain credentials. Requirements may include background checks, drug screens, proof of immunization or vaccination, fingerprinting, and specific licenses.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in health, sciences, pharmacy, or a business-related field.

Responsibilities

Coordinate in-field activity to achieve results and agreed-upon targets, maximizing market, segment, and team dynamics to drive top- and bottom-line results.
Create, implement, and communicate the District Sales Plan and monitor progress.
Ensure collaborative day-to-day and long-term business execution; set the tone and pace for business processes and the organization.
Present a market and franchise/business perspective when leading teams and in-field meetings, drawing on mastery of product and disease-state information and relevant market dynamics, including the managed-care landscape.
Coach, mentor, educate, and develop direct and indirect team members to improve individual skills and overall team performance; hold direct reports accountable for behaviors and expectations.
Provide direction and insights to key internal partners during the business-planning process.
Consistently exemplify AbbVie’s Ways of Working.