Group Lead, Strategic Pricing & Contracting

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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. JOB DESCRIPTION: Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve peoples health. Were always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology. 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. Youll also have access to: Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of. Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year. An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelors 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. The Opportunity 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, nutritional's and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. For years, Abbott's medical device businesses have offered technologies that are faster, more effective, and less invasive.Whether it's glucose monitoring systems, innovative therapies for treating heart disease, or products that help people with chronic pain or movement disorders, our medical device technologies are designed to help people live their lives better and healthier. Every day, our technologies help more than 10,000 people have healthier hearts, improve quality of life for thousands of people living with chronic pain and movement disorders, and liberate more than 500,000 people with diabetes from routine fingersticks. Our team in Austin, TX is looking for a Group Lead, Strategic Pricing & Contracting. Position will support the Structural Heart (SH) Business Unit. The Group Leader will provide support, training, leadership and problem solving to a team responsible for timely review, detailed financial analysis, and administration of sales requests, contracting, and pricing adjustments for local accounts for Abbott Structural Heart deals. Lead projects, identify opportunities, manage team activities, and develop team members. What Youll Work On Coach and mentor Business Analyst and Strategic Account Analyst. Lead training process and update documentation for staff training and for field sales training. Lead contract template development process and manage updates to policies and procedures from leadership, legal, OEC and finance. Proactively research, analyze, and interpret data to produce substantiated recommendations and to work effectively in a high-pressure, high-demand sales support environment. Manage cross functional work flows among various departments including Finance, Legal, Customer Service and Marketing. Promote creative problem solving among team members and foster a team environment. Provide oversight and guidance in the financial analysis and contracting of Purchasing Agreements. Lead planning calls with Regional Sales Directors and Area Vice Presidents in multiple franchises to prepare RFP responses, gain alignment on pricing strategy and analytics and review strategy for Price Council. Prepare agendas, format complex deals, and facilitate Price Council calls with senior leadership. Attention to detail is required. Must be able to consider the broader scope when working through new contract structures and identify/address the effects it may have on other agreements and/or processes. Lead projects, identify opportunities, define, and financially justify projects, launch project teams, use good project management to manage team activities, lead teams to execute projects with the problem-solving methodology, track project and program status and results, remove and elevate project barriers, and develop team members. Collaborate with key cross-functional partners (Legal, Marketing, BU Leadership, and Customer Service) to facilitate contract readiness for new product launches. Owns contract creation from start to finish collaborative effort with sales team to define price needs, analysis to determine financial impact, execution of required internal review for price approval, documentation of proper approval, and final creation of outbound contract offering to end customer. EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOULL BRING Bachelors Degree related field OR an equivalent combination of education and work experience Masters Degree Preferred Minimum 8 years related work experience with a strong understanding of specified functional area. Apply Now Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com 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. Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbottand on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal The base pay for this position is $99,300.00 $198,700.00 In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted. JOB FAMILY: Sales Support & Administration DIVISION: MD Medical Devices LOCATION: United States > Austin : 8701 Bee Caves Rd ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS: WORK SHIFT: Standard TRAVEL: Yes, 5 % of the Time MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: Not Applicable SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday) Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans. EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdf EEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf Abbott is about the power of health. For more than 135 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential because better health allows people and communities to achieve more. With a diverse, global network serving customers in more than 160 countries, we create new solutions across the spectrum of health, around the world, for all stages of life. Whether its next-generation diagnostics, life-changing devices, science-based nutrition, or novel reformulations, we are advancing some of the most innovative and revolutionary technologies in healthcare, helping people live their best lives through better health. The people of Abbott come to work each day with relentless energy, enthusiasm and a promise to enhance the health and well-being of millions of people. They push the boundaries to help manage and treat some of lifes greatest health challenges. We invite you to explore opportunities at Abbott, to see if your talents and career aspirations may fit with our openings. An equal opportunity employer, Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce. Follow Us: Facebook LinkedIn YouTube Twitter