Director, Account Management

Director, Account Management

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The Director, Account Management actively generates appropriate sales development activity to ensure a healthy pipeline to reach assigned sales goals in the Secondary and Alternate Distribution business. This role is also responsible for incremental organic growth of existing business through effective cross-selling, up-selling and customer development efforts. The Director of Account Management is responsible for understanding of the secondary pharmaceuticals marketplace and the how Cencora operates and competes in the space.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities :

• Responsible for identifying and pursuing new secondary business opportunities within a defined territory / class of trade.
• Works directly with Vice President, Sales & Business Development to drive competitive price and service levels for winning, retaining and growing strategic accounts business.
• Continually develops and demonstrates "nuance" level market, trade class and customer knowledge that builds sales trust and confidence both internally and externally.
• Relentlessly drives a comprehensive discovery process at the prospect level that strategically informs and leads the new business setup process.
• Successfully develops relationships and works collaboratively with internal Cencora subject matter experts, as needed, to sell new business and grow existing business.
• Partners with Community and Specialty Full Line Strategic team to explore alternate distribution backup opportunities.
• Monitors and analyzes reports and data which are used consistently throughout Cencora for measuring profitable growth of sales, and develops and implements / shifts strategies and removes barriers to insure continued success of that profitability.
• Works closely with Vice President, Inside Sales & Operations and Vice President Sales & Business Development, as part of customer retention process; providing appropriate data relative to possible program and business solutions, purchases and profitability to assist with the recommendation for prospective ongoing business partnerships.
• Must be willing to travel as needed to business events such as customer meetings, industry & trade conferences and national meetings.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

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