Regional Sales Director - Southeastern US, Abbott Diabetes Care

## Regional Sales Director
- Southeastern US, Abbott Diabetes Care Apply:
United States
- Illinois
- Abbott Park:
Full time:
Posted Today:
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 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.##
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* JOB DESCRIPTION:

**** WORKING AT ABBOTT:
** 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 113,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.  At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and 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 high employer contribution
* 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 a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists  
** The Opportunity
** As a global leader in diabetes care, Abbott is constantly working to deliver the highest quality products and unwavering support to our customers. Consistent and accurate glucose monitoring is the foundation of any diabetes management plan so we’re committed to continuous improvement in the way patients and professionals measure, track and analyze glucose levels.  ROLE DESCRIPTION
* Drive the long-term growth of Freestyle Libre products through the leadership of a high performing, customer-centric, agile, sales force.
* Develop a robust talent pipeline of high performers who drive the business and may be developed into future Abbott leaders.  

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
* Increase sales and profits of the region; consistently deliver financial and business strategy aligned to business goals; proven ability to outmaneuver competitors and help the business grow faster than the market
* Leverage business analytics, customer and competitive insights to conduct on-going analysis of growth potential throughout the region and create an omnichannel engagement strategy to establish Abbott as the brand of choices throughout the region
* Build strategic relationships with senior healthcare stakeholders across healthcare settings, channels and platforms to expand Abbott influence throughout the region, including leveraging these relationships to gain access to and build relationships with new stakeholders.
* Act as a trusted advisor to regional stakeholders by partnering / collaborating to create innovative solutions/programs that evolve their views/use of the FSL ecosystem to drive value (as they define it).
* Innovate the use of omnichannel tools and platforms to deliver different types of value to a variety of customers (HCPs, accounts, policy decision-makers, etc.).
* Lead complex negotiations and influence scenarios with a variety of regional stakeholders / decision makers, gaining buy-in to win-win solutions that deliver long-term value to customers and ADC.
* Partner with leadership on significant customer opportunities and set salesforce priorities, balancing long and short-term benefits relative to…