Account Manager - Hospital Infectious Disease
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 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
The Account Manager - Hospital Infectious Disease role at Abbott Rapid Diagnostic Infectious Disease unit will cover S. CA. The position involves achieving sales goals for the Infectious Disease portfolio, including ID Now and test panels within the hospital environment.
What You'll Work On :
- Identify sales opportunities and capitalize on them.
- Establish, develop and maintain the business and client relationships.
- Strategic development of POC Sales opportunities.
- Implement sales, marketing and national account programs as directed by management.
- Build and maintain a strong competitive product knowledge.
- Contribute to the region's growth through teamwork and collaboration with other members of the sales organization.
- Assist with the management of complex sales by providing technical expertise.
- Meet established sales goals and objectives while maintaining territory budget.
- Plan, coordinate and manage the sales performance of third-party distributor sales force(s) in the assigned territory.
- Train and develop these sales force(s) to establish and maintain the ability to effectively represent Abbott's products in the marketplace.
- Support distribution partners in the sale of products, including training, sales meetings, technical expertise, and marketing support of the Abbott product lines and distributor private branded products.
- Act as a resource for contract negotiation, pricing, proposal, bid preparation and all customer follow-ups.
- Identify customer issues and resolve sales related difficulties.
Required Qualifications :
BA / BS in sales, marketing, business management or life science5+ years' experience in medical diagnostics or business to business sales.Willing to travel within your territory estimated 50% overnight travel.Understanding and experience working with Distribution PartnersStrong knowledge of sales techniques and methodologiesDemonstrated ability in execution of sales strategies.The base pay for this position is $66,700.00 $133,300.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.