District Manager Point of Care Diagnostics Great Lakes

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Abbott Point of Care is a global leader in providing critical medical diagnostic and informatics products for rapid blood analysis that are intuitive reliable and cost-effective. Our i-STAT System is an advanced portable diagnostic tool that provides real-time lab-quality results within minutes to accelerate patient-care decision-making as well as optimize resource utilization for our customers and the patients that they serve. The i-STAT System has the industrys most comprehensive menu of tests in a single with-patient platform including tests for respiratory metabolic coagulation hematology glucose and cardiac function. The Piccolo Blood Chemistry Analyzer carries the most comprehensive menu of CLIA Waived tests on the market. Developed by NASA this device assists the clinician with point-of-care testing to benefit the patient as well as the physician. Both the Piccolo and i-STAT Systems fosters a collaborative patient-centered environment while driving improved operational performance.

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. Youll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.

• Employees can qualify forfree medical coverage in ourHealth Investment Plan (HIP) PPOmedical 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 bachelors 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

The District Manager works our of Great Lakes Territory in our Abbott Point of Care (APOC) division. The District Manager lead a team of five-seven (5-7) Point of Care Solution Specialists that cover Hospital and Outpatient customer segments and be responsible for generating sales in the disruptive growing Point of Care diagnostics industry. The sales cycle is highly complex and involves multiple stakeholders across several hospital service lines outpatient care settings and distribution partners. You will be responsible for providing leadership to sales representatives through direction motivation coaching skill development and knowledge sharing to lead your team to execute sales strategies that result in financial goal attainment strong customer loyalty and staff development. You will continue Abbotts 130 year tradition of bringing new products and technologies to the world that create more possibilities for more people at all stages of life. Preferred candidate will resided in Chicago Milwaukee Madison or Twin Cities MN.

What Youll Work On

• Hire develop and coach extraordinary sales professionals who execute complex long-term sales strategies to address customer pain-points and maximize long-term partnerships with Abbott Point of Care (APOC)

• Work in the field with sales team to identify and synthesize customer and competitor insights market and industry challenges and apply APOC product solutions to drive long-term strategies and foster enduring customer relationships

• Ensure achievement of sales and commercial objectives across assigned district

• Develop and execute plans to accelerate district sales growth and profitably capture and increase market share

• Take an entrepreneurial approach to increase the districts profitability;

• Partner with cross functional internal APOC colleagues to ensure your customers meet or exceed contractual obligations

• Champion new initiatives and identify opportunities to build a culture of collaboration within the district

• Build strong and lasting relationships with our Distribution partners that maximize top line growth and profitability for APOC

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree

• 7 years of diagnostics point of care (POC) lab or capital equipment sales experience.

• 3 years of experience leading developing training and mentoring direct reports.

• Possesses strong MS Office (Excel PowerPoint and Word) skills.

• Highly proficient at using the or similar CRM platform

• Ability to travel up to 80% in assigned district and other business locations in the USA

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to build a high performing sales team through a combination of talent identification talent development and continuous performance management.

• Documented history of being a consistent overachieving sales leader (i.e. Presidents Club winner).

• Consistently ranks among the top 20% in peer sales group.

• Has established contacts at Integrated Delivery Networks and Hospital Systems within assigned territory. Attended multiple sales training courses (e.g. Challenger Miller Heiman etc.) and is an active user of one or multiple effective sales methodologies.

• Established relationships with Medical distribution representatives preferably in the hiring region.

• Proven leader trainer and coach of sales professionals within the hospital or outpatient Diagnostics or Medical Devices industry.

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