Senior Strategic Account Manager, Diagnostics
location_onFood Industry Distribution, 2415, South Damen Avenue, Heart of Chicago, Lower West Side, Chicago, West Chicago Township, Cook County, Illinois, 60608, United States
Job Description
The Opportunity
The Strategic Account Manager is part of the Transfusion Medicine Business Unit. Transfusion Medicine enables the Unit. Transfusion Medicine enables the provision of safe blood and plasma products around the world by supplying products, including screening tests, for transfusion-transmission infectious diseases and other pathogens.
The Strategic Account Manager will be responsible for Blood Banks, Plasma Centers, National Reference Laboratory accounts in a multi-state territory and understand and address key customer needs at all levels within the customer organization, from CEO and Executive level. The ultimate goal is to increase Abbott's market share in a geographic area by securing existing business and by conversion of competitive systems. The SAM will act as Alinity’s/Blood Bank specialist for the local key account representatives, district sales managers, and integrated health systems managers to assist in the prospecting to close process as requested.
Work location
Work model: Remote
Food Industry Distribution, 2415, South Damen Avenue, Heart of Chicago, Lower West Side, Chicago, West Chicago Township, Cook County, Illinois, 60608, United States
Chicago, Illinois
Key Responsibilities
- check_circlePlan and execute multilevel sales calls at executive levels
- check_circleProtect and secure existing Abbott business accounts
- check_circleNegotiate and implement reagent contracts
- check_circleCoordinate internal resources to meet customer needs
- check_circleConsult on systems implementation and workflow
- check_circleIncrease market share in the multi-state territory
- check_circleBuild and maintain relationships with key customers
Requirements
- verifiedBachelors degree required
- verifiedMinimum 3 years of proven successful acquisition sales experience in diagnostic reagent and capital sales
- verifiedStrong technical sales/consultative approach
- verifiedFamiliar with regulatory and quality issues affecting day to day operations
- verifiedKnowledge of regulations and standards affecting IVDs and Biologics
- verifiedFamiliar with Good Manufacturing Practices and Process Control
Benefits & Perks
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Skills, education and keywords
Skills: consultative selling, capital sales, acquisition sales, good manufacturing practices, process control, ivds, biologics.
Education: Bachelors degree required; MBA would be beneficial.