<p>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.</p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p><b><span>About Abbott</span></b></p><p>Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.</p><p></p><p><b><span>The Opportunity </span></b></p><ul><li>This position is a remote position.</li><li>Qualified candidates <b><u><span>must</span></u></b> currently live in the Hudson, NY <span>area.</span></li><li>Travel up towards to 30%</li></ul><p></p><p>Embrace the vision of becoming the leading diagnostic service provider by achieving customer loyalty and economic profitability through passion, partnership, and performance. Efficiently provide technical support solutions including installation, corrective, pre-emptive and proactive maintenance. Go above and beyond to respond to customer needs by partnering with sales; marketing and other functional areas while adhering to current compliance guidelines.</p><p></p><p><b><span>What You’ll Work On</span></b></p><ul><li>Represent Abbott Diagnostic Division to its customer:</li><li>Responsible for providing on-site support to ADD customers.</li><li>Support field personal and District business objective and goals</li><li>Provide direction and develop mentoring skills to mentor other FSRs.</li><li>Troubleshooting and resolving complaints reported by customers on a minimum of five increasingly complex instruments as detailed in the Field Service Business Process database.</li><li>Understand and follow Quality System by accurate and timely documentation of complaint resolution.</li><li>Understand and practice regulatory and compliance procedures.</li><li>Maintain a safe work environment following laboratory safety guidelines.</li><li>Schedule and complete routine preventive maintenance, installations and other updates provided by Abbott.</li><li>Work effectively within a diverse and dynamic team environment.</li><li>Support on call rotation</li><li>Time, territory, and inventory management</li><li>Standby and after-hours responsibilities</li><li>Travel for support of other territories and training</li><li>Providing on-site critical account support inside and outside of district boundaries.</li><li>Responsible for IRL ownership to achieve organizational goals and customer satisfaction.</li><li>Responsible to work cross functionally to achieve customer satisfaction through direct communication within the local performance partnership teams (P2T).</li><li>Responsible to maintain ownership of customer issue until successful escalation or hand off takes place.</li><li>Responsible for implementing and maintaining the effectiveness of the quality system.</li><li>Provide superior customer service; through applying effective communication skills in order to build loyalty while proactively managing and resolving high stress situations.</li><li>Delight our customers by providing support including installation; Preventive Maintenance; Technical.</li><li>Service Bulletins and repair by documenting; following up; and closing calls as per Abbott Diagnostics quality system.</li><li>Partner cross-functionally and internally while maintaining positive relationships and ensure issues are resolved efficiently and satisfactorily while exceeding customer needs.</li><li>Successfully achieve the established business metrics including service sales, cost of service and key</li><li>performance indicators for assigned customers/accounts.</li><li>Champion utilization of remote support tools to proactively improve instrument up time.</li><li>Proactively improve expertise through continuous learning and certifications</li><li>Scope of responsibility includes representing Abbott Diagnostics to assigned customers in a professional</li></ul><p></p><p><b><span>Required <span>Qualifications: </span> </span></b></p><ul><li>Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience required.</li><li>Travel up towards 30%.</li></ul><p></p><p><b><span>Preferred Qualifications:</span></b></p><ul><li><span><span>Bachelors/Engineering</span></span> Degree in Bio <span><span>Medical/Electrical/Mechanical</span></span> or Medical Technology.</li><li>Practical experience of interfacing with customers.</li><li>Trouble shooting/problem solving; ability to succeed in team situations and excel independently, computer skills (Word, Excel, Power Point, Internet, Remote Computing i.e VPN, remote troubleshooting etc.), effective communication skills and strongly demonstrated interpersonal skills.</li></ul><p></p><p><b>What We offer </b></p><p>At Abbott, you can have a good job that can grow into a great career.</p><p>We offer:</p><ul><li>A fast-paced work environment where your safety is our priority</li><li>Production areas that are clean, well-lit, and <span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>temperature-controlled</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li><li>Training and career development, with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance</li><li>Financial security through competitive compensation, incentives, and retirement plans</li><li>Health care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness, and occupational health programs</li><li>Paid time off</li><li>401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match</li><li>The stability of a company with a record of strong financial performance and a history of being actively involved in local communities</li></ul><p></p><p><b><span>Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:  </span></b><a href="http://www.abbottbenefits.com/pages/candidate.aspx" target="_blank"><span><span>www.abbottbenefits.com</span></span></a></p><p>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.</p><p>Connect with us at <a href="http://www.abbott.com/" target="_blank"><span>www.abbott.com</span></a>, on Facebook at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/Abbott" target="_blank"><span><span>www.facebook.com/Abbott</span></span></a> and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><br><p>The base pay for this position is $26.50 – $53.00 per hour. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.</p>