Jean-Francois Charland

MBA Strategic Account Director, Sales Director, Business Development | Member of the French & EMEA Executive Committee | Pharmaceutical Medical Device Biotech | Cardiology Vascular Anesthesia Oncology Biology Optics

Greater Paris Metropolitan Region

About

Value proposition: To manage and lead a commercial and strategic accounts teams in the healthcare industry, optimizing commercial performance and building strategies to reach short to long term objectives. With over 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical (Baxter) and medical devices (Johnson & Johnson & Becton Dickinson) industry, I have developed a strong expertise in sales management, team leadership, customer relationship management. I have successfully led and developed commercial and strategic accounts teams and built global corporate agreements with the largest private buying groups of labs or hospitals. I hold an MBA from EM Lyon (France) / ESADE Business School (Spain) and a BA from HEC Montreal and just finished a certificate in Digital Transformation from INSEAD. French, English, Spanish and Portuguese speaking. French and Canadian citizenships. Prior to joining large multinationals, I have developed the international expansion networks for 2 medical technologies SME (Purkinje & Andromed).

Experience

  • Head of Commercial Operations, France at CooperVision
    Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

    Lead the Key Account and Commercial team of 40 people

  • Strategic Account Director at BD
    Sep 2021 - Jun 2025 · 3 yrs 10 mos

    Head of a team of Strategic Account Managers focusing on large national private labs, private clinics groups and important public university hospitals. Optimizing our market share position in all major private & public accounts & creating added-value partnership projects with our Strategic Accounts. Member of the French Executive Committee.

  • Baxter International Inc. (6 yrs 9 mos)
    • National Sales Director, Anaesthesia
      2019 - Sep 2021 · 2 yrs 9 mos

      Leading and developing a commercial team of 11 great talents. Providing products and differentiated services in anesthesia.

    • Key Account Director
      2015 - 2019 · 4 yrs

      Leading and managing a team of Regional Key Accounts Managers. Creating value and building global corporate agreements with the largest private group of hospitals or buying groups in France. Sector: nutrition / anesthesia / IV solutions / biosurgery / renal therapies

  • Key Account Manager - National GPOs & Buying Groups at Johnson & Johnson
    2011 - 2015 · 4 yrs

    Leading national negotiations for commercial agreements of all Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices affiliates towards large private buying groups and GPOs in France. Sector: medical devices including Ethicon sutures, Ethicon Endo Surgery, Energy, Biosurgery, Biosense Webster (elctrophysiology), Cordis (cardiovascular), ASP (sterilization)

  • Clinical Specialist/ Territory Manager - National Sales Trainer at Cordis, Johnson & Johnson Medical Products
    2004 - 2011 · 7 yrs

    Driving sales and growing market share in key strategic accounts Experience in Canada and France. Sector: interventional cardiology