Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU IN YOUR WORK?

For us, the most important thing is always the human being. Patients whose quality of life and functional capacity are supported by our treatments. Healthcare professionals for whom we develop state-of-the-art medical solutions. Employees for whom we offer meaningful work.

AbbVie is a community of knowledgeable people. You bring your own valuable contribution to it and get the opportunity to learn from other top professionals. Our communal corporate culture accepts people as individuals and supports everyone's personal development.

Our success as a work community is evidenced by our ranking among the best year after year in the Great Place to Work survey.

We are strengthening our Oncology unit and are now looking for a

BUSINESS UNIT MANAGER

to lead our Hematology business in Finland.

In this role you are responsible for strategic development, tactical implementation, and financial planning of Sales and Marketing initiatives within Finland. You will lead the Hematology Brand Team and business by coordinating all commercial activities while keeping the patient at the heart of all efforts, ensuring compliance with AbbVie’s code of conduct, policies, and all applicable laws and regulations. In your role you report to Business Unit Director Oncology and you will be located in Pasila, Helsinki.

Responsibilities:

• Marketing & Sales Execution: Manage and execute all brand-related marketing and sales activities as per the Brand Plan, ensuring sales performance meets or exceeds targets within expense budgets
• Leading the sales Team: Lead, develop, and coach the Sales Team to meet sales targets and optimize performance through incentives and sales management systems.
• Financial Planning: Hold accountability for the Brand P&L aspects including sales, financial planning, and long-range forecasting.
• Strategic Direction: Set future directions for both existing and new products and business opportunities to achieve maximum results.
• Lead the Hematology Brand Team: Lead the Brand Team with a shared vision, fostering collaboration, taking responsibility for brand activities and achieving strategic goals. Ensure development and execution of the Brand strategy.
• Cross-functional Cooperation: Build and maintain professional relationships across various stakeholders to ensure seamless information flow and collaborative execution of brand strategies.
• Talent Development: Develop and coach team members, create succession plans, and maintain high performance within the Sales and Marketing teams.
• Area and Global Integration: Collaborate with area and global functions to align local strategies with global brand vision and objectives.
• Role model AbbVie Ways We Work behaviors and core values.

Qualifications

Qualifications & Skills:

• Demonstrated ability to lead successfully sales and marketing within the biotech/pharmaceutical industry, preferably in Oncology/Hematology.
• Strategic Vision: Ability to develop a business vision, translate it into strategies, and implement actionable plans.
• Proven track record in managing P&L responsibilities and financial planning
• Stakeholder Engagement: Ability to quickly build knowledge and relationships with key stakeholders.
• Leadership skills: Proven success in leading and developing high performing teams.
• Ability to foster teamwork and encourage cross-functional cooperation.
• Deep understanding of the Finnish healthcare environment and evolving landscape to lead effectively in a matrix organization.
• Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to communicate effectively with diverse customer audiences and therapeutic decision-makers in both Finnish and English.

Additional Information

Interested? You will get more information about the role by reaching out to Business Unit Director, Sanna Tulokas, tel. 040 902 2412, Wed 6th Nov between 9-10, Tue 12th Nov between 9-10. Please fill your application and CV into our recruiting system latest by 17 November 2024.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.

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