About Abbott
At Abbott, we’re dedicated to helping people live more fully, in everything we do. We’re creating the future of healthcare through life-changing technologies and products that make you healthier and stronger, quickly identify when you have a medical need, and treat conditions to help you get back to doing what you love.
With headquarters in north suburban Chicago, we serve people in more than 160 countries with leading medical devices, diagnostics, nutrition products and branded generic medicines. Our 115,000 colleagues are helping millions of people to live better and healthier, every day around the world.
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 family, be your true self and live a full life. You will have access to:
* Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
* A company 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 position works out of our Valencia (Spain) location in the Diabetes division. We’re focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We’re revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology.
As a District Sales Manager, you will be responsible for the generation of new ADC business, as well as for the maintenance of existing business, growing the sales in a particular area of the country, while adhering to the ethical code in force and under the company values. You will manage the people under your responsibility as a coach in an ethical way with the objective of working towards excellence and supervising and mentoring staff, proactively supporting their professional development.
What You’ll Do
* Ensures that all activities are performed in compliance with quality system requirements.
* Sales planning and follow up (establish yearly territory sales plans (Territory Action Plan), implement sales strategies).
* Coach the people under your responsibility through dual visits in the field according to the instructions given by the company.
* Support the sales representatives in maintaining and expanding customers, collect information on competitors’ sales, prices, benefits, and products, and implement market strategies. Responsible for keeping the segmentation and targeting customer file of the district updated.
* Empower and facilitate the work of your team with other departments of the company.
* Be an effective bidirectional communication channel ensuring that the company’s strategy and instructions are understood by your team and by collecting/communicating to the management any doubts and concerns that you cannot resolve.
* Maintain good customer relationships and visit especially key customers on a regular basis.
* Initiate and run meetings with the Sales Force.
* Have full people management responsibility for all district sales staff (define departmental objectives, responsibilities of your staff, team and personal goals; provide honest feedback to your staff regarding their performance).
Required Qualifications
* University Degree in Science or High School Degree with at least 5 years of experience.
* Comprehensive knowledge of diabetes and its treatment.
* People management/leadership coaching skills.
* Good PC knowledge and good written and oral English skills.
Preferred Qualifications
* Knowledge of the ADC market (scientific background and use of the products) and the various laboratories.
* Knowledge of ADC products.
* Knowledge and application of ADC procedures, policies, and code of business conduct.
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.
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