Distribution Sales Executive, Diagnostics - CO/NV/WY/AZ/NM/UT
Abbott
Summary
The Distribution Sales Executive owns the execution of new Core Lab business in Hospitals, Reference Labs, Physician Office Labs, and Government facilities across their geography. This role will also partner with our distribution partners to develop solutions that drive revenue and achieve growth.
Job description
The Opportunity
The Distribution Sales Executive owns the execution of new Core Lab business in Hospitals, Reference Labs, Physician Office Labs, and Government facilities across their geography. This role will also partner with our distribution partners to develop solutions that drive revenue and achieve growth.
The Sr. Distribution Sales Rep will be responsible for full life cycle of new business opportunities and will partner with customer-based decision makers to enhance their competitiveness/performance by successfully leveraging the Abbott Diagnostics portfolio of products.
What You'll Work On
- Strategic sales professional that's highly skilled at finding ways to drive exponential growth and new business.
- Works across multiple stakeholders including c-suite, expediting complex decisions to quick wins.
- Self-starter, develops and deploys best practices, identifies new customer insights to drive business, highly accountable, and delivers above expectations.
- The role will be accountable for driving market share growth through new business opportunity realization and supporting all contract/business renewals.
- Quickly develops trust and partnership with customer by demonstrating deep understanding of short and long-term needs and brings forward win-win solutions
- Quickly develops trust and partnership with distributor partners
- Leveraging cross-functional teams and resources successfully
- Manage complex and long-term capital sales cycles
Territory
- This is a remote field-based sales role.
- Travel up to 50-75% in the field, including overnights.
- Territory will cover Colorado, Nevada, Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah.
- The ideal base location would be Denver, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, or Albuquerque.
Required Qualifications
- Associate's degree
- Minimum of 4 years of sales experience in the diagnostics, core laboratory, molecular or medical device capital equipment industry.
- Must have a valid driver's license.
Preferred Qualification
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience in capital sales and/or multi-stakeholder environment developing and selling customized solutions to senior level laboratory leadership and C-suite executives.
- Proven Success in Strategic Sales: exceeds plan and takes underperforming territory and turns it around (e.g., PClub winner, under AOP to consistent over AOP, etc.)
- Innovation and Change Management: brings new ideas forward and drives them through organization.
- Strong business planning process and attention to detail, strong Microsoft Office and CRM (Salesforce preferred) skills.
- Results oriented; anticipate where sales shortfalls might be and implements contingency plans to close the gap
Requirements
- Associate's degree
- Minimum of 4 years of sales experience in the diagnostics, core laboratory, molecular or medical device capital equipment industry
- Must have a valid driver's license
- Bachelor's degree (preferred)
- Experience in capital sales and/or multi-stakeholder environment developing and selling customized solutions to senior level laboratory leadership and C-suite executives (preferred)
- Proven success in strategic sales (preferred)
- Innovation and change management (preferred)
- Strong business planning process and attention to detail (preferred)
- Strong Microsoft Office and CRM (Salesforce preferred) skills (preferred)
- Results oriented (preferred)
Benefits
- Medical coverage
- Retirement savings plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Student debt program
- Education benefit
Company overview
Abbott Laboratories is a global healthcare leader with a 135-year legacy of innovation, dedicated to helping people live healthier, fuller lives through life-changing technologies and products. Headquartered in Abbott Park, Illinois, the company operates in more than 160 countries with a workforce of approximately 114,000 professionals. Abbott's diversified portfolio spans four core business segments: medical devices, diagnostics, nutrition products, and branded generic pharmaceuticals. The company is particularly renowned for its groundbreaking medical devices including cardiovascular technologies, diabetes management systems like the FreeStyle Libre continuous glucose monitor, neuromodulation devices for chronic pain, and the AVEIR DR dual chamber leadless pacemaker system. In diagnostics, Abbott has been instrumental in developing critical tests, including the first licensed HIV test in 1985 that helped secure blood supply safety. The company's nutrition division produces leading infant formulas like Similac, while its pharmaceutical business provides quality branded generic medicines. Abbott consistently ranks among Fortune's Most Admired Companies and maintains a strong commitment to sustainability and corporate responsibility, making it a trusted partner in advancing global healthcare.