Territory Manager, MCS - Northern California

Thornton Tomasetti; United States; Remote; USD 83,000 - 167,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

HIP PPO medical plan

Retirement plan

Job summary

Abbott’s Heart Failure division advances the treatment of heart and vascular disease with breakthrough medical technologies. The role focuses on achieving sales targets, handling contract negotiations, and delivering clinical support to cardiovascular customers.

You will collaborate with Clinical, Reimbursement, Training, and Marketing teams to expand your territory and ensure access to life-saving devices. Travel across the United States is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in relevant field of study required (or equivalent).
• Five years of medical device sales experience required within Cardiovascular field.
• Ability to travel extensively throughout the territory including overnights.
• Understanding of hospital account management and proven ability to establish strong customer relationships is required.

Responsibilities

• Achieve sales targets as outlined in SIP and Vital Few.
• Clinical knowledge of all Abbott Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) system to support cases as needed.
• Manage business processes including customer contract negotiation, price quotes, customer complaints, monthly reports, TAPs, Blue Sheets, Partnership Summary, SFA, RMA, and Concur expense reporting.
• Collaborate with Territory Team, Training and Education, Center Development, Reimbursement, Technical Services, Customer Service, Marketing and Field Management.
• Grow the business and achieve sales targets through strategic planning and account management.
• Ensure customer satisfaction and adherence to Advamed guidelines.
• Establish outstanding customer relationships and provide high-level sales activity and guidance.

Education

Bachelor degree in relevant field

Five years of medical device sales experience

Ability to travel extensively

Understanding of hospital account management

Job description

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 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

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.

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 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 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.
• Leading an active lifestyle is important to the many people we serve.

In Abbott’s Heart Failure division, we’re advancing the treatment of heart and vascular disease through breakthrough medical technologies in electrophysiology and heart failure, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Achieve sales targets as outlined in the SIP and Vital Few.
• Clinical knowledge of all Abbott Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) system to support cases as needed.
• Effective and timely management of business process, including customer contract negotiation, price quotes, customer complaints, monthly reports, TAP's, Blue Sheets, Partnership Summary, SFA, RMA, expense management and Concur expense reporting.
• Effective communication and collaboration with: Territory Team (Clinical, Market Development), Training and Education, Center Development, Reimbursement, Technical Services, Customer Service, Marketing and Field Management Team.
• Targeted approach to growing your business and achieving sales targets.
• Demonstrate effective: account assessment, forecasting, and strategic planning utilizing the Strategic Selling Sales Methodology.
• Ensure customer Satisfaction.
• Awareness of and adherence to Advamed guidelines.
• Understanding and application of hospital administration, purchasing and reimbursement policies.
• Region wide project involvement.
• Establishes outstanding customer relationships and shows the highest degree of professional behavior at all times.
• Responsible for initiating account contacts, conducting high level of sales call activity, providing clinical and technical support/guidance to customers.
• Maintains regular contact with current and potential accounts in the assigned territory.
• Actively participates in the communication of concepts and ideas, which prove of benefit to the sales and customer support efforts.
• Prepares territory budget and revenue forecast for approval and inclusion into the annual sales plan.
• Provides field input into all aspects of the strategic and tactical planning process and submits forward looking projections of sales for internal inventory forecasting.
• Serves as a corporate liaison working closely with Region Directors, Senior Management, Marketing, Training & Education, Research & Development, Regulatory & Clinical Affairs, Reimbursement, Customer Service, and Technical Service and as appropriate other departments to provide the highest level of service to customers.
• Monitors and reports on all relevant activity, sales calls, calendar, and sales to objective by account within the assigned geography.
• Provides necessary input for the timely preparation and submission of formal offers and price quotes to qualified accounts and provides timely and factual feedback on market participant activities within the assigned geography.
• Completes sales and expense reports as requested by management in a timely manner and in accordance with company policy, maintains planning calendar and completes all additional documentation requested by management on time.
• Protects and acts responsibly toward all company equipment, confidential information and effectively manages expense budget.
• Provides support at Tradeshows as requested by management.
• Immediately reports to Regulatory Affairs and as appropriate Technical Services of any product failures or customer complaints, and provides timely reporting through established processes.
• Shares concepts and ideas on product improvement and potential new accessories with Research and Development.
• Performs other duties as assigned by management.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING

• Bachelor degree in relevant field of study required (or equivalent).
• Five years of medical device sales experience required within Cardiovascular field.
• Ability to travel extensively throughout the territory including overnights.
• Understanding of hospital account management and proven ability to establish strong customer relationships is required.

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.

The base pay for this position is $83,300.00 – $166,600.00 In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY: Sales Force DIVISION: HF Heart Failure LOCATION: United States of America : Remote ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS: WORK SHIFT: Standard TRAVEL: Yes, 50 % of the Time MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: No SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: Continuous standing 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)

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

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We invite you to explore opportunities at Abbott, to see if your talents and career aspirations may fit with our openings. An equal opportunity employer, Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

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