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Work History
Education
Skills
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Certification
Activities and Community Service
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PAUL-MIKI RALUCHUKWU IBEKWE

Pharmacist, Commercial Analyst, Sales/Marketing
Amherst,MA

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications

Work History

Marketing Analyst

Waters Corporation
5 2024 - 08.2024
  • Conducted customer analysis for key product portfolios that uncovered actionable insights that will achieve 12% CAGR in 5 years
  • Designed a demand model for company's biopharma global market through collection, analysis and visualization of macroeconomic quantitative and qualitative data that identified current and future market sizes and growth rates. This model was used to design a marketing strategy that ensured 18% cutback in expenses
  • Utilized Excel, PowerBI and Tableau reporting tools to build reports and dashboards that enabled data driven insights and decision making
  • Conducted primary and secondary market research to identify industry-wide and company-specific new growth opportunities and threats, as well as market trends and challenges for the Pharma Generic Mass Spectrometry business segment. This was used to design a market strategy setup to increase market share by 15%.

Business Innovation Fellow

Institute For Applied Life Sciences, University of Massachusetts
09.2023 - 05.2024
  • Assisted 2 biotech start-ups to grow into de-risked companies and advance their product commercialization spectrum
  • Led and organized Sanofi's iAward and iDEA-iTECH pitch visit to the institute.

Specialist Product Executive

Novo Nordisk (NN)
06.2019 - 08.2023
  • Achieved significant portfolio sales growth in my market segment of 39% TD by redesigning the market's business strategy. This design was driven primarily by data-driven decisions and analysis.
  • Built effective and sustainable relationships with prescribers and customers and was awarded NN English West Africa Business Unit (EWABU) Best Group Detailing Execution H1 (First half year) 2021.
  • Outstanding for upholding cross-functional collaboration, business ethics and the NN culture, I was appointed NN Middle Africa ambassador for compliance and ethics.
  • Through studying educational and scientific materials, I demonstrated first-rate product and industry knowledge, including regulatory, clinical, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and market intelligence, and won the NN Middle Africa Academy award 2020.
  • Achieved a cumulative average of 96% on all measured KPIs for employees. Awarded NN Middle Africa Super Star Employee Q2 2023
  • Organized and executed with 97% average attendance the following NN medico-marketing conferences: GLP-1 Masterclass (2019), Novomix Academy (2020), Virtual BDI (2021), Premix Summit (2022), Novomix Academy (2023).
  • Achieved outstanding sales performance and received numerous marketing awards. A few of them are:

- NN EWA-BU Best Sales Achiever for Novorapid (166%), Tresiba (120%) and GLP-1RA(336%) portfolios H1 2023.

- NN Middle Africa Best Sales Achiever for GLP-1RA portfolio (178%) FY (Full Year) 2022.

- NN EWA-BU Best Sales Achiever for Human Insulin (85%) and GLP-1RA (156%) portfolios H1 2022.

- NN Middle Africa Overall Best Sales Achiever (134% achieved Vs budget) FY 2020.

Medical Representative

Elbe Pharma Nigeria
04.2018 - 05.2019
  • Grew my market segment by 11% in one year by employing qualitative and quantitative analysis in business decisions.
  • Built effective and sustainable relationships with prescribers and customers.
  • These relationships, driven primarily by pharmacological, clinical and scientific communication of company brands and oral presentation, enhanced brand experience and low customer attrition and I was awarded Best Presentation Skill Medical Representative 2018.

Manager/Consultant Pharmacist

Phremit Pharmacy
06.2017 - 04.2018
  • Grew sales by 8% in less than one year through strategic marketing.
  • Designed a stock tracking method that reduced quantities of out-of-date medications by 65%.
  • Extensively coached and managed staff of 6 personnel.
  • I also supervised recruitment and training of 3 staff.

Community Pharmacist

Nigus Pharmacy
01.2017 - 05.2017

Hospital Pharmacist

Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital
12.2015 - 11.2016

Community Pharmacist

Ivy Pharmacy
07.2015 - 11.2015

Education

MBA+MS Business Analytics (Dual degrees) -

University of Massachusetts Amherst, Isenberg School of Management
Amherst, MA
09.2023 - Current

Bachelor of Pharmacy -

University of Ibadan
Ibadan, Oyo State
12.2009 - 05.2015

Skills

Skills and Proficiency: Microsoft Excel (GCF Global Certified, Solver, V-LOOKUP, X-LOOKUP, Macros, VBA, Toolpak and Pivot Tables), Microsoft PowerPoint, Data Analysis, Productivity Software, Graphic design, SQL, Google Analytics, Qualtrics, PowerBI and Tableau

Activitiesandcommunityservice

  • Vice President at the Graduate Business Association, University of Massachusetts, 11/2023, Present, Remaining a solid support to the president and the entire leadership team, my duties particularly involve running the finances of the association.
  • University of Massachusetts 2024-2034 Translation and Knowledge Transfer working committee, Present, Designing strategic plans for the university Chancellor to advance scientific translation in the institution.
  • Hanz Advocacy And Charity Foundation, 03/2022, Present, In 2023, I led a 30 member team in a 6-month project to enhance menstrual hygiene among female adolescents and young adults in the Kuje area of Northern Nigeria.
  • College Fellowship Group, Successfully organized a visit of the entire student fellowship group to a Cheshire Home for disabled children.
  • Community Service, Led a community service tagged Feed-The-Hungry that was targeted at providing a meal for the homeless at the Adamasingba area of Ibadan.
  • Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, National Member
  • Publication on West African Journal of Pharmacy, http://www.wapharm.org/wajp/admin/12389900798187/2.pdf

Certification

National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) - December, 2022

Activities and Community Service

  • Vice President at the Graduate Business Association, University of Massachusetts (Nov. 2023 - Present): Remaining a solid support to the
    president and the entire leadership team, my duties particularly involve running the finances of the association.
  • Representing graduate students, I was part of the University of Massachusetts 2024-2034 Translation and Knowledge Transfer working
    committee tasked with designing strategic plans for the university Chancellor to advance scientific translation in the institution.
  • Trustee at Hanz Advocacy And Charity Foundation (March 2022 – Present): In 2023, I led a 30 member team in a 6-month project to enhance
    menstrual hygiene among female adolescents and young adults in the Kuje area of Northern Nigeria.
  • In college, I successfully organized a visit of the entire student fellowship group to a Cheshire Home for disabled children. I also led a
    community service tagged Feed-The-Hungry that was targeted at providing a meal for the homeless at the Adamasingba area of Ibadan.
  • Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, National Member.
  • Publication on West African Journal of Pharmacy http://www.wapharm.org/wajp/admin/12389900798187/2.pdf

Timeline

Business Innovation Fellow

Institute For Applied Life Sciences, University of Massachusetts
09.2023 - 05.2024

MBA+MS Business Analytics (Dual degrees) -

University of Massachusetts Amherst, Isenberg School of Management
09.2023 - Current

Specialist Product Executive

Novo Nordisk (NN)
06.2019 - 08.2023

Medical Representative

Elbe Pharma Nigeria
04.2018 - 05.2019

Manager/Consultant Pharmacist

Phremit Pharmacy
06.2017 - 04.2018

Community Pharmacist

Nigus Pharmacy
01.2017 - 05.2017

Hospital Pharmacist

Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital
12.2015 - 11.2016

Community Pharmacist

Ivy Pharmacy
07.2015 - 11.2015

Bachelor of Pharmacy -

University of Ibadan
12.2009 - 05.2015

Marketing Analyst

Waters Corporation
5 2024 - 08.2024

National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) - December, 2022

Project Management (Learn to Live Business School; LLBS, October 2018).

Human Resource Management (LLBS, October 2018)

PAUL-MIKI RALUCHUKWU IBEKWEPharmacist, Commercial Analyst, Sales/Marketing