Contract Administrator

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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.

• 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 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

Abbott Rapid Diagnostics is part of Abbott’s Diagnostics family of businesses, delivering industry-leading technologies and expert teams to support diagnostic testing that informs treatment and disease management.

We are hiring a Contract Administrator to support our Cardiometabolic business unit within Abbott Rapid Diagnostics. This position is based at our Lake Forest, IL office .

The Contract Administrator will provide administrative, analytical, and procedural support to internal and external customers on behalf of the Contract Administration Department. Acting as a liaison between account executives, regional sales directors, directors of national accounts, and other stakeholders, this role ensures accurate processing and administration of sales contracts.

What you'll do:

• Ensure timely processing of sales contracts
• Negotiate and draft contract terms and conditions in accordance with corporate policies
• Analyze potential risks that contract changes may pose to the organization
• Present and explain contract conditions and details to customers, business partners, and management
• Resolve any existing contract conflicts
• Work with different levels of personnel within an organization to analyze and solidify an overall contract strategy
• Independently support one or more sales regions regarding full contract management
• Acts as a resource to the sales organization regarding current pricing and contracting policies, and programs
• Participate in and prepare for contracting strategy meetings
• Perform database maintenance on an ongoing basis to ensure accurate reporting
• Assist in updating departmental SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures)
• Meet deadlines and update clients with status
• Utilize data from the company’s CRM system to generate reports, analyze data, and track product and ordering patterns
• Interface with internal fulfillment group and distributors to establish working relationships, assure proper end-user pricing, and contract effective dates are loaded
• Understands and is aware of the quality consequences that may occur from the improper performance of their specific job; has awareness of device defects that may occur in their area of responsibility, including product design, verification and validation, manufacturing,and testing activities
• Responsible for exhibiting professional behavior with both internal/external business associates that reflects positively on the company and is consistent with the company’s policies and practices; build productive internal/external working relationships
• Carries out duties in compliance with established business policies
• Other duties as assigned, according to the changing needs of the business

Required Qualification:

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in a business-related discipline.
• Minimum intermediate experience with Word and Excel is a must.
• Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in commercial sales contracting.

Preferred Qualification:

• Two to four years’ experience directly related to contract administration, preferably within the bio-tech/ healthcare industry.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively and constructively communicate across departmental disciplines while pursuing contract department goals.
• Must have good communication & organizational skills
• Must have a customer service attitude & good computer skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.)
• Self-starter and a multi-tasker
• Ability to work in a high-volume, dynamic team environment
• Previous CRM or database experience preferred
• Previous healthcare, biotech, or sales industry experience preferred

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The base pay for this position is $60,000.00 – $120,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.