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.

**Working at Abbott**

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

+ Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/tackling-stude...) student debt program and FreeU (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/college-degree...) 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 a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

**The Opportunity**

Join us at Abbott to pioneer the future of personalized healthcare with Lingo, our cutting-edge CGM product. In this role, you'll contribute to a technology that empowers individuals to enhance their energy, control cravings, and improve overall well-being. Join a dynamic environment that combines a start-up's agility with Abbott's rich heritage of innovation. In this role, you'll contribute significantly to health and wellness advancements, leveraging your skills in a supportive and forward-thinking setting.

The US Commercial Leader will be responsible for setting the strategic direction and the tactical implementation of sales plans that result in the achievement of sales, profit, and customer objectives. This role will partner with the leadership team to define and implement the go-to-market and customer facing strategies for the region. This role partners with the Product, Marketing, & Supply Chain teams to develop and deliver multi-year sales plans in alignment with the strategy.

**What You’ll Work On**

+ Develop the USA growth strategy to capture the wellness biomarker market.

+ Define sales targets for all key channels including Retail and B2B

+ Partner with Marketing, Product and Supply Chain to align on priorities and initiatives that will drive significant sales growth opportunities.

+ Develop and execute sales plans in the region. Establishes and monitors goals for the region. Plans; secures and manages resources.

+ Provide strategic direction to managing current and future partners’ relationships, including lifecycle planning, expansion, customer acquisition, and experience.

+ Responds to and mitigates business challenges. Drive the retail channel to meet the needs of our customers.

+ Coach, develop and motivate the team to build a sustainable pipeline of leaders for the organization. Act as a model leader in the organization.

+ Ensure that systems are in place to enable the team to operate in a legal and ethical manner.

**Required Qualifications**

+ **Strong retail experience and relationships with all major US retailers**

+ Proven track record of driving significant growth.

+ Experience with e-Commerce platform or enterprise sales

+ Associates Degree or higher required

+ Minimum of 4 years experience.

+ Excellent sales and negotiation skills. Analytical skills to digest and quickly grasp large amounts of data and to recognize key issues and ideas.

+ Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

+ Experience in the health and wellness market a major advantage.

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* Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.

**Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:** www.abbottbenefits.com (http://www.abbottbenefits.com/pages/candidate.aspx)

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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The base pay for this position is $125,300.00 – $250,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Abbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.

To request accommodation, please call 224-667-4913 or email corpjat@abbott.com