Life Science Account Manager

at  Thermo Fisher Scientific

JOB DESCRIPTION

Are you looking to broaden your career? Fisher Scientific have an outstanding development opportunity for a sales/commercially savvy professional to join an established, hard-working and successful European Life Science team.
The Account Manager / Product Sales Manager (PSM) maintains effective customer, sales team and supplier relations, developing and implementing a strategic and tactical plan which will deliver on revenue and gross margin objectives.
Demonstrating a high level of segment/industry knowledge, the PSM facilitates meaningful supplier interaction with the wider commercial team and end users, ensuring commercial terms align with our profitability goals!
This role is initially offered as a 12 month Fixed Term Contract. The successful person will be located in the UK or Ireland and will be happy to travel to our customers anywhere within these regions.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS/QUALIFICATIONS:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Science, Engineering or Business along with significant and relevant, industry-specific experience, preferably in the research laboratory, production and/or equivalent industry work place experience.
• Commercial experience, preferably within Life Sciences. Knowledge/understanding of how a laboratory works (and/or the production environment). Experience from a wide range of sectors including academia, pharmaceutical, biotechnology would be an advantage.
• Specialist product knowledge and experience in a specialist advisory role preferred.
• Experience working to key performance indicators. To include, sales performance, call rate and CRM opportunity management.
• Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication, IT and presentation skills (written and spoken english required)
• Able and willing to travel to customer locations (25-50% of time) (Full driver’s license required)

Please refer the Job description for details