Life Science Account Manager

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)

Benefits we offer:

In addition to a competitive base salary depending on experience, you will receive an attractive sales bonus with possible career development opportunities once Contract ends as well as necessary training to suceed in the role.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.