Sales Development Specialist (Chromatography)

About the role

You will be part of the team of Sales Development Specialists and you will be commercially responsible for a sales territory within a designated part of our product portfolio (Focused and New products). You are results-oriented and agile to respond to changing market conditions. As a collaborative partner to the Account Management organization, you are an excellent team player, communicator, and motivator. Main Responsibilities & Tasks: Achieve or exceed revenue, growth and strategic field targets (trials, demos, samples, opportunities, etc) for the area of responsibility. Proactively identify and drive commercial initiatives in support of the targets. Acquire new and expand the relationships with existing customers by continuously proposing solutions that meet Customer's needs and Sartorius's strategy. Manage the short- and long-term opportunity funnel & sales process for your area of responsibility: lead identification, strategic evaluation, selling cycle, resulting business impact and best commercial-technical solution Collaborate with key stakeholders, most notably Account Management and Technical Support teams Lead & opportunity generation: Conduct research and actively identify potential leads, e.g. through target customer lists, and convert leads into opportunities, as well as executing/initiating test/demos/URS analysis/trials/technical closure at customer Seeding strategy development & implementation: Develop seeding strategies, campaigns, approaches, pilots and drives implementation/product adoption Tracking and reporting: Continuously monitor and track the progress of seeding activities and technical product performance Qualification & Skills: Masters in life sciences/Biotechnology/Biochemistry. Minimum 5-10 years of experience in purification of biosimilars/recombinant protein chromatography process development at lab scale or hands-on experience in chromatography processes at pilot/manufacturing scale, familiar with column packing techniques. Working in sales development or application development with chromatography equipment suppliers is an added advantage. Field sales experience or chromatography process development experience, preferably with laboratory/process-based experience in life sciences. Knowledge on downstream process intensification and hands on experience is advantage. Experience in selling chromatography instrumentation and / or selling chromatography consumables to clients in different sectors is a plus Result-oriented and highly motivated Capable of providing outstanding pre and post application support to customers. Ability to manage complex issues using innovation and processes Excellent communication skills About Sartorius Sartorius is part of the solution in the fight against cancer, dementia, and many other diseases. Our technologies help translate scientific discoveries into real-world medicine faster, so that new therapeutics can reach patients worldwide. We look for ambitious team players and creative minds, who want to contribute to this goal and advance their careers in a dynamic global environment. Join our global team and become part of the solution. We are looking forward to receiving your application. www.sartorius.com/careers