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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Professional Development
References
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Carol Katsabiris

Melbourne,VIC

Summary

A dynamic, versatile and results driven executive account management professional, possessing drive and tenacity to successfully penetrate new markets, capture market share, and accelerate revenue growth. With over 20 years' experience in pharmaceutical sales, stakeholder engagement, medical education, sales, and marketing.

Well versed at working in fast-paced environments, managing complex and competing projects and developing relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders.

My aim is to direct my energy into a position where I can fully utilise my core strengths across stakeholder engagement, sales, and team development.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Hospital Account Manager

MSD Australia
01.2023 - Current

Key Achievements

Achieved 58% LAGEVRIO National Market Share against SIP Target 56%

Key Responsibilities

  • Understand evolving management of COVID in hospitals and opportunity of LAGEVRIO within the hospital market.
  • Created and maintained strong relationships with KOLs.
  • Gathered market intelligence on competitors' products, within hospital accounts.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop strategies for increasing brand awareness.

Senior Hospital Sales Representative - Anaesthesia

MSD Australia
04.2018 - 12.2022

Key Achievements

  • Developed and implemented strong business plans to penetrate and grow key hospital accounts with consistent year on year revenue growth.

20% Growth 2019 - 18% Growth 2020 - 21% Growth 2022

Key Responsibilities

  • Meet with Directors of Anaesthesia, Anesthetists, Clinical Nurse educators, Nurse unit Managers, and Directors of Pharmacy to advocate for clinical placement of Sugammadex.
  • Drive solutions & benefits-based sales strategies to maintain and strengthen existing customer relationships and hospital commercial agreements.
  • Facilitate education to Anaesthesia and Perioperative units via clinical in-service and effective and innovative medical education.
  • Identify, influence and build relationships with Key Opinion Leaders;
  • Completed all event speaker sourcing, briefing, managing conflict-of-interest declarations and speaker contracts, ensured speaker slide decks were compliant and on-label, and obtained necessary approvals from compliance and upper management.

Professional Sales Representative - Hepatitis C

MSD Australia
11.2016 - 04.2018

Key Achievements

Achieved 98% SVT for territory sales for Zepatier

Key Responsibilities

  • Met with GPs, OST prescribers, Nurse Practitioners and Practice Managers to outline launch product.
  • Provide rationale of "treat-to-prevent" strategy for Hepatitis C. and define GPs central role in screening, diagnosis and treatment.
  • Effectively uncover prescriber objections and alleviate concerns utilising Medical Information, and Clinical trial data.
  • Territory analysis identifying growth opportunities, and implementation of action plans to ensure growth.

Senior Pharmaceutical Sales Representative

Mylan (formerly Abbot EDP)
08.2014 - 11.2016

Key Achievements

  • Sale Representative of the Year 2015
  • 110% achievement in SVT Women's Health Portfolio 2015

Key Responsibilities

  • Met with GPs and Pharmacists representing Women's Health Portfolio.
  • Effectively uncover prescriber objections and alleviate concerns utilising Medical Information, and Clinical trial data.
  • Identify, influence and build relationships with Key Opinion Leaders
  • Territory analysis identifying growth opportunities, and implementation of action plans to ensure growth.

Medical Liaison - GP

Dorevitch Pathology
01.2014 - 08.2014

Key Achievements

  • Achieve Territory Growth YTD 2014 at 7.7%; exceeding target of 5.5%
  • Successfully develop & implement one day Women's & Men's Heath conferences with an attendance of 2000 GPs, Specialists and nursing staff.

Key Responsibilities

  • Identify new business opportunities, through individual negotiation, to convert doctors & clinics to use Dorevitch pathology as their preferred pathology provider.
  • Client retention and growth identifying and resolving any negative trends.
  • Develop and implement GP CPD events and activities, engaging external stakeholders to present and facilitate.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks while remaining adaptable and flexible.
  • Managed and coordinated multiple projects while ensuring timely completion.

Account Manager - Generics

Aspen Australia
07.2012 - 01.2014

Key Achievements

  • Increased first line supporting accounts within territory from 25 to 30, representing combined annual territory revenue of $650K.

Key Responsibilities

  • Overall Territory & Account Management with a specific focus on presenting and delivering profit opportunities to an existing base of pharmacy customers.

Retail Manager

Templestowe Pharmacy
11.2004 - 05.2012

Key Achievements

  • Increased sales turnover by 150% whilst maintaining Gross Profit 55%
  • Pharmacy Assistant of the Year – Victorian Finalist 2010

Key Responsibilities

This position carried a multitude of responsibilities across Customer Service, Retail and Product Management, Marketing and Human Resources to ensure overall business success and efficient operations.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Honours Nutrition

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY
Burwood, VIC
01.1999

High School Diploma -

MCKINNON SECONDARY COLLEGE
McKinnon, VIC
01.1994

Skills

  • Ability to establish and maintain key stakeholder relationships
  • Ability to rapidly analyse and interpret new subject areas
  • Experienced in working cross functionally with all key stakeholders internal and external as required for project development and implementation
  • Strong strategic business acumen
  • Multiple success implementing new sales strategies
  • Self-motivated to work towards and exceed KPI's and self-initiated targets

Professional Development

  • Sales Representative of the year, Mylan EPD, 2016
  • VICTORIAN FINALIST – PHARMACY ASSISTANT OF THE YEAR, 2010
  • Managing Health & Safety Law Course, ERGOSH Safety Management Service, 2003
  • Essentials of Human Resource Management, Northern Melbourne Institute of Tate, 2003

References

References are available upon request

Languages

Greek
Professional Working

Timeline

Hospital Account Manager

MSD Australia
01.2023 - Current

Senior Hospital Sales Representative - Anaesthesia

MSD Australia
04.2018 - 12.2022

Professional Sales Representative - Hepatitis C

MSD Australia
11.2016 - 04.2018

Senior Pharmaceutical Sales Representative

Mylan (formerly Abbot EDP)
08.2014 - 11.2016

Medical Liaison - GP

Dorevitch Pathology
01.2014 - 08.2014

Account Manager - Generics

Aspen Australia
07.2012 - 01.2014

Retail Manager

Templestowe Pharmacy
11.2004 - 05.2012

Bachelor of Science - Honours Nutrition

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY

High School Diploma -

MCKINNON SECONDARY COLLEGE
Carol Katsabiris