Title: Manager Market Access
Taro Pharmaceuticals Inc. is a multinational, specialty pharmaceutical company with a vision of reaching people and touching lives globally as a leading provider of valued medicines. We are dedicated to meeting the needs of our customers and the overall community through the innovation, development, manufacturing and marketing of the highest quality healthcare products.
Established in 1950, Taro’s world class production facility is located in Brampton, Ontario, with a current team of over 600 Canadian employees. Our company’s focus on the dermatology sector has made us a leading manufacturer and supplier of specialized topical products with a diverse portfolio of creams, ointments, liquids, and gels.
With support from our parent company, Sun Pharma, one of the world’s largest specialty generic pharmaceutical companies, we are committed to providing a healthy, safe and rewarding environment for all of our employees.
Our reward packages have been designed to meet the needs of our diverse workforce and their families. For additional information visit: www.taro.com.
What we offer:
A safe and clean; GMP regulated work environment
Opportunities for career growth and development
A competitive wage/salary
Employee training and organizational development programs, internal mobility programs, and employee recognition programs
Our Brampton location is presently looking for Manager Market Access.
Job purpose
The Manager, Market Access is responsible for providing accurate and timely market analysis and insight to support sales and marketing market access initiatives, including launch pricing and formulary management. Drawing from previous work experience in market access or marketing, the Market Access Manager will identify and carefully evaluate internal and external access and pricing opportunities as they arise, including price increases. Most importantly, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to thrive in a dynamic, often ambiguous environment, and will be motivated to “roll up their sleeves” to get the job done.
Duties and responsibilities
- Develop meaningful and actionable monthly and quarterly reports that accurately capture the needs of Sales, Marketing and Executive commercial teams, with regards to pricing, formulary changes and provincial policy.
- Evaluate new business and pricing opportunities through effective market research and ongoing analysis and review of competitive behavior and pricing, for the existing product portfolio.
- Gather market data and, using current pricing rules, prepare and lead discussions on new launches
- Build and maintain a data repository that effectively collects, stores and reports large amounts of data from various pharmaceutical sources.
- Analyze sales and pricing for current and new products, to determine best formulary options.
- Liaise with other departments in Taro as needed, to ensure timely price and formulary changes and inclusions.
Qualifications
- University level degree in a Science or Business discipline, or equivalent work experience.
- 3-5 years of relevant work experience in a market access, marketing or business development capacity.
- Previous experience with a generic pharmaceutical portfolio and/or product development is an asset.
- Previous professional experience with data warehouse related responsibilities.
- Strong analytical ability specifically to distill large volumes of data accurately and efficiently to produce meaningful insights to upper management.
- Proven problem-solving ability in order to resolve issues in workflow internally and externally to shorten timelines and improve efficiencies.
- A thorough understanding and interpretation of IMS data/solutions and Cognos software.
- Basic understanding of project management principles.
- Adaptable and able to work independently to deliver results.
- Able to quickly prioritize and adapt to a variety of requests from multiple stakeholders.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills combined with ability to work in a cross-functional team.
- Proficient use of MS Excel, Access, Power Point.
- Bilingual - English/French is an asset
Working conditions
General Office Conditions
Physical requirements
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Direct reports
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We thank all applicants, but only those selected for further consideration will be contacted. This position is open to applicants legally authorized to work in Canada.
Taro Pharmaceuticals Inc. embraces diversity in the workplace and is committed to achieving employment equity. Our goal is to attract, develop and retain highly talented employees from diverse backgrounds, allowing us to benefit from a wide variety of experiences and perspectives. We ensure that our recruitment practices are supportive of this commitment and do not infringe on any characteristics protected by law.
In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, and the Ontario Human Rights Code, Taro Pharmaceuticals Inc. will provide accommodation throughout the recruitment and selection process to applicants with disabilities. If selected to participate in the recruitment and selection process, please inform Human Resources of the nature of accommodation(s) that you may require in respect of any materials or processes used to ensure your equal participation.
NOTE: All employment is conditional upon the completing and obtaining of a satisfactory background check which may include educational, employment, references and criminal records (for which a pardon has not been granted) checks.
AGENCY NOTICE: Please note that Taro Pharmaceuticals Inc. does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Services Agreement with an agency / recruiter, Taro Pharmaceuticals Inc. will not consider any referrals or agree to payment of referral or recruitment fees. In the event a recruiter or an agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, Taro Pharmaceuticals Inc. explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency.