Adam Shandler

Associate Director, Talent Acquisition & Talent Development
Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories

After starting off his career in radio, Adam D. Shandler has spent the last 15 years helping companies in the healthcare sector achieve their recruiting and training goals. While at Medco Health, Adam led a project management team charged with filling 100 customer-facing positions when the company spun off from Merck. He also developed the company’s campus recruiting programs, including Medco’s MBA Development Program. At Stryker, Adam developed a “hiring culture” at the company’s Spine division and launched the division’s first Training & Development program. Parlaying his wins in Talent Management, Adam then led Stryker’s East Region Talent Acquisition team, improving this COE’s engagement scores by a full two points and improving customer satisfaction scores over prior years.

Currently, Adam leads Talent Acquisition and Talent Development at Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, North America. He is relentlessly focused on building a stronger digital employer brand for the company and is developing a leadership development program for high-potential managers.

Adam believes that better employer branding drives better talent acquisition, and retention happens through building community within departments.

Adam is happy to connect on LinkedIn. His twitter handle is @adshandler.

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Translating Marketing Insights into Sales Activities For Pharma Manufacturers Only

Sunday, December 4th, 2016

11:55 Sales Internships – How can they work? Do they work?

There are no guarantees when you hire sales talent from another company. There are always question marks around actual performance, cultural fit, and the ability to adapt. But one alternative to complement you experienced-hire recruiting is the Sales Internship. Internship programs allow you to develop sales people at the roots of their career, putting your company in command of how they learn the business. They also give emerging sales managers an opportunity to manage teams at a critical point in their own careers.

This presentation will cover:
• Examples of winning sales internship programs
• Finding strong internship candidates through on-campus sales challenges
• How to make the program valuable for both the intern and management
• What next? Can we hire these people fulltime?

What Do We Mean and How Can We Harness It?

Thursday, February 9th, 2017

11:40 PANEL: Bringing Learning and Innovation to the Field

• Contextual learning programs for sales/remote employees
• Utilize technology platforms to engage remote employees
• Hear examples and the support required to make this happen