Associate Sales Representative, GSS - Louisiana or Arkansas

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Your Role at Baxter

THIS IS WHERE you build trust to achieve results

As an Associate Sales Representative for our full operating room capital equipment product portfolio, you take pride in representing Baxter and our products. Your keen understanding of our deep portfolio of products and belief in the value and quality they provide to patients fuels your confidence. Our customers trust you and appreciate your knowledge and curiosity when finding solutions to meet their needs. You enjoy being on location, building relationships, and establishing trust with the doctors and nurses who use Baxter solutions every day.

As a member of Baxter’s sales team, aligned to the Southern California region in our Surgical Business unit, you'll promote our Surgical Portfolio focusing on surgical professionals such as surgeons, nurses, and operating room staff, ensuring patient-centric approach in all your dealings. You’ll work with a team of Sales Consultants in your region to achieve or exceed personal and business goals, all in pursuit of our mission to save and sustain lives. In the sales role, you’ll have the opportunity to provide input on new markets and products, handle customer concerns, and collaborate with other teams

What you'll be doing:

• Supporting and promoting our Surgical Portfolio in your territory to meet customer’s clinical and economic needs
• Independently formulating and implementing selling strategies to sell products of intermediate complexity directly to customers by phone and on site.
• Engaging with the install base and existing customers for incremental purchases, pricing/delivery issues, and overall support to improve their experience
• Ensuring clinical adoption across the product portfolio through product trialing, demonstrations, and in-servicing to improve customers’ adoption of their portfolio
• Scheduling and completing customer sales calls quotas and following up on opportunities to develop the business
• Assisting with set up of product demonstrations for customers as requested
• Supporting site visits, product fairs, and mock rooms, as necessary

What you'll bring:

• High school degree/GED required. Bachelor’s degree preferred with 2+ years experience or at least 4+ years related experience. Inside or field sales role in the healthcare or similar industry preferred. Medical device experience preferred
• Effective influencing skills –ability to understand the needs of, and influence, personnel ranging from nurses to key decision makers
• Outstanding communication, negotiation, organizational, problem solving, facilitation, and presentation skills are essential for success
• Flexible, autonomous, and the ability to collaborate with multiple team members to ensure customer satisfaction
• Must be willing/able to travel at least 75% and may involve visits to remote or urban areas either individually or with other personnel. Position will have an assigned geographic territory which may span several states

Territory: State of Arkansas/ State of Louisiana

The estimated base pay range for this position is $64,000 - $72,000 annually, with additional opportunity to earn sales incentive compensation for achieving or exceeding your goals. The estimated range is meant to reflect an anticipated salary range for the position. We may pay more or less within the anticipated range based upon market data and other factors, all of which are subject to change.

Individual pay is based upon location, skills and expertise, experience, and other relevant factors. For questions about this, our pay philosophy, and available benefits, please speak to the recruiter if you decide to apply and are selected for an interview.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time

US Benefits at Baxter (except for Puerto Rico)

This is where your well-being matters. Baxter offers comprehensive compensation and benefits packages for eligible roles. Our health and well-being benefits include medical and dental coverage that start on day one, as well as insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance. Financial and retirement benefits include the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), with the ability to purchase company stock at a discount, and the 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (RSP), with options for employee contributions and company matching. We also offer Flexible Spending Accounts, educational assistance programs, and time-off benefits such as paid holidays, paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service, family and medical leaves of absence, and paid parental leave. Additional benefits include commuting benefits, the Employee Discount Program, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and childcare benefits. Join us and enjoy the competitive compensation and benefits we offer to our employees. For additional information regarding Baxter US Benefits, please speak with your recruiter or visit our Benefits site: Benefits | Baxter

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