Zara Ruqayyah

key account manager - cns & specialty care
FemaleKey Account Sales/Key Account Sales ManagementLive in United KingdomNationality
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Work experience

  • key account manager - cns & specialty care

    Otsuka Pharmaceutical
    2025.06-Current(a year)
    – Territory management: Managed a defined NHS territory across London, promoting a specialist CNS portfolio including Abilify Maintena (long-acting injectable antipsychotic) and Rexulti to GPs, psychiatrists, and community mental health teams. – Stakeholder engagement: Built and maintained trusted relationships with key prescribers, CMHT leads, and mental health nurses — navigating complex, multi-stakeholder NHS environments to drive product adoption and formulary inclusion. – Formulary & access: Worked alongside ICB and CCG formulary leads to support local formulary submissions, shared care agreement development, and patient pathway alignment — accelerating access for appropriate patients. – Clinical selling: Delivered evidence-based clinical presentations to HCP audiences on the efficacy and tolerability profile of long-acting injectable antipsychotics, translating complex psychiatric data into clear, compelling messages for diverse clinical audiences. – CRM & performance: Maintained detailed territory planning and call reporting via CRM, tracking prescriber engagement, pipeline progression, and market share metrics against regional targets.
  • Key Account Manager (Quality & Professional Education Specialist)

    Alcon
    2023.08-2025.06(2 years)
    – Key account engagement: Built and maintained relationships with ophthalmology KOLs, procurement leads, and clinical teams across NHS and private sector accounts, driving product adoption across a premium surgical portfolio. – Scientific presentations: Delivered clinical education programmes and product presentations to HCP audiences, translating technical data into clear commercial value propositions that accelerated purchasing decisions. – Territory growth: Identified untapped commercial opportunities within existing accounts and developed targeted plans to grow revenue, resulting in measurable uplift across key product lines. – Distributor & partner liaison: Coordinated with distribution partners to ensure product availability, resolve supply queries, and maintain high service standards across accounts. – Market intelligence: Conducted regular competitor benchmarking and market analysis, feeding insights into the commercial team to sharpen positioning and refine customer messaging.
  • Sales Specialist (Business Associate)

    Johnson & Johnson MedTech
    2021.09-2023.08(2 years)
    – Theatre presence: Provided hands-on clinical support in ophthalmic surgical theatres, working directly alongside consultant ophthalmologists during cataract and refractive procedures, building deep technical credibility and trusted clinical relationships. – Territory sales: Managed a field-based territory across NHS and independent hospital eye units, promoting a portfolio of advanced surgical equipment and devices to consultant surgeons, procurement leads, and theatre managers. – Account development: Identified and developed new business opportunities within existing hospital accounts, growing product utilisation and expanding device adoption across surgical teams. – Clinical education: Delivered product training and technical demonstrations to surgical teams, translating complex device specifications into clear clinical benefits that drove preference and conversion. – Stakeholder navigation: Built relationships across multiple buying influences — surgeons, theatre sisters, procurement, and ophthalmology department leads — managing long, complex NHS sales cycles through to contract and commitment.
  • Commercial Sales Specialist (Account Manager)

    Bio-Techne
    2020.09-2021.09(a year)
    – Account management: Managed and grew a portfolio of established and new accounts across academic, pharma, and biotech research institutions, maintaining strong relationships with key scientists and procurement contacts to drive repeat purchasing and account loyalty. – New business: Proactively identified and converted new accounts through targeted outreach, product demonstrations, and technical follow-up, consistently contributing to regional revenue targets. – Technical credibility: Leveraged a BSc Biochemistry background to engage researchers at a scientific level, discussing assay applications, experimental design, and product selection across western blot, flow cytometry, IHC, and ELISA workflows. – Customer retention: Ensured Bio-Techne remained the preferred supplier across core reagent categories by delivering responsive, knowledgeable service and proactively addressing customer needs before they escalated.

Educational experience

  • University of Reading

    BSc Biochemistry
    2017.01-2020.01(3 years)
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