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Sales Manager

Location:
Grosse Pointe, MI, 48230
Posted:
October 28, 2010

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Holly K. Burns MBA

*** ********** ****

Mobile 313-***-****

Grosse Pointe Park, MI 48230

abihvx@r.postjobfree.com

Healthcare Sales & Marketing Professional

With Proven Experience and Expertise In:

IDN's ... Pharmaceutical Sales ... Major Account Management ... Sales

Operations ... GPO's

Top-performing Health Systems Account Manager and President's Club winner

with $70B Ameri-sourceBergen. Proven major account pacesetter managed a

$413M territory that included key IDN's Detroit Medical Center, McLaren

Health Systems, Sparrow Health System, and Spectrum Affiliates. Savvy

client relationship leader who saved a $90M account by taking the project

management lead for 3 months to provide the client with requested EDI 3-way

match of Purchase Orders, Advance Notices, and Invoices.

MBA educated Manager of Sales and Marketing Operations that created and

implemented sales reporting systems and designed/administered effective

sales compensation plans for Dermatology manufacturer Ferndale

Laboratories. Compelling speaker and presenter who uses exceptional

leadership, interpersonal, and communications skills to motivate and lead

teams to surpass company and client expectations. Multi-faceted healthcare

industry professional whose experience includes healthcare information,

IDN's, pharmaceutical manufacturing, pharmaceutical sales, pharmaceutical

wholesale distribution, group purchasing organizations, and state clinical

and financial data sharing programs (UB92 Forms and DRG's).

Strategic Account Management ... New Business Development ... Field Sales

Leadership

Client Relationship Management ... Territory Management ... Performance

Management

IDN's... Sales Reporting ... Compensation Plan Development ... Sales Cycle

Management

Expense Control ... Negotiations ... Project Management ... Presentations

... Consulting

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

AmerisourceBergen, Lockbourne, OH . 7/2007-8/2010

NYSE:ABC $71B pharmaceutical services company serving the US, Canada, and

selected global markets providing pharmaceutical manufacturers with drug

distribution and related services. Handles about 20% of all pharmaceuticals

sold throughout the US and services about 40% of US hospital market.

Account Manager, Health Systems

Spearheaded the management of a $413M territory comprised of large health

systems including Detroit Medical Center, McLaren Health Systems, Sparrow

Health System, and Spectrum Affiliates that account for 85% of territory

revenue. Interfaces directly with executive-level managers at IDN's, group

purchasing organizations, manufacturers, and state agencies to maintain

current revenue, develop new business, renew contracts, perform consulting

engagements and order, install, and train on software.

. Achieved 2009 President's Club membership ranked #5 of 41 eligible

Health Systems Reps.

. Met MY 2010 target for President's Club with #5 ranking of 44 eligible

reps Health Systems Reps.

. Saved a $90M account in 2008 by taking project management

responsibility for 3 months to deliver EDI 3-way match of PO, Advance

Notice, and Invoice as requested by the client.

. Reached 180% of technology goal YTD 2010 in 6 months.

WCI, Co., Grosse Pointe, MI . 2003-2007

Joined spouse in co-founding a commercial real estate investment company to

identify and purchase investment properties.

Vice President Marketing

Performed due diligence on numerous investment opportunities. Performed

market analysis, selected properties, developed marketing plans, and

arranged financing in support of the purchase of 5 self-operated car wash

businesses located in Detroit (3), Pontiac, and Ecorse, MI.

. Managed all 5 properties to operate profitably in a down economy.

Holly K. Burns . abihvx@r.postjobfree.com

Bausch & Lomb, Rochester, NY . 2002-2003

World leading ($2.3B in 2003) eye health company with 13,000 employees

producing and selling products in over 100 countries.

Territory Manager, Pharmaceuticals, West Detroit

Marketed topical anti-inflammatory steroids, topical antihistamine, and eye

vitamins to teaching hospitals, physician group practices, independent

ophthalmologists, retina specialists, and optometrists.

. Ranked #1 of 60 Territory Managers in launch of Occuvite PreserVision

in 2002, 32% increase in three months

. Recognized for Retina Specialists sales volume in the Pharmaceutical

Division in 2002.

. Honored with "Focus on Excellence Award" for reducing operating

expenses by recommending Data Reductions Systems (DRS) to replace

manual input and processing of physician pharmaceutical receipts.

Ferndale Laboratories, Ferndale, MI . 2000-2001

Dermatology manufacturing company specializing in brand name products that

help relieve discomfort and promote healing for patients with symptoms of

inflammatory and pruritic cutaneous conditions.

Manager, Sales & Marketing Operations

Promoted rapidly from the position of Market Research Analyst to build and

lead the sales operations functions as Manager, Sales & Marketing

Operations. Organized and led a team of ten employees to design and

implement sales and marketing reporting, formulate and administer sales

compensation plans, manage the company's automotive fleet of 80 cars, and

ensure PDMA compliance.

. Created a sales compensation plan and accompanying procedural

methodology that reduced processing time from 6 to 8 weeks to less

than 2 hours.

. Saved $750K annually on the company's IMS data purchase by identifying

and eliminating the purchase of unnecessary physician script data.

Career Notes: Additional sales management experience as Regional Sales

Manager with Market Insights from 1999 to 2000, and Regional Sales Manager

and Manager of Information Services with HCIA from 1994 to 1998. Closed a

$1M order on December 31st that enabled HCIA to report positive earnings

for the year. Both companies were healthcare information firms creating and

selling shared clinical data, disease states, DRG's, reimbursements and

financial industry data to hospitals and large IDN's.

EDUCATION & CREDENITALS

MBA, Masters in Business Administration

Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI

BBA, Bachelors in Business Administration

Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Miller Heiman Strategic Selling . Professional Selling Skills . Forum

Strategic Selling Skills

Myers Briggs . Extended DISC Sales Assessment . Results Producing

Management

Strong Aptitude for IT Programming: MS Excel . MS Access . Informix .

Ultrix Training . EDI

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