Maria Ford

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About Maria Ford

Highly motivated, consistent and successful sales professional with over 20 years experience in pharmaceutical sales. Maria is passionate about coaching and developing a team to collaborate in providing excellent multi-channel customer service, building strong relationships, meeting objectives and delivering significant results. Her strengths include- Engaging and motivating teams to perform at their best - Focus on coaching to individual strengths and development of individuals - Strong Account Management and business acumen to coach team to uncover opportunity - Cross-functional collaboration to ensure team aligned on common purpose and goals - Passionate about people and providing meaningful solutions to patients."Maria has been an absolute pleasure to work with. Her passion for the customer, our people and the business sets her apart together with her natural leadership skills and learning agility.""I worked with Maria for three years. Maria was a consistently super high performing leader in our sales organization and maintained this high level of performance when I left Lilly Australia. I assign her consistent success to outstanding focus on her customers, great product and disease knowledge and a simply fantastic attitude. Maria always shows a positive can do attitude and displays a tremendous ownership of her business." Winner of multiple sales Awards: 2025 - Novartis - CRM - Integrity Award (Peer-nominated) 2024 - Novartis - Field Manager of the Year Award (CEO/Global Award) 2024 - Novartis Circle of Excellence (RSM: Sales and Values Performance Award) 2020 - Novartis Circle of Excellence (RSM: Sales and Values Performance Award) 2018 - Novartis Circle of Excellence (NSM: Sales and Values Performance Award) 2014 - Lilly Diabetes Presidents Council (Sales Rep: International Award Affiliate Top Sales Performance) 2013 - Lilly Diabetes Presidents Council (Sales Rep: International Award Affiliate Top Sales Performance) 2012 - Lilly Diabetes Presidents Council (Sales Rep: International Award Affiliate Top Sales Performance) 2011 - Lilly Diabetes Travel Award (Sales Rep: Portfolio sale and growth) 2010 - ISPAD Travel Award (Sales Rep: Product Growth and Sales) 2010 - ISKAME (Sales Rep: Excellence in Scientific Knowledge and Expertise)