Your responsibilities

• Manage and grow profitable business growth for the consumables & accessory business within given territory, as well as leveraging the entire aftermarket product and service
• Meet or exceed quotas within assigned region while supporting management’s strategic objectives
• Actively involved in Instrument and service lead generation
• Desire and willingness to hunt for new business with cold-calling activities
• Promote on-line purchasing channels and standing order agreements during client interactions
• Interface with other departments as required, handling customer situations, research customer issues and solving internal coordination problems, maintains communication by troubleshooting, reporting and tracking problems
• Assesses competitors by analyzing and summarizing competitor information and trends; identifying sales opportunities
• Develops sales opportunities by researching and identifying potential accounts; soliciting new accounts; building report; providing technical information and explanations; preparing quotations.
• Develops accounts by checking customer's buying history; suggesting related and new items; explaining technical features
• Maintains and improves quality results by following standards; recommending improved policies and procedures
• Updates job knowledge by studying new product descriptions; participating in educational opportunities
• Coordinate with other company departments to prevent and resolve issues in product quoting, sales, and shipping
• Communicate new product and service opportunities, special developments, information, or feedback gathered through customer contact to appropriate owner
• Prepare a variety of reports, including activity, follow-up, progress on the sales outcomes
• Make cold calls and prepare quotations and tenders to prospective customers, actively promote company’s products
• Using SAP, SFDC, CRM and other company software if needed to prepare reports

Our requirements

• Fluent in French, average English to work in an international environment. An additional language is a plus
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience in chemistry, organic chemistry, biochemistry, biotechnology or similar scientific field
• Chemistry background - Technical product knowledge - preferred but full training will be provided.
• Strong process and IT capabilities
• Ability to work with little or no supervision
• Organized, methodical and able to multi-task
• Excellent listening, communication, very good relationship skills
• Result focused, action oriented
• Good customer service ethic
• Previous sales experience preferred

What we offer

• Private healthcare including dental care – MEDICOVER

• Life and long-term disability insurance – GENERALI

• Gym card - MULTISPORT

• Social Fund Subsidies

• Home Office allowance

• Tuition reimbursement

• Referral awards

• Internal career development opportunities in multiple business areas

• Birthday Holiday

• and up to 3 additional days of vacation by length of service in the company