Courtesy of McKesson Medical-Surgical
More than 1,600 McKesson sales team members and 700-plus representatives from a couple hundred of the industry’s top suppliers gathered in Nashville in mid-May for the McKesson Medical-Surgical National Sales Conference. The meeting theme, “Level Up”, aimed to motivate Team McKesson to play from a position of strength and Level Up to continue winning together and with customers – all while achieving financial success.
The meeting made the most of the Nashville location. Events included an evening of networking on Music City’s Broadway and a private closing concert with a national country music act.
The meeting opened Monday with a celebration, as dozens of Sales team members were recognized with awards for their performance in the previous fiscal year.
The focus on Tuesday was on team McKesson, with opening sessions, an address from McKesson CEO Brian Tyler, and the Power of McKesson internal resource show and sales segment content.
In addition to the programming for Sales team members, suppliers had their own track that included an opening session, reverse tradeshow and content sessions, showcasing McKesson capabilities, as well as exclusive events with McKesson Sales leaders for preferred suppliers.
The meeting culminated Wednesday with a big day for suppliers and team McKesson alike. More than 2,500 attendees “showed up for the bell” to start the day off by hearing from guest speaker Jay Wright, a Hall of Fame basketball coach who led the Villanova Wildcats men’s team to two NCAA Championships. The tradeshows that followed lasted most of the rest of the day and featured 200 booths on two floors. A reception and concert for all attendees closed out a very successful conference.