Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You'll also have access to:
- Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
- Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
- An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution
- Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor's degree.
- A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
- A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
The Opportunity
This position works remotely for our Core Diagnostics Division. We are looking for a highly motivated and entrepreneurial Account Executive to join our Diagnostics team managing the New England Territory (MA/ME/VT/NH/CT).
This role is designed for a hunter-a sales professional who excels at identifying and capturing new business opportunities. You will be responsible for expanding Abbott's diagnostics footprint by acquiring new key accounts and driving revenue growth in a competitive and fast-paced environment.
The Account Executive is a strategic sales professional adept at identifying and closing new business opportunities. This role involves working with multiple stakeholders, including C-suite executives, to expedite complex decisions and achieve quick wins. The ideal candidate is a self-starter who develops and implements best practices, leverages customer insights to drive business, and consistently exceeds expectations.
What you'll do
- Manage the entire lifecycle of new business opportunities, partnering with customer decision-makers to enhance their performance using the Abbott Core Diagnostics product portfolio.
- Drive market share growth by identifying opportunities across the respective territory and cultivating these into new business opportunities.
- Collaborate with the Enterprise Account Manager (EAM) to secure business in larger hospital systems.
- Manage and drive the renewal process to ensure customer retention and satisfaction for non-enterprise customers.
- Gain understanding of client goals and objectives through strong relationship skills across multiple stakeholders (Laboratory, procurement, medical directors, clinical engineering, C-suite) and identify and quantify the impact of the Abbott solution(s).
Key Success Factors:
- Exceptional selling skills.
- Strong pipeline and opportunity development skills across account base.
- Strong financial acumen.
- Resilience in challenging situations.
- Urgency and accountability in achieving goals.
- Effective business planning and prioritization.
- Strategic, solutions-based thinking.
- Successful leveraging of cross-functional teams and resources.
- Ability to quickly build trust and partnerships with distributor partners and customers by understanding their short- and long-term needs and providing win-win solutions.
- Proficiency in cutting through complexity and developing best practices.
- Savvy, polished, and professional interpersonal skills.
- Results-oriented, with the ability to anticipate sales shortfalls and implement contingency plans.
- Ability to learn and apply technical and scientific knowledge in sales situations.
- Management of complex and long-term capital sales cycles.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree, or Associate's degree with 2 years of sales experience or other applicable commercial experience.
- 4 years of relevant experience.
- Willingness to travel up to 80%.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree.
- 5+ years of experience in capital sales and/or multi-stakeholder environments, developing and selling customized solutions to senior-level laboratory leadership and C-suite executives.
- Proven success in strategic sales, including exceeding plans and turning around underperforming territories.
- Experience in capital sales and/or multi-stakeholder environments, developing and selling customized solutions to senior-level/C-suite executives.
- Innovation and change management skills, with the ability to bring new ideas forward and drive them through the organization.
- Strong business planning process and attention to detail.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite of products.
- Proficiency in SalesForce.com Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system.
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Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.
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The base pay for this position is $78,000.00 - $156,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.