Assistant Sales Manager - Diabetes Care

ROLE DESCRIPTION

• Contribute to the long-term growth of Abbott Nutrition products in territory/ area by servicing a defined customer base through a reliable distributor network
• Manage a team of sales reps to generate new business and grow existing business throughout the region
• Develop a reliable distributor network that optimizes the breadth and availability of product SKUs throughout the region
• Manage and track distributor performance to drive business growth
• Accountable for the achievement of sales target, market share and profit objectives in each area through people and 3rd Party Agents so as to deliver the Customer, Consumer & Shopper propositions at the point of purchase

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES & ACTIVITIES

• Drive regional strategy and account planning across channels and customer types through team enablement and coaching
• Drive regional results and market share through the creation and execution of territory plans by channel and customer type
• Analyze market and category opportunities within territory using real-time omnichannel business intelligence to identify opportunities for market share growth at the customer/account level
• Manage distributors to ensure optimal availability of product SKUs and service levels
• Jointly work with distributors to drive business of key customers
• Influence distributors to increase investment in working capital
• Hold distributors accountable to the service, infrastructure, and financial terms of the contract
• Provide win-win solutions through distributor negotiations
• Collaborate with distributors as business partners, influencing their support for Abbott’s priorities/plans
• Observe and provide progressive, real-time coaching and feedback to sales team and distributors in the field on every aspect of the customer lifecycle to drive team performance
• Accelerate the development of digital knowledge and application in sales team through coaching and role- modeling
• Maintain development plans for sales team members, considering development needs at the individual and team levels
• Optimize team performance by identifying knowledge and skill gaps in trade sales reps and across the team and creating individual development plans to elevate capabilities across the territory

REQUIREMENTS

• Strong customer insight skills, including integrating digital tools with traditional touchpoints across channels and platforms, and interpreting and translating online and offline customer behaviors into strategic activities
• Accurately analyzing the key strengths and development needs of team members, both individually and as a total team, to identify critical development actions
• Ability to experiment and navigate the discomfort of change for self and while leading others
• Comfort with complexity, critical thinking and problem-solving (mental agility)
• Ability to make new connections between data and insights, and to make these ideas understandable and actionable to others
• Organizational awareness and an ability to work cross-functionally
• Continuous team development and coordination
• Enabling results through others by empowering and developing people

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