Location:
1685 Tech Ave, Mississauga, Ontario, L4W 0A7
At Shoppers Drug Mart, we’re innovating health and wellness in Canada. From prescriptions to walk-in clinics, and a beloved loyalty program, we’re caring and supporting our customers in new ways every day.
With more than 1,300 locally owned and operated stores from coast to coast, the Shoppers Drug Mart network is more than a great place to shop, it’s a great place to work. We’re committed to building our talented team who champion collaboration, kindness and inclusivity. Join our team, and help recognize a healthy future for your career and for all Canadians.
Why this role is important?
Director, Clinic and Specialty Programs, Specialty Health Network
Shoppers Drug Mart Specialty Health Network (SHN)supports SDM retail stores to provide the best patient care to patients who require specialty drugs. We deliver patient support programs for specialty drug therapies, providing physicians with resources to manage their patients, facilitating reimbursement, training/support and enhancing patient compliance. We deliver superior customer service to patients, healthcare providers and pharmaceutical manufacturers to improve healthcare outcomes for all stakeholders.
Scope
Reporting to the Senior Director, Specialty Programs, the Director, Clinic and Specialty Programs, leads a unique agnostic patient support program and a specialty clinic and pharmacy.
The director is responsible for overseeing the strategic, budgetary, and operational activities of a patient support program across multiple pharmaceutical partners. The director is a key partner for our clients, providing strategic direction and influencing key program decisions to ensure the best outcomes. The director drives continued company growth and profitability through retail-oriented strategies. The director leads a high-performance program team that is innovative, accountable, responsive, and customer-focused.
The director is also responsible for overseeing the operations and staff at an SHN specialty clinic. The director is responsible for driving enterprise share of the Specialty Pharmaceutical market, by driving strategy, growth and profitability of the clinic. The Director leads and champions change, thinks innovatively on how best to operate the clinic in partnership with the physicians. Within this role, you will have the opportunity to liaise with targeted clients and partners, including preferred pharmacy networks, Patient Support Program providers, Pharma manufacturers, and HCP’s/KOL’s, to expand commercial opportunities and exceed partner expectations for Specialty Program performance at store level.
This role is based at the Shoppers Drug Mart Specialty Health Network office located in Mississauga and requires travel to the clinic site located in Calgary.
What you will do:
Establish and deliver Business Plan targets
Provide strategic direction and recommendations to enhance existing programs and drive efficiencies
Ensure program and customer-service excellence
Partner with clients to influence key decisions and optimize programs
Lead client presentations and proposal development
Ensure ongoing profitability of portfolio of programs
Assess and develop improvement plans for Program Management
Provide strategic direction during RFPs and negotiation of new contracts
Lead a team of people managers and/or individual contributors, supporting their professional growth and development
Responsible in partnership with the Business Intelligence Team to develop meaningful insights leveraging program data for the client
Manages clinic resources and labour to cost and productivity targets
Supervises disaster recovery and operational contingency plans for the clinic
Oversees workloads and provides staff supervision at the clinic to ensure that work is done accurately, efficiently and complies with policies, procedures and standards as well as best working practices
What you will need:
Direct experience in the specialty pharmaceutical industry and/or with patient support programs
An extensive knowledge of the Canadian healthcare system
7+ years account management experience and/or previous pharmaceutical experience or equivalent
Minimum of 5 years of people or team management experience
Proven customer relationship and/or account management skills with direct client interaction
Strong financial acumen and hands on budget management experience
Strong organizational, communication, and presentation skills
University degree or equivalent industry-related experience. Business, healthcare professional designation and/or post-graduate degree an asset
Why work at Shoppers Drug Mart?
Acting as consultants, supporting internal customers and the Associate-Owners, you will get experience unique to the retail industry while working for an award-winning national brand. Benefit from a purchase discount program, competitive pay and online learning through Academy.
Take ownership of your work and find more ways to care about your work, co-workers, customers and community.
How You’ll Succeed:
At Shoppers Drug Mart Inc., we seek great people to continually strengthen our culture. We believe great people model our values, are authentic, build trust and make connections.
If that sounds like you, and you are open-minded, responsive to change and up to the challenges provided in a fast-paced retail environment, apply today.
Employment Type:
Full time
Type of Role:
Temporary with Benefits (Fixed Term)
Shoppers Drug Mart Inc. recognizes Canada's diversity as a source of national pride and strength. We have made it a priority to reflect our nation’s evolving diversity in the products we sell, the people we hire, and the culture we create in our organization. Accommodation is available upon request for applicants with disabilities in the recruitment and assessment process and when hired.
In addition, we believe that compliance with laws is about doing the right thing. Upholding the law is part of our Code of Conduct – it reinforces what our customers and stakeholders expect of us.
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Hiring Range / Échelle salariale à l’embauche :
$120,000.00 - $154,000.00 / 120.000,00$ - 154.000,00$ (per year / par an)
A candidate’s experience and knowledge as well as the geographical region in which the position is located may be factored into the pay a candidate receives for this position. This posting is for an existing vacancy. The Company uses artificial intelligence for the purpose of screening, assessing and/or selecting applicants for this position. / L’expérience et les connaissances d’un candidat ainsi que la région géographique dans laquelle le poste est situé peuvent être prises en compte dans la rémunération qu’un candidat reçoit pour ce poste. Cette offre d’emploi concerne un poste vacant existant. L’entreprise utilise l’intelligence artificielle dans le but de filtrer, d’évaluer et/ou de sélectionner les candidats à ce poste.
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