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.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your 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 a 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 worldwide 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our St. Paul, MN location in the Heart Failure Division.

In Abbott’s Heart Failure (HF) business, we’re developing solutions to diagnose, monitor and manage heart failure, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.  

The shift for this role is 10am to 6:30pm Monday - Friday.

What You'll Do  

• Receives and processes customer rental and purchase orders according to establish procedures.  Interprets and clarifies customer orders for the shipping department, creates relevant shipping paperwork, communicates waybill information, and traces lost shipments.  Maintains customer contact until shipment is received at point of destination. 
• Follows up and resolves order discrepancies, credit holds, training requirements or product availability issues when appropriate with the guidance of team lead/Supervisor.  Communicates to our customers on order status, expected release dates or requirements needed to fulfill order.
• Provides and communicates inventory status updates and support.  Researches and prepares billing correction requests to ensure proper billing and corrects commission payments on all devices. Provides accurate entry and field support for clinical procedure calendar when required.
• Keeps current on all products offered by company. Monitors, understands and implements changes in regulatory requirements or CS processes.
• Responsible for obtaining approvals, issuing and tracking Returns and ensuring the issuance of credits based on procedures.  Works with customers to expedite the return through to resolution. Receives and responds to customer product complaints, determines validity of warranty period, processes credits, works with internal personnel to schedule installs, ship replacements or loaned equipment to address immediate customer needs. 
• Performs consignment inventory initial set-up, audits and troubleshoots discrepancies through to resolution with external customers.  May generate reports on inventory and consignment products for field or management distribution.
• Maintains Accounts and Contacts in ERP and CRM Databases including maintenance and updates.  Consults and strategizes with management regarding identifying key hospital personnel regarding future product opportunities and customer needs.

  

Required Qualifications 

• High school diploma or other specialized training/equivalent related experience. 
• Minimum of two or more years of demonstrated experience in a customer service or closely related environment.

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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.

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The base pay for this position is

$16.20 – $32.40/hour

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

     

JOB FAMILY:

Customer Service

     

DIVISION:

HF Heart Failure

        

LOCATION:

United States > Minnesota > St. Paul > Lillehei : One Lillehei Plaza

     

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

     

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

     

TRAVEL:

Not specified

     

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