Admin Specialist, Sales

Baxter is a leading worldwide manufacturer and provider of medical technologies and related services for the health care industry, including patient support systems, safe mobility and handling solutions, non-invasive therapeutic products for a variety of acute and chronic medical conditions, medical equipment rentals, surgical products and information technology solutions. Baxter/Hillrom's comprehensive product and service offerings are used by health care providers across the health care continuum and around the world in hospitals, extended care facilities and home care settings to improve the safety and quality of patient care.

Your team

The Administrative Assistant for our Respiratory Care division is responsible to provide a wide range of administrative support and executive assistance to the Executive business leadership team and St. Paul Facility. The ideal candidate is highly self-motivated, professional, and capable of managing their workload and prioritizing tasks in a fast-paced corporate environment. Responsible for creating and maintaining exceptional customer value, employee value, and shareholder value in an environment that is demanding and ever-changing. This will include and not limited to a variety of other projects and activities supporting executive team members.

What you'll be doing

• Screening calls, managing calendars in Outlook, expense management in Concur, correspondence, scheduling travel, and other scheduled communication of assigned leaders.
• Provide administrative support for local and corporate initiatives at the facility, including maintenance and effective interface/communications with corporate executive administrative staff.
• Communicate between executives and customer executives to coordinate meetings and calendars.
• Lead and prioritize various special projects from inception through completion.
• Provide administrative support for any internal or external events as requested such as client visits, carrier lunches, department meetings, sales meetings, and vendor presentations.
• Provide support and expertise on Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
• Handle all Marketing SOWs, invoices, creating POs in Ariba Guided Buying portal, and setting up supplier requests in Ariba Spend Management portal as needed.
• Provide support and expertise in the invoicing process and working with A/P.
• Handle regional sales tradeshow sponsorships and charitable donations, manage contracts and payments for Speakers Bureau program, Ad boards, position consultants, and maintain a compliance tracking tool for Sunshine Reporting Act.
• Run the sales new hire onboarding process including welcome packets, orientation binders, I/T equipment ordering, RH sales directory, and sales termination and transfer process.
• Support other commercial activities such as sales training events, customized clinic prescription pads, ad promo document proofreading, national tradeshow coordinating, and marketing budget tracking.
• Serve as part of front desk administrative back-up team as needed.
• Perform other similar or related administrative support duties.

What you'll bring

• High school diploma is required; Associate’s or bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing or similar is highly desirable
• 2+ years related experience required, preferably in an administrative capacity
• Outstanding written, verbal and interpersonal communications and presentation skills
• Excellent organizational skills and strong detail orientation
• Project experience preferred
• Experience interacting with a geographically dispersed team
• Ideal candidate will have a can-do attitude, take charge mentality, demonstrate flexibility
• Experience using Concur for travel and expense report reconciliation highly preferred
• Demonstrate a professional demeanor with strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills

Baxter is committed to supporting the needs for flexibility in the workplace. We do so through our flexible workplace policy which includes a minimum of 3 days a week onsite. This policy provides the benefits of connecting and collaborating in-person in support of our Mission.

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. At Baxter, we are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. The estimated base salary for this position is $60,000.00 to $82,500.00 annually. The estimated range is meant to reflect an anticipated salary range for the position. We may pay more or less than of the anticipated range based upon market data and other factors, all of which are subject to change. Individual pay is based on upon location, skills and expertise, experience, and other relevant factors. For questions about this, our pay philosophy, and available benefits, please speak to the recruiter if you decide to apply and are selected for an interview