Key Account Manager – (West Coast)

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.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Key Account Manager – (West Coast)

Working at Abbott
At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and 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 is a remote base position supporting our Toxicology Business Unit. Abbott Rapid Diagnostics is part of Abbott’s Diagnostics family of businesses, delivering industry-leading technologies to support diagnostic testing. The position of Key Account Manager, Government Services, is within the Toxicology Business Unit. This role is focused on driving existing business retention and growth of large accounts while understanding market trends and government budget cycles. This position is supporting the West Coast territory.

What You’ll Work On

• Increase customer revenue through effective and informed cross and upselling of products and services in an assigned region. This is accomplished by making outbound calls and emails to discuss drug testing needs, business needs, obtain re-orders for point of care devices, discussion of new services/products and customer care.

• Relationship development with key customers through quarterly business reviews, and proactive and insightful outreach.

• Develop Territory Action Plan for the assigned region which includes sales targets, focus areas, customer needs, and anticipated trends to meet revenue goals.

• Analyze accounts and identify the sales potential of existing customers, understand sales cycles, budgets, and funding.

• Monitor account performance and proactively address gaps in product adoption or usage, introduce new products promptly and effectively.

• Create, maintain, and provide accurate and timely sales forecast and pipeline information through capture in Salesforce.com.

• Develop relationships with customer personnel and make new contacts with other government and customer organizations to identify key purchasing decision makers to facilitate future sales.

• Work with other individuals and departments within the Government Services organization in a team-oriented fashion, supporting a unified approach to delivering customer solutions.

• Coordinate customer requests for contracts and renewals with the Contracts Team.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Toxicology industry knowledge preferred.

• Highly motivated and enthusiastic with strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.

• Must be a self-starter, confident and skilled in forms of prospecting in large account environments, government account experience preferred.

• Ability to work well independently and as a team player to achieve aggressive sales revenue objectives.

• A competitive, results-oriented attitude with a strong work ethic and high level of integrity.

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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

$61,300.00 – $122,700.00

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

     

JOB FAMILY:Sales Force

     

DIVISION:TOX ARDx Toxicology

        

LOCATION:United States of America : Remote

     

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

     

WORK SHIFT:Standard

     

TRAVEL:Yes, 25 % of the Time

     

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:Not Applicable

     

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Driving a personal auto or company car or truck, or a powered piece of material handling equipment, Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday), Lift, carry, push or pull weights of more than 20 pounds/9 kilos on a regular/daily basis, Work requiring repeated bending, stooping, squatting or kneeling

     

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

     

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