Kerr Dental

Associate Director, Channel Strategy, Pricing, Contracting and GPO Account Management

Kerr Dental

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $160,300 - $297,700 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Location: This position can be based remotely anywhere in the U.S. (there may be some restrictions based on legal entity).
  • Own strategic relationships and business outcomes for assigned GPO accounts
  • Develop channel-specific and portfolio-wide contract strategies aligned with sales goals and customer needs
  • Integrate competitive intelligence and customer insights to strengthen brand positioning on channel
  • Lead contract negotiations and execution with key GPO accounts
  • Build multilevel vendor relationships to enable strategic dialogue and long-term collaboration
  • Leverage analytics to design customer-centric contract strategies and pricing models for individual brands and portfolio
  • Partner with Brand, Trade Operations and Finance to ensure data integrity and financial accuracy
  • Deliver timely brand analytics and modeling to support decision-making
  • Act as subject matter expert on channel strategy networks for in-line and launch products
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to optimize pricing tactics and support franchise strategies

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or Health Policy degree preferred
  • Minimum 5 years’ experience in Finance, Market Access, or Business Development within pharma distribution or GPOs
  • Strong understanding of U.S. healthcare economics, pricing, and reimbursement dynamics
  • Proven ability to design and analyze financial models for business cases
  • Deep knowledge of pharmaceutical distribution processes and downstream channel strategies
  • Demonstrated success in contract negotiation and forecasting
  • High emotional intelligence, adaptability, and solution-oriented mindset
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other analytical tools
  • Novartis will not sponsor visas for this position
  • Novartis is unable to offer relocation support