Associate Sales Representative, GSS - Louisiana or Arkansas

Baxter International Inc.; Bastrop (LA); On-site; USD 64,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage day one

ESPP

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Baxter International Inc. is seeking an Associate Sales Representative to promote our Surgical Portfolio, focusing on surgeons, nurses, and operating room staff. You will work with a regional team to meet personal and business goals while ensuring patient‑centric care and solutions.

The role requires travel up to 75% and a background in healthcare sales or medical devices. Base pay ranges from $64,000 to $72,000 with incentive opportunities, and comprehensive benefits are provided.

Qualifications

• Inside or field sales experience in healthcare or similar industry preferred.
• Medical device experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Supporting and promoting surgical portfolio in territory to meet clinical and economic needs.
• Independently formulating and implementing selling strategies for products of intermediate complexity.
• Engaging with install base for incremental purchases and support.
• Ensuring clinical adoption through product trialing, demonstrations, and in-servicing.
• Scheduling and completing customer sales calls and following up on opportunities.
• Assisting with product demonstrations and site visits as requested.

Skills

Sales experience

Healthcare industry familiarity

Medical device knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Job description

At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond. Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results.

As an Associate Sales Representative for our full operating room capital equipment product portfolio, you take pride in representing Baxter and our products. Your keen understanding of our deep portfolio of products and belief in the value and quality they provide to patients fuels your confidence. Our customers trust you and appreciate your knowledge and curiosity when finding solutions to meet their needs. You enjoy being on location, building relationships, and establishing trust with the doctors and nurses who use Baxter solutions every day.

As a member of Baxter’s sales team, aligned to the Southern California region in our Surgical Business unit, you'll promote our Surgical Portfolio focusing on surgical professionals such as surgeons, nurses, and operating room staff, ensuring patient‑centric approach in all your dealings. You’ll work with a team of Sales Consultants in your region to achieve or exceed personal and business goals, all in pursuit of our mission to save and sustain lives. In the sales role, you’ll have the opportunity to provide input on new markets and products, handle customer concerns, and collaborate with other teams.

• Supporting and promoting our Surgical Portfolio in your territory to meet customer’s clinical and economic needs
• Independently formulating and implementing selling strategies to sell products of intermediate complexity directly to customers by phone and on site.
• Engaging with the install base and existing customers for incremental purchases, pricing/delivery issues, and overall support to improve their experience
• Ensuring clinical adoption across the product portfolio through product trialing, demonstrations, and in‑servicing to improve customers’ adoption of their portfolio
• Scheduling and completing customer sales calls quotas and following up on opportunities to develop the business
• Assisting with set up of product demonstrations for customers as requested
• Supporting site visits, product fairs, and mock rooms, as necessary

• Bachelor’s degree preferred with 2+ years experience or at least 4+ years related experience.
• Inside or field sales role in the healthcare or similar industry preferred.
• Medical device experience preferred.

Flexible, autonomous, and the ability to collaborate with multiple team members to ensure customer satisfaction.

Must be willing/able to travel at least 75% and may involve visits to remote or urban areas either individually or with other personnel.

The estimated base pay range for this position is $64,000 - $72,000 annually, with additional opportunity to earn sales incentive compensation for achieving or exceeding your goals. We may pay more or less within the anticipated range based upon market data and other factors, all of which are subject to change.

We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

• Our health and well-being benefits include medical and dental coverage that start on day one, as well as insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance.
• Financial and retirement benefits include the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), with the ability to purchase company stock at a discount, and the 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (RSP), with options for employee contributions and company matching.
• We also offer Flexible Spending Accounts, educational assistance programs, and time‑off benefits such as paid holidays, paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service, family and medical leaves of absence, and paid parental leave.
• Additional benefits include commuting benefits, the Employee Discount Program, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and childcare benefits.

Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

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