At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.
Title: Value and Access Manager
Location: Remote/Field, North - West Midlands
Reporting to: Value and Access Lead North
At Lilly, we serve an extraordinary purpose. We make a difference for people around the globe by discovering, developing and delivering medicines that help them live longer, healthier, more active lives. Not only do we deliver breakthrough medications, but you also can count on us to develop creative solutions to support communities through philanthropy and volunteerism.
Overall Job Purpose:
To recognise and realise the full value Lilly’s promoted medicines represent in priority accounts across our metabolic markets, identifying and developing opportunities to collaborate externally where appropriate. To develop relationships with key stakeholders in the NHS, remove barriers to patient access, and to collaborate internally across the business units to develop a cross-functional regional business plan.
If you relish the thought of working in a fast-paced multi-channel environment and are keen to push the limits whilst respecting local regulations and SOPs, the VAM is a highly visible role in Lilly, where there are multiple opportunities to succeed and grow within the business. You will be encouraged to take ownership of your development and supported to grow your skills and talents to build your experience and career path.
Key Responsibilities:
•Be a subject matter expert on the NHS and commercial environment in the health economy.
•Maintain a deep understanding of priority accounts: revenue sources, key customers, service structure & deliverables, competitors, financial goals, commissioning process, financial flows (as available from public sources), and objectives.
•Build and maintain strong partnerships with key customers and serve as primary point of contact for payers within key NHS organisations both nationally and locally.
•Develop a deep understanding of brand payer value propositions and the “toolkit” of Lilly resources.
•Confidently position the value proposition with key customers, tailor to their needs and suggest appropriate value-added partnership programmes.
•Identify relevant opportunities to mobilise other functions into the account to drive further value (e.g. medical, health outcomes, partnership projects etc)
•Communicate internally market intelligence by working proactively with Pricing Reimbursement and Access Managers, using local experience to create, improve, and tailor payer materials, tools and commercial schemes; lead the regular field team business review process; work closely with MCE team sharing insights and identify how digital communication can be continuously improved to support payers and patient access.
•Develop priority account plans across each brand and ensure agreed local market access objectives are delivered.
•Work in collaboration with sales teams to support the development and implementation of local business plan as well as the identification and development of key influencers to ensure that brands are fully optimised. Use business information to identify variance in local account performance and collaborate on tactical plans to maximise performance.
•Drive commercial initiatives such as the uptake of Patient Access Schemes where appropriate.
Essential Skills:
• Strong leadership and ability to work across, and influence, a complex range of internal & external stakeholders.
• Display deep understanding of local policy and environmental trends that influence customer decision-makers.
• Business Acumen developed through strong analytical and business planning skills with high level of data /IT system use.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build strong internal and external relationships.
• Confident with the use of alternative appropriate channels of communication and the use of virtual customer communication to drive efficiencies and improve customer experience.
• MCE insights to identify how digital communication can be developed to support payers and patient access
• Ability to lead & facilitate the account planning & review process through effective prioritization of accounts and alignment of brand strategy.
• Ability to accurately record and communicate changing environmental positions using agreed knowledge management systems.
• Ability to use and communicate SPIN, Strategic Account Management, Negotiation skills and other global VAM techniques.
• Display knowledge of pharmaco-economic principles and the application of health economic tools
• Ability to accurately forecast and make business case for requirements in key account project plan or projects
Must Have:
• Strong business and commercial acumen
• Leadership and integrity
• Be self-motivated
• Passion and a driving force to remove barriers or build opportunities
• Agility and be a fast learner
• An ability to deliver strong commercial narratives & influence at multiple levels
• Decision making
• Strategic and critical thinking
• Networking skills & collaborative
• Confidence with data and be analytical
Other Skills:
• Previous experience in a Sales, Market Access or Key Account Management
• Project Management
• Previous leadership or brand experience
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