Outpatient Sales Representative, Therapeutic Nutrition - St. Louis

Outpatient Sales Representative

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 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Our nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow, to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, Glucerna® and Juven® – to help get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest life.

Our location in St. Louis currently has an opportunity for an Outpatient Sales Representative for our Therapeutic Nutrition business. The primary responsibility of this role is to drive sales by securing commitments for recommendations from Healthcare Professionals in Outpatient offices – such as Internal Medicine, Primary Care, and Oncology accounts. Typical call points within these offices include Physicians, Nurses, Medical Assistants, Administration, and Nutrition Services. Responsible for creating and maintaining relationships within these offices to effectively elevate the importance of nutrition by identifying and providing win-win solutions for using Abbott products. In addition to obtaining commitments for recommendations, it is also vital in this role to hold customers accountable and ensure compliance.

Territory will cover St. Louis, Cape Girardeau, and Columbia MO. The ideal candidate would reside in the greater St. Louis area. Daily travel within territory, possible overnight travel. Additional 10% overnight travel for district/regional/national meetings and trainings.

What You'll Do:

• Executing sales initiatives designed to exceed established sales goals
• Work closely with District Manager and cross-functional / interdisciplinary teams to execute the sales direction
• Identify customer needs and deliver on sales opportunities accordingly
• Utilize Abbott Nutrition promotional materials to targeted healthcare professionals
• Prioritize the utilization of resources to drive return on investment
• Plan and organize to maximize focus on top priorities

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree required
• 2-3 years of sales AND/OR healthcare professional experience
• Sales: B2B, Cold-Calling, building own book of business
• Healthcare Professional: Nursing or Dietician familiar with products/call points

Persuasiveness, persistence, strong initiative, results-oriented / will to win, adaptability and coachability, sales and learning agility, integrity, strong business acumen.

Verification that you will satisfy all vendor credentialing requirements, which may include vaccination for COVID-19. If you require a medical or religious accommodation from these requirements or if you would like to understand more about these requirements, please advise HR so that we can provide additional information and if needed, we can explore any needed accommodation(s).

The base pay for this position is $60,000.00 – $120,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.