Associate Customer Service

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

About Abbott

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.

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. You will have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.

• Health Insurance (starting on Day 1 of employment), Savings Plan (401K) with company match, Life insurance for you and your spouse/children, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Education Assistance, Employee Assistance Program, Vacation, Sick, Personal Days.

• 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

This position works out of our Arecibo location in the CRM division at first shift-. As a global leader in Medical Devices Technologies. Provide Process/Quality Engineering support to manufacturing, helping to ensure delivery of highest quality product to the customer.

What You’ll Do

• Perform pro- active follow - up calls to sales representatives / complaints to obtain implant information, purchase order numbers and device tracking information in order to ensure correct inventory records, and the billing of all devices in a timely manner.

• Verify and process purchases, and/or coordinate the distribution of generators, leads, instruments and accessories to hospitals and/ or to sales representatives as appropriate.

• Research and resolve any problem with orders received. Correct the order as necessary, and release for ID patient processing

• Research and prepare billing corrections when required, to ensure proper billing and correct commission payments on all devices.

• Resolve and/ or facilitate resolution of problems, including identifying causes to prevent re- occurrence

• Monitor "Use- Before- Date" of all sterilized inventory and works with sales representatives and management to minimize losses due to expiration.

• Support all Company initiatives as identified by management and in support of Quality Management Systems (QMS), Environmental Management Systems (EMS), and other regulatory requirements.

• Complies with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers. contractors, and vendors.

• Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies, and performing other duties as assigned by management.

• Patient Registration: Timely and accurate entry of patient registration information, including performing follow up on missing information or requesting clarification for conflicting information.

Required Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you will require the following qualifications:

• High School diploma. Associate degree preferred.

• 2+ years of experience in a customer service or data entry in healthcare environment. 2+ years of experience in the biotech, bio instruments, pharma or medical devices industries is preferred.

• Fluent in English (conversational). Demonstrated competence in English spelling, grammar and punctuation, including the ability to successfully pass a reading comprehension pre-employment examination.

• Demonstrated the organizational skills, attentiveness to detail, ability to work under general supervision and the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously.

• Demonstrated interpersonal skills attentiveness to detail, including the ability to listen, resolve problems, deal with unresolved issues, delays and unexpected events, while effectively communicating and maintaining rapport with sales representatives and customers.

• Must possess demonstrated keyboard and personal computer skills (experience with SAP, Microsoft Office including Excel, Word or equivalent applications required).

• Ability to manage multiple tasks.

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/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.

The base pay for this position is

$12.80 – $22.40/hour

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

Job family

Customer Service

Divisione

CRM Cardiac Rhythm Management

Sede di lavoro

Puerto Rico > Arecibo : Santana Industrial Park Interior Lot A, Road #2, Km 67.5

Sedi di lavoro ulteriori

Turni

Standard

Viaggiare

Yes, 10 % of the Time

Controllo medico

No

Attività lavorative significative

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)

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