I can present myself as a specialist of the health care domain, with a large experience in sales and marketing.
I've been selling diagnostics reagents and systems, research products and desinfection solutions for over 14 years. My customers are pharmaceutical industries, emerging biotechs and hospitals, spread all over the french territory.
I'm looking for a sales management position, or installation of the activity of a foreign company in France.
Jean-Michel COCCHI
LYON, France
Jean-Michel COCCHI | English | French |
Schools attended |
Université Lyon 1 Claude Bernard (Département Biologie Humaine) |
Since 2005: Shield Medicare |
Account manager
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Account manager east of France (33 « départements »). Audit and consulting in disinfection solutions for clean rooms in pharmaceutical industry (90% of the activity) and hospitals. Technical and commercial support to distributors. Sales doubled in the hospital field and increased 20% in industry (pharmaceuticals and medical device manufacturers). | |
Industry: Health and pharmaceutical |
2002 - 2005 : Nordic Bioscience Diagnostics |
Representative for France
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In charge of all aspects of the activity over the French territory: Scientific and technical support to customers. Sales increased of 15% in 2002, 20% in 2003 and 9% in 2004 (660 K). I mainly developed sales in pharmaceuticals and contract research organisations from my personal business contacts. Training of customers for product handling. Development of flyers and marketing documents specific to the French market. Some were generalized as international promotion materials. In charge of the price and discount policy. Translation of package inserts. Administration: relationships with administrations of hospitals, management of public tenders (announcements, responses) and contacts with French health administration (AFSSAPS: CE labelling). Management of the compliance to the French social regulations accountancy. | |
Industry: Health and pharmaceutical |
2001 : Ventana Medical system |
Account executive
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Account executive east of France Sales of automatic Immuno-chemistry and in situ labelling systems (0.595 in 2001). | |
Industry: Health and pharmaceutical |
1998 - 2000 : Beckman-Coulter |
Sales representative
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Sales Representative diagnostics division Sales of immuno-enzymology, haematology and biochemistry systems and reagents to private and hospital routine laboratories (1,2 M in 2000). | |
Industry: Health and pharmaceutical |
1997 - 1998 : Genzyme diagnostice |
Sales manager
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 Sales Manager and Sales Representative - diagnostics division Management of sales in France (1.1 M in 1998. Coaching of 3 sales representatives: role-playing and visits to customers. Establishment of P&L for the activity and reporting to the European management. Development of marketing flyers in English for the launch of new products Integration of the Oncogene Science sales activity from the former distributor. Selling of PanBio products (Australian company involved in infectious disease diagnostic). | |
Industry: Health and pharmaceutical |
1995 - 1996 : Genzyme diagnostics |
Sales representative
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Sales representative - diagnostics division I participated transferring the activity from Dako to the newly established French subsidiary. We established marketing and sales strategies and price policy. Doubled my territory sales (0.490 M in 1996) and multiplied the number of customers by 4 between 1995 and 1996. I particularly developed the pharmaceutical industry segment. | |
Industry: Health and pharmaceutical |
1992 - 1994 : Dako SA |
Sales representative
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I was in charge of the Rhone-Alpes area (0.550 M. + 34% between 1993 and 1994). Sales of immuno-chemistry, flow cytometry, biochemistry and microbiology reagents. I organized new presentations for new products ranges (DAKO) and a scientific meeting (Genzyme, in Lyon). | |
Industry: Health and pharmaceutical |
Interests |
jogging, dance, archery, music. |

