Vantive: A New Company Built On Our Legacy
Baxter is on a journey to separate our ~$5 B Kidney Care segment into a standalone company. Vantive* will build on our nearly 70-year legacy in acute therapies and home and in-center dialysis to provide best-in-class care to the people we serve. We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us.
At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre. Each of us are driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us as we revolutionize kidney care and other vital organ support.
*Completion of the proposed separation of Kidney Care from Baxter into a standalone company (to be named Vantive) remains subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions.
Your Role at Baxter:
This position is responsible for all Commercial Excellence’s contracts, pricing, sales compensation, analytics and CRM support activities for the Latin America North Kidney Care business. This role will support the Kidney Care business portfolio in order to maximize and execute on the strategic goals and objectives for over $225 Min annual revenue. The role will be accountable for identifying and implementing best practices across businesses to increase efficiencies and financial vitality with an emphasis on simplification and automaton while ensuring compliance with all business, legal and ethics & compliance requirements. Serve as lead for applicable business process improvements related to Commercial Excellence activities
What You'll be Doing:
Lead the contract execution reporting process, aligning with business strategies and ensuring compliance with all agreement terms, including incentives, rebates, price adjustments, and product additions/deletions. Collaborate with country managers, marketing, and sales to negotiate agreements that drive profitability. Interpret data, transform it into actionable insights, and provide recommendations to the senior leadership team for informed decision-making
Partner with regional Center of Excellence to advance business intelligence and CRM initiatives within Latin America North.
Manage all aspects of Sales Compensation including plan design, quota development, incentive calculations and performance reporting.
Lead pricing execution efforts for contracts to maximize overall profitability for the cluster.
Work closely with senior business leaders to drive the development and implementation of practical solutions to address business objectives, goals and/or exceptions. Convert strategy into action.
Relationship management at all levels and across functions including Sales, Marketing, Tenders, Finance, Legal, IT and other Commercial Excellence groups.
Manage multiple, complex projects with broad scope simultaneously both within and outside own functional area.
Direct and coordinate all activities of the Latin America North Commercial Excellence team to drive continuous process improvements and organizational efficiencies.
Lead and develop team members towards achieving individual and team objectives and goals.
What You Have:
Bachelor's degree required & MBA preferred.
5 - 7+ years of commercial operations experience recommended
Ability to communicate in English and Spanish required.
Aptitude to evaluate stakeholder needs, prioritize commercial opportunities and execute process improvements.
Deep understanding of customers’ business priorities and buying journey as well as Kidney Care go to market strategy.
A spirit of collaboration across different teams and functions
Unmatched collaborator with a consistent ability to bring team members together to win; effectively interacts and communicates with all levels of management and employees within the company with strong verbal and written communication and collaboration skills
Positive attitude with a relentless drive for optimal results, can-do approach to all challenges big and small, and effective in use of time and organizational resources
Objective and fact-based in all aspects of decision-making
A strong working knowledge of Kidney Care systems such as, J. D. Edwards, Salesforce.com, Microsoft Excel, Power Point and Word
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