Molecular Sales Account Executive (Columbus, OH)

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.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

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 is a remote position
• Qualified candidates must currently live in the Ohio area preferably in Columbus, OH.
• Easy access to major metropolitan airport
• Traveling up to 80 %
• The territory covers Washington, Baltimore up to Philadelphia.
• Must have a Valid Driver’s License.

What You’ll Work On

The Molecular Account Executive is a field sales role responsible for covering Upstate NY and E. PA. This position is part of the Molecular Diagnostic Division, which sells the full stack selling of Molecular products to healthcare facilities, including hospitals, IDNs, reference labs, and women's health offices.

The Molecular Account Executive is a strategic sales professional that’s highly skilled at driving exponential growth in their territory through closing new business and expanding existing business.

• Work across multiple stakeholders, including C-suite, to expedite complex decisions and achieve quick wins.
• Drive market share growth by identifying and cultivating new business opportunities across the territory.
• Develop and deploy best practices, leveraging customer insights to exceed business expectations.
• Prioritize and plan effectively, cutting through complexity to streamline business operations.
• Leverage cross-functional teams and resources successfully in a collaborative environment.
• Build trust and long-term partnerships with customers by understanding their needs and delivering win-win solutions.
• Anticipate sales shortfalls and implement contingency plans through effective troubleshooting and problem-solving.
• Manage complex, long-term capital sales cycles with strategic foresight.
• Understand client goals through strong relationships across stakeholders (e.g., laboratory, procurement, medical directors, clinical engineering, C-suite) and quantify the impact of Abbott solutions.
• Collaborate with the Enterprise Account Manager (EAM) to secure business in large hospital systems.
• Manage and drive the renewal process to ensure customer retention and satisfaction for non-enterprise accounts.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 2+ 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
• Valid Driver’s License and the ability to travel 50-75% in assigned territory and other locations in the US to support business needs.
• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Commitment to customers; service-minded
• Making logical timely decisions based on analysis and experience
• Adheres to proper call documentation
• Displays effective oral and written communication to accomplish business goals and foster building customer rapport and relationships
• Persuades others to support a course of action, acts proactively to originate actions to improve existing conditions and process
• Interpersonal skills; savvy, polished, and professional, including customer interfacing experience with strong communication ability and people management   
• Ability to learn technical and scientific knowledge and utilize in selling situations

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.

Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.

     

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.

     

JOB FAMILY:

Sales Force

     

DIVISION:

AMD Molecular

        

LOCATION:

United States of America : Remote

     

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

     

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

     

TRAVEL:

Yes, 75 % 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), Continuous walking for prolonged periods (more than 2 hours at a time 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)

     

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

     

EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdf

     

EEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf