S

Sandoz

Leader in generic and biosimilar medicines

Area Manager

Field SalesUpdated on Nov 12
Full-timeNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • Significant pharmaceutical sales and sales leadership experience in Japan, with demonstrated accountability for performance across multiple teams, areas or regions.
  • Proven people leadership experience and experience building high-performing field organizations.
  • Strong understanding of hospital and institutional markets, customer decision-making, account management and pharmaceutical field execution in Japan.
  • Demonstrated ability to translate business and portfolio strategy into sales plans, targeting, resource deployment, performance management and measurable business outcomes.
  • Strong analytical and business judgment, including the ability to use sales, customer and market data to prioritize opportunities, manage resources and make timely decisions.
  • Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and collaborate effectively with Marketing, Medical, Commercial Excellence, Wholesaler/Supply and other cross-functional partners.
  • Japanese language proficiency at native level.
  • English language proficiency at a bachelor's-degree level or equivalent.

Responsibilities

  • Lead one of ten areas covering the country, with responsibility for ten MRs; set clear priorities, performance expectations and execution standards aligned with the Biosimilar Department strategy.
  • Translate business, portfolio and launch priorities into an effective sales plan for the assigned area, ensuring consistent execution through ten MRs while allowing adaptation to customer, account and local market needs.
  • Own sales performance management for the area and ten MRs, using sales results, customer insights, activity data and market information to identify opportunities and risks, allocate resources and drive timely corrective actions.
  • Build field leadership and sales capabilities by coaching and developing MRs, strengthening succession and talent pipelines, and partnering with Sales Training and Commercial Excellence on capability development.
  • Drive customer-centric execution across priority hospitals, institutions and accounts; strengthen account planning, stakeholder engagement and cross-area collaboration with Marketing, Medical, Commercial Excellence and other relevant functions.
  • Lead sales force readiness for new launches and lifecycle priorities, ensuring clear field strategy, customer targeting, resource deployment, training readiness and effective execution in line with applicable policies and regulations.
  • Partner with Marketing, Medical, Commercial Excellence, Wholesaler, Supply, Finance, P&O, Legal/Compliance and Global/Regional teams to resolve business issues and align commercial execution; champion compliant information provision and escalation of customer and supply-related issues.
  • Lead the transition from the former Hospital Sales model to the new Biosimilar Department structure, establishing clear accountability, effective ways of working and an inclusive, performance-oriented culture.
  • Drive the area’s sales and business objectives, execution quality across ten MRs, regional market performance, launch readiness, customer coverage and engagement, sales force productivity, forecast and resource discipline, and development of MRs and field capabilities.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in biosimilars, biologics, specialty care or hospital-focused products in Japan.
  • Experience managing a geographically dispersed regional sales organization with multiple areas and leading organizational transformation.

About the Company

Sandoz

Leader in generic and biosimilar medicines

What does the company do? Sandoz is a global leader in generic and biosimilar medicines, with a broad portfolio of about 1,300 products that address diseases from the common cold to cancer. How does its product work? The medicines are off-patent (generics) or biosimilars that match the reference brands in safety, quality, and efficacy, offering affordable treatment options to patients and helping healthcare systems save money while expanding access. How is it different from competitors? Sandoz emphasizes scale, a long heritage dating back to 1886, and a sizeable global workforce dedicated to broadening patient access, aiming for large social impact and substantial healthcare savings. Its leadership in biosimilars and the breadth of its portfolio set it apart in the market. What is the company's goal? To pioneer access for patients by making high-quality medicines more affordable and widely available worldwide.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Basel, Switzerland
Founded
1886

Recently Posted Jobs

Explore more opportunities at Sandoz

See more jobs