I'm a passionate professional with distinguished experience in the MedTech healthcare industry possessing solid expertise and understanding of business specific needs in terms of commercial strategies, processes and business administration. As a performance and goal-oriented expert, I'm eager to provide added value by bringing a 13-year background of experience and a successful record of driving growth through setting directions in terms of commercial excellence, sales strategies and marketing tactics. I have a strong problem solving mindset and proven leadership abilities. I'm talented and committed to developing, streamlining and implementing commercial strategies, providing market insights and coordinating projects with diverse teams. I'm a well-organized professional whom is comfortable in defining and managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude and the willingness to ‘go the extra mile' to meet the objectives. I'm also a confident communicator successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude.
· Being the right hand of the managing director, supporting the key strategic decision-making implementation of change management for the Belgian entity. Build and lead a new commercial department, including tender & contract management and price management, to drive business growth. Define harmonized and streamlined internal processes by identifying areas for improvement and implementing cross-functional changes to increase efficiency, speed and simplicity. Being the key responsible delegate to maintain our customer relationships & drive contract negotiations at board & C-suite level. Deliver recommendations to sales leaders to promote brand awareness and to increase product penetration in the long-term key/strategic accounts.
Monitored market trends and competitor performance to update promotional strategies. Conducted market research to identify new opportunities and target markets. Liaised with clients to better understand business needs and current market landscape. Developed comprehensive go-to-market strategies, ensuring successful product launches and brand positioning. Launched successful products by conducting thorough market research and identifying customer needs. Drove revenue growth by establishing strong relationships with key industry partners & KOL's. Captured new customers by optimizing business strategies and launching products to diversify offerings.
Determined and implemented the GO-TO market plan in function of the intended direct sales model. Built and maintained necessary contacts with beMedTech, FAGG, RIZIV etc to enabling the kick-off of the initial product distribution. Built a new customer network and ensured the necessary commercial processes were in place o enter into contractual commitments and participate in tenders. Build an organizational sales structure to support & service customers.
Facilitate commercial growth by supporting the sales through the engagement with the global distributors network. Performed market research & data analysis to define strategic marketing tactics and to support R&D with product innovation and development. Distributor training & education management.
Training & Education withing the distributors network.
Build trustful relationships with retailers network on key account level. Identified and developed business opportunities. Coordinated & implemented commercial projects to drive growth.
Business needs assessment & objective analysis
Decision making
Business development
Analytical problem solver
Process optimization & implementation
Networking & relationship building
People management
Training & education
Tender & contract management
Business administration
Marketing strategy development
IFDB-Verbal mastery
IFDB-The dirty tricks of negotiating
IFDB-Contract management for non-lawyers
IFDB-Turbo management
Filip Muylaert-Powerpoint presentation skills
Kluwer-Train the trainer
Aurelium-Outlook as time management tool
IFDB-Time management
Stryker-Leading through change
Stryker-Influencing without authority-2020
Stryker-Advanced presentation techniques
Stryker-Exploring management
Stryker-Think twice (DE&I)