Sales Training Team Lead

Abbott Labs (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.

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China - Shanghai Until 8/24/2026 H-1B sponsor history First posted June 25, 2026 Last posted June 25, 2026
Job description

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Major Responsibilities/Activities:

  • Set a vision and strategy for BU sales training team resulting in active support and participation by the team and stakeholders
  • Provide continuous developmental feedback to team through formal and informal review sessions to improve overall team and individual performance
  • Support team with career/growth planning and skill development to reach their goals.
  • Lead talent management: recruits, retains and promotes a high performing team
  • Be the expert on products strategy/knowledge and their related markets in areas of responsibility in order to provide quality training and skill programs that meet the needs of respective BU
  • Identify and correct sales personnel deficiencies in product knowledge, selling skills, management and leadership skill to strengthen productivity
  • Take lead to reinforce field utilization of integration of product strategy, knowledge, skill with field coaching and value added workshops after phase training
  • Take lead to identify skill needs required by sales region to successfully compete in the rapidly changing marketplace and introduce these skills to BU commercial team
  • Be a role model beyond the BU sales training team to partner with RSM and DSM/Rep leadership and functional competencies to ensure that they have capabilities to meet both short/long term business goals, especially focus on new or high potential DSM/Rep
  • Conduct team to take lead to work with RSM to analyze evolving business opportunities/issues and develop region-specific training workshops/processes to promote areas sales strategies
  • Conduct team to take on additional projects as assigned by sales training team and/or RSM
  • Be partnership with BUDs and HR team to identify trends in industry and design specific business and talent development projects to build future focused capabilities
  • Lead team to work closely with BU sales and marketing team to create, execute, evaluate BU specific learning and development projects for real business needs
  • Lead team to participate in new BU product and market development activities to provide customer/commercial focus and to assure that the sales force in prepared to rapidly execute entry to new product lines and markets
  • Lead team to work closely with BU sales team leader in the design, development and delivery of field training programs for new product launches, existing products and skill training; participate in the delivery of training at regional or national business meetings
  • Conduct team to measure the effectiveness of BU and sales region related training programs and tools
  • Work closely with global training team to conduct global capability building program local implementation to DSM/Rep

     

The base pay for this position is

N/A

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

     

JOB FAMILY:

Sales Support & Administration

     

DIVISION:

EPD Established Pharma

        

LOCATION:

China > Shanghai : 388 W. Nanjing Road, Ciros Plaza

     

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

     

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

     

TRAVEL:

Not specified

     

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

     

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Not Applicable

     

     

     

About this role

Summary

Leads sales training, develops team, and collaborates on product and market strategies.

Job title

Sales Training Team Lead

Experience level

null

Industry

pharmaceuticals

Location requirements

Shanghai, China; remote not specified

Salary

Not specified

Visa sponsorship

H-1B sponsor history

Management role

Yes

Skills & keywords

Required skills

team leadershipproduct knowledgetraining developmentcollaboration

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

sales trainingteam leadershipproduct knowledgemarket development
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Shanghai, China

On-site City