Diabetes Sales Specialist – Diabetes Care (East Toronto)

The Opportunity

This position is field-based in the East of Toronto Area in the Diabetes Care Division. In ADC, we’re focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We’re revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology.

In this position, the Diabetes Sales Specialist performs duties and activities within established company policies and procedures in a professional and ethical manner for quality performance to develop maximum sales growth in an assigned geographical territory. Contacts and calls on high prescribing doctors, educators and retail pharmacists within the diabetes category, as well as maintains a high level of disease state, competitive and Abbott Diabetes Care product knowledge to meet the customers’ needs and expectations. This position reports to the District Manager.

What You’ll Do

• Build a strategic territory plan to maximize sales by analyzing market dynamics and utilizing available information to develop, plan, track and adjust appropriately to meet short and long-term goals;
• Grow sales and share of sensors and BGM test strips by effectively educating and convincing HCPs to recommend Abbott products to patients;
• Work in close collaboration with sales and marketing team members to grow share;
• Pursue a continuous program for self-development to educate self on the disease state, new products (Abbott Diabetes Care and competition), new tools, and the changing business environment to help build sales and manage effectively the territory;
• Communicate sales activity, follow-up, and report in a clear, concise and consistent manner, while meeting key administrative and project deadlines;
• Maintain all assigned company equipment, records and supplies in accordance with company policy for efficient operations.

Required Qualifications