Account Executive (Charlette, Raleigh, NC or Greenville, SC )
At a glance
Mid-level Account Executive role at Abbott. Charlotte · full-time · $78,000–$156,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Run new-business opportunities from discovery through close, working with customer decision-makers on Abbott Core Diagnostics solutions
- Find territory accounts where Abbott can win share, then turn those openings into sales opportunities
- Work with enterprise account managers on larger hospital systems and lead renewals for other customers
- Build relationships across lab, procurement, clinical engineering and executive teams to connect customer goals with solution impact
What you bring
- At least four years of relevant experience
- A bachelor’s degree, or an associate degree paired with two years of sales or other applicable commercial experience
- A valid driver’s license and willingness to travel up to half the time
Who this fits
This role suits a strategic seller who can manage complex, long-running capital sales and build trust with laboratory leaders and C-suite buyers. You’ll cover North and South Carolina, with preference for candidates in the Charlotte, Raleigh or Greenville areas. It is a remote role with travel reaching up to half your time.
From the employer
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
- Must be able to travel up to 50%.
- Qualified candidates preferred to live in Charlotte, Raleigh, NC or Greenville, SC area.
- The territory covers North and South Carolina.
- Must have a Valid Driver’s License.
The Account Executive is a strategic sales professional adept at identifying and closing new business opportunities. This role involves working with multiple stakeholders, including C-suite executives, to expedite complex decisions and achieve quick wins. The ideal candidate is a self-starter who develops and implements best practices, leverages customer insights to drive business, and consistently exceeds expectations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage the entire lifecycle of new business opportunities, partnering with customer decision-makers to enhance their performance using the Abbott Core Diagnostics product portfolio.
- Drive market share growth by identifying opportunities across the respective territory and cultivating these into new business opportunities.
- Collaborate with the Enterprise Account Manager (EAM) to secure business in larger hospital systems.
- Manage and drive the renewal process to ensure customer retention and satisfaction for non-enterprise customers.
- Gain understanding of client goals and objectives through strong relationship skills across multiple stakeholders (Laboratory, procurement, medical directors, clinical engineering, C-suite) and identify and quantify the impact of the Abbott solution(s).
Key Success Factors:
- Exceptional selling skills.
- Strong pipeline and opportunity development skills across account base.
- Strong financial acumen.
- Resilience in challenging situations.
- Urgency and accountability in achieving goals.
- Effective business planning and prioritization.
- Strategic, solutions-based thinking.
- Successful leveraging of cross-functional teams and resources.
- Ability to quickly build trust and partnerships with distributor partners and customers by understanding their short- and long-term needs and providing win-win solutions.
- Proficiency in cutting through complexity and developing best practices.
- Savvy, polished, and professional interpersonal skills.
- Results-oriented, with the ability to anticipate sales shortfalls and implement contingency plans.
- Ability to learn and apply technical and scientific knowledge in sales situations.
- Management of complex and long-term capital sales cycles.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree, or Associate’s degree with 2 years of sales experience or other applicable commercial experience.
- 4 years of relevant experience.
- Willingness to travel up to 50%.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree.
- 5+ 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.
- 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.
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 – $156,000.00In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
JOB FAMILY:
Sales Force
DIVISION:
CRLB Core Lab
LOCATION:
United States of America : Remote
ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:
WORK SHIFT:
Standard
TRAVEL:
Yes, 50 % 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 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.
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
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