National Sales Trainer

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.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, learn, care for yourself and your 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.
• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

The role of National Sales Trainer works out in our facilities in Irving, TX, in the Diagnostics Division. 

We’re empowering smarter medical and economic decision-making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Every day, more than 10 million tests are run on Abbott’s diagnostics instruments, providing lab results for millions of people.

The position is for the Core Diagnostics Division in Irving, Texas. The National Sales Trainer will assist in the execution of training plans for our sales professionals. The candidate with develop and deliver the education and preparation of our sales team,s including but not limited to Account Executives, Ambassadors, District Managers, Enterprise Account Managers, and product-specific specialists. You will work in coordination with the Training Manager to effectively coordinate and deliver content in training sessions. We are looking for an ambitious, organized, and highly efficient expert with successful diagnostic sales and or training experience. Familiarity with Core Diagnostics sales is also helpful for candidates considered for this position. We offer a generous compensation structure and a team-oriented environment.

What You’ll Work On

• Work with the National Training Manager to implement training programs, certifications, and initiatives. This includes the identification and prioritization of training needs through collaboration with the leadership team.
• Identify, administer, and measure key indicators and assessment tools that ensure that new hire sales training participants have an understanding of all key areas: sales process, product information, and internal processes, including but not limited to Salesforce, Power BI, and Definitive Healthcare.
• Assist Product Managers in implementing training programs to support acquisition and value expansion goals.
• Keeps up to date on all product information and marketing strategies/initiatives to serve as an ongoing key resource for new hires beyond formal training.
• Must provide product demo excellence capabilities on key products
• Provides expert-level product demonstrations on key products to attendees
• Works with the training manager to identify unmet training needs and help create a curriculum to facilitate the necessar