Key Account Manager, DACH

at  Meissner

THE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL NEED:

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Science, Business, and/or related experience.
• 3+ years of B2B sales experience in the Life Sciences industry.
• Professional skills in verbal and written communication in German & English.
• Proven ability to identify, drive and close sales employing a Technical and Tactical Consultative approach.
• General sales skills, presentation skills and solid business acumen.
• Able to build and maintain strong relationships; builds credibility and trust with internal partners and customers.
• Able to manage multiple tasks and plans time and priorities in an effective manner to achieve goals for sustainable results.

In this field based Key Account Management role, you will be responsible for working within our sales organization to drive growth, build and maintain effective relationships within assigned territory.

• Develop our customers, territory and execute our sales vision.
• Actively identifying new prospects and customers in addition to growing business in existing accounts.
• You will systematically prepare, identify key stakeholders, build out relationships and find the most efficient path to closed-won in the assigned territory.
• You will be responsible for managing customer relationships at multiple levels to ensure successful completion and execution of orders.
• Visiting customers regularly to promote strategic relationships and to identify new business opportunities.
• Perform necessary overnight travel as required, approximately 40% of the time, including some weekends