Market Access Manager

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At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You will have access to :

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
  
  

The Opportunity :

This position is based at our Imazium Damansara Uptown office in our Established Pharmaceuticals Division (EPD). EPD is committed to bringing the benefits of our trusted medicines to more people in the world’s fastest-growing countries. Our broad portfolio of high-quality and differentiated branded generic medicines reaches across multiple therapeutic areas including gastroenterology, women's health, cardiometabolic, pain management/central nervous system, and respiratory.

The Market Access Manager is responsible for the country’s market access Strategic Plan and country’s pricing policy and procedure. A thorough understanding of the pharmaceutical market environment, country policies, changes in regulatory requirements, pricing change due to political/economic development and others will allow the job holder to craft the MA strategy for the affiliate.

Job Responsibilities :

• Monitor & maximize pricing opportunities in trade and distribution channels.
• Competitive pricing analysis.
• Ensure pricing is updated on GPMS.
• Prepare pricing proposal for formulary listing (with or without tender) to private & government sectors (MOH, MOE, MOD)
• Monitor and manage tender renewal business.
• Provide oversight on RFP process and drive contract compliance through sales team.
• Seek opportunity to increase number of listed products.
• Support tender specifications which increase quality and compliance.
• Monitor external environment on changes (Policies, Regulatory, Pricing, Coverage & Competitors).
• Develop country Market Access plan including Customer mapping, engaging external customers including authorities, risk assessment, supporting business expansion to private hospitals, Health Technology Assessment (HTA) agencies, building & leading local external engagement.
• Represent EPD at local industry association, proactively driving off-patent policies.
• Initiate key initiatives e.g. health economic studies.
• Seek opportunity for products in tender (renewal, pricing), insurance agencies.
  
  

Minimum Education :

• University degree. Additional education in Public Health, or Medicines or Pharmacy or Health Economics is a plus
  
  

Minimum Experience :

• 5 years’ experience in pharmaceutical/FMCG, related industry or payer organization
• Possess good influencing skill working through affiliate team.
• In-depth knowledge about the country’s healthcare system and MA decision making.
• Strong local customer network (Market Access decision makers and influencers)
• Good financial understanding
• Winning mentality, dynamic, innovative, customer focus and cross-functional team player