[Hiring] National Sales Trainer @Abbott

Role Description

Our Pediatric Nutrition team has an opportunity for a National Sales Trainer. This role is designed as a remote-based position, recognizing the national scope of the training responsibilities. The National Sales Trainer role is intended as a developmental assignment, typically lasting 2+ years. Candidates must be open to future relocation into a field-based role in another territory as part of a broader career progression into sales leadership.

• Achievement of Sales Training objectives, goals, strategies and measures.
• Support the identification, development and implementation of assigned product and sales skill training for new hires and sales team members, to include product modules, sales aid annotations, case studies, etc.
• Gain and exhibit competence in computer applications as needed by the position and to support Field Sales applications.
• Become acquainted with adult learning principles and begin to apply them on the job.
• Develop effective group presentation skills for the classroom and sales meetings.
• Develop effective written communication skills supporting training activities.
• Adapt training materials to changes in selling and customer environments.
• Knowledge of assigned products, markets and customers to ensure that effective training programs are identified, developed and implemented.
• Accountable for achieving annual goals.
• Annual review and updating of assigned training materials to reflect current priorities and strategies.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree required with 3-5 years overall business experience.
• 3+ years sales experience in pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, device, or equivalent industry within healthcare.
• 1+ years field training experience in medical or healthcare industry.
• Proven track record of exceptional sales performance.
• Demonstrated competency in advanced selling techniques.
• Strong communication and presentations skills.
• Effective 1:1 coaching and facilitation skills.
• Exercises good judgment.
• Excellent knowledge of industry’s products.
• Strong skills in Word, Power Point and Excel.

Requirements

• Remote-based position.
• Open to future relocation into a field-based role.

Benefits

• Career development with an international company.
• Free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries.
• Named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• 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.