WBR's PharmaForce

Oct. 5, 2009-Oct. 7, 2009
Hilton Philadelphia City Avenue
Philadelphia, PA
www.wbresearch.com/pharmaforceusa/

Description:

Sales Force Restructuring and Transformation To Save Valuable Budget

Howard Brock, Senior Practice Executive, Sales Practice, will participate in a panel discussion on restructuring and transformation with Pfizer and Purdue Pharma. He will also participate in a panel discussion on training to optimize sales calls with Sanofi-Aventis, Astellas, Wyeth, and Bausch & Lomb.

Abstract:

Sales Force Restructuring and Transformation To Save Valuable Budget 

Panelists:

Howard Brock, Senior Practice Executive, Sales Practice, Campbell Alliance
Karl A Braun, Vice President of Sales, Specialty Biologics, Pfizer Inc.
Jerry McLaughlin, Vice President, Commercial Operations, NuPathe
Tom Kukla, Sr. Dir. Field Management Development, Purdue Pharma

As companies face diminished resources, sales models are undergoing dramatic shifts to sustain profitability levels. Understand the tools to maximize revenue from your sales force and promotional models, no matter the product lifecycle stage. Heads of national and regional sales at Merck, Pfizer and Stiefel forces outline the benefits of alternative sales model structuring in this keynote panel discussion:
 
·         Identify the optimal size for your sales force for maximum product uptake and resource management: structuring your sales force, placing multiple reps within the same geography, sharing doctors, messages and brand within the same territory
·         Support both specialty and primary care sales forces in your restructuring efforts
·         Understand the balance between call frequency and presenting value to your customer to ensure product uptake
 
Rep Training And Talent Development To Optimize Sales Calls
 
Panelists:
 
Howard Brock, Senior Practice Executive, Sales Practice, Campbell Alliance
Mike Capaldi, Associate Vice President, Sales Training & Leadership Development, Sanofi-Aventis
Norbert Stone, National Senior Director of Sales & Marketing Training, Astellas Pharma
Keith Willis, Director Pharma/Vaccines Training, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
Michelle Poole, Director of Training, Pharmaceutical Division, Bausch & Lomb
 
The core of an effective and successful sales team in today's economic climate is training and development. With significant changes in promotional structures and sales support, companies should be on the bleeding-edge of efficient training strategies, and create multiple opportunities for completion of the sale. During this session, training experts will walk through strategies to compete at the training level, and maximize the sales force:
 
·         Building strategies into your training models to maximize rep selling strategies
·         Develop a sales rep around a total office call to gain a competitive advantage
·         Arm your reps with patient coverage information to save valuable time and capitalize on their time with physicians
·         Ensure sales calls are focused on creating multiple opportunities for the completion of the sale
 

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