Account Sales Executive (Charlette, Raleigh, NC, Greenville, SC)

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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people's health. We're always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories, and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments and informatics systems are often the first step in patient care decision making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and 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 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 around the world 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 a 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 North and South Carolina. 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.

• Must be able to travel up to 50%.
• Qualified candidates preferred to live in Charlotte, Raleigh, NC or Greenville, SC area.
• The territory covers North and South Carolina.
• Must have a Valid Driver's License.

What You'll Work On:

New Business Acquisition (Primary Focus):

• Drive market share growth by identifying opportunities across the respective territory and cultivating these into new business opportunities to secure new key accounts within hospitals, laboratories, and healthcare systems.

Sales Execution:

• Manage the entire lifecycle of new business opportunities, partnering with customer decision-makers to enhance their performance using the Abbott Core Diagnostics product portfolio.

Account Management:

• Gain an understanding of client goals and objectives through strong relationship skills across multiple stakeholders (Laboratory, procurement, medical directors, clinical engineering, C-suite), identify and quantify the impact of the Abbott solution(s).
• Collaborate with the Enterprise Account Manager (EAM) to secure business in larger hospital systems.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree, or Associate's degree with 2 years of sales experience or other applicable commercial experience.
• Minimum 3 years of B2B sales experience in capital sales.
• Demonstrated success in hunting and closing new business in a complex sales environment.
• Willingness to travel within the assigned territory.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 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 in new business development and pipeline management.
• Financial Acumen - the ability to understand and analyze financial data in the healthcare market.
• Experience exceeding plans and/or turning around underperforming territories.
• Has familiarity with Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems.

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com

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.