Richard Kim PhD MBA
Global BioPharma Sales Director @ Abcam
About
Experienced, energetic sales leader with successful transition into this field after a prosperous drug discovery research and cross-functional pharmaceutical research management. Strategic thinker who thrives in collaborating with customers to improve their work. Proven sales manager skilled in building relationships across various levels in the organization. Able to bridge communications between the scientific and business communities. Strengths include: • Sales management with the ability to build customer relationship across all levels in an organization • Self-motivated to continuously learn and drive to exceed goals with confidence, perseverance and vision • Effective communicator, strong team builder and motivator Specialties: Sales and marketing, Drug Discovery, Assay development, High Throughput Screening, Sample Management
United States
Washington DC-Baltimore Area
Biotechnology
High Throughput Screening, Drug Discovery, Assay Development, High Content Screening, Project Management, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, Lifesciences, Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Cell Culture, In Vitro, PCR, Laboratory Automation, Protein Chemistry, ELISA, Proteomics, Purification, Technical Product Sales, Sales Management
Experience

Global BioPharma Sales Director
* Lead global biopharma account strategy across key enterprise customers * Drive enterprise-level engagement to expand Abcam’s footprint across discovery, translational, and clinical workflows * Partner cross-functionally with regional sales, marketing, and scientific teams to align global strategy with local execution * Build and strengthen executive relationships across R&D, procurement, and commercial leadership within key accounts * Develop scalable frameworks for pipeline visibility, forecasting discipline, and account prioritization * Support and coach Key Account Managers to drive consistent, additive revenue growth across regions

Regional Sales Manager - Eastern Region
ForteBio
Washington D.C. Metro Area
Manage a team of 6 Territory managers covering the Octet Product line * Achieved 125% to quota for the Region in 2020

National Sales Manager - Biologics Workflow
ForteBio
Washington D.C. Metro Area
• Responsible for the sales and revenue achievement by working with and co-managing the activities of 12 sales team members, and 12 application scientists * 98% to quota achievement for the team • Primary negotiator for all workflow solution sales activities and will be responsible for screening potential business deals for profitability, assembling proposals and contracts • Critical role in working with designers, scientists and engineers to build innovative workflow solutions that help customers achieve efficiency in their laboratory • Uncover new and unique business for Biologics workflow solutions that can be translated into value and able to be sold to additional customers • Provide sales management support to VP and Regional Sales Managers by travelling and coaching sales team members

National Sales Manager - Drug Discovery
Washington D.C. Metro Area
• Promoted to be in charge of all sales activities in the Americas • In charge of driving business across all of TTP Labtech product lines (liquid handling, sample management and detection) for Drug Discovery market • Continue to lead in recruiting and training new sales associates and application scientists • Continuous penetration into new markets while growing current customers • Help develop new applications and instrument for the company

US East Coast Sales Manager
Washington D.C. Metro Area
• Promoted to be in charge of all sales activities for the North American East Coast • Lead in recruiting and training new sales associates and application scientists • Continuous penetration into new markets while growing current customers • Help develop new applications and instrument for the company • Serve as mentor for new recruits

Mid-Atlantic/SE Regional Sales Manager
Washington D.C. Metro Area
• In charge of developing a business plan and sales strategy for the market that ensures attainment of company sales goals and profitability. • Initiates and coordinates development of action plans to penetrate new markets. • Assists in the development and implementation of marketing plans. • Provides timely feedback to senior management regarding region’s performance. • Creates and conducts proposal presentations and RFP responses. • Controls expenses to meet budget guidelines.

Lab Head
Greater Boston Area
• Planned and directed activities of 16 drug discovery projects to ensure that objectives were accomplished within prescribed time frame, requiring the ability to collaborate/coordinate countless members of the Novartis scientific community • Established and lead the high content high throughput screening lab in the department which required the coordination of multiple stakeholders such as biologists, IT personnel, automation engineers and upper management • Point person within the high throughput screening department to evaluate and implement new assay and automation technologies • Served as a liaison for the department in shepherding projects from disease area biologists to upper management at Novartis • Expert user of in-house and external data handling software such as Spotfire • Trained, managed and developed three Master’s level scientists

Senior Research Scientist
Greater Boston Area
• Initiated and managed diabetes drug discovery projects • Selected by management as top talent for leadership training • Lead teams across three functions • Established two new projects to discover small molecule drugs towards musculoskeletal and diabetes targets • Supervised and collaborated with colleagues across various departments • Performed target identification of genes involved in bone formation • Discovered target gene now being validated for use in drug discovery.

Post Doctoral Fellow
Washington D.C. Metro Area
• Established research projects in characterizing the signal transduction pathway of TGF- • Published two highly acclaimed papers • Collaborated on furthering the research into TGF- signaling with internal and external researchers • Coordinated the organization of lab by centralizing purchasing and organizing research materials
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