2027 Pharmaceutical Sales Intern (Undergraduate)

Company Description

About AbbVie

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

Job Description

Pharmaceutical Sales Intern Overview

Envision spending your summer working with energetic colleagues and inspirational leaders, all while gaining world-class experience in one of the most dynamic organizations in the pharmaceutical industry. This is a reality for AbbVie Interns.

As an AbbVie Pharmaceutical Sales Intern, you will participate in a paid, ten-week summer program, working on meaningful assignments that have a real impact on our business and patients worldwide.

Key responsibilities include:

• The first half of internship will consist of company orientation activities and product training. Intern must successfully complete product training before proceeding into the field.

• The second half of internship will be hands-on field experience in a designated geographic location. The intern will always be accompanied by a District Manager or a Sales Rep while in the field.

• The intern will have an opportunity to work with Sales leaders on a regular basis to prepare and reflect on field experience and receive coaching and feedback.

• The intern will progress weekly toward delivering an impactful Product Core Call certification in the final week of internship that involves developing a pre-call plan, role-play scenario showcasing AbbVie’s value proposition with healthcare providers.

• Deliver a final intern presentation showcasing an understanding of the drivers for delivering sales performance, brand KPIs, financial targets, marketing objectives, etc. in order to meet or exceed on those objectives.

• Travel will be required between corporate Head Quarters in Lake County, IL, and the intern’s assigned geographic district.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Must be currently enrolled in university, pursuing a bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, sales, business related field, biological sciences, pharmacy, or equivalent.

• Must be enrolled in university the semester following your internship and graduate between c.

Preferred Qualifications

• Basic Healthcare or Biotechnology industry knowledge

• Comfortable with frequent air and ground travel

• Open to relocation upon full-time hire

• Strong communication skills with ability to adapt to many different scenarios

• Strong desire to learn; self-motivated with high levels of discipline

• Basic/Intermediate experience in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams)

• Excellent problem-solving, written, and verbal skills

• Exceptional interpersonal, leadership and project management skills

• Proven track record of teamwork, adaptability, innovation, initiative, and integrity

• Interest in a sales career that requires strong clinical acumen

• Planning and organization skills

• Possesses strategic and critical thinking capabilities

• Operates effectively in a matrix environment

Additional Information

Benefits and Amenities:

Competitive pay Relocation support for eligible students Select wellness benefits and paid holiday / sick time

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:

The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

Equal Employment Opportunity At AbbVie, we value bringing together individuals from diverse backgrounds to develop new and innovative solutions for patients. As an equal opportunity employer we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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