EMEA Sales Manager

Location: Germany

SIRE Life Sciences® is the market leader in life science recruitment. We believe the recruitment market needs to gear up in technology and continues innovation. We like technology, in a life science market driven on science, we couldn’t stay behind; we drive Recruitment Science. Investing a majority of our turnover in technology enables us to use unique Resource Technologies. By using highly advanced algorithms, we enable our team of Resource & Data Strategists© to maintain the most advanced, detailed and complete Life Sciences network in Europe. This big data enables us to work Reverse Recruitment©: we first analyze the market in-depth before we go out to the market. Because we analyze the whole market, we can compare facts and data. This enables us to do Facts & Big Data Recruitment©, making sure we, or better yet, you find the right career!

THE COMPANY

Our client is a professional Food organization, based in Germany.

A world-class company that provides specialist enzyme products to many of the world’s top food, chemical and pharmaceutical companies, has an immediate requirement for a Business Development Manager to join them.

ROLE DESCRIPTION

This is an exciting and unique opportunity for a Business Development Manager to facilitate the growth of their enzyme commercialisation business unit across the EMEA Region.

RESPONSIBILITIES

This business unit commercialises speciality enzyme products by bringing enzyme development and
manufacturing together. Therefore, the services offered range from lab scale enzyme development to industrial scale fermentations. You will be forward facing and will be responsible for generating business through direct contact, liaising with technical staff to write proposals and planning business development strategy.

The role is both technical and commercial, so a science degree is essential along with experience of selling
technical products into technical markets. An understanding of the European biotechnology industry
(pharmaceutical, fine chemical, flavours, fragrance, food etc.) would be a distinct advantage.

This role demands a fast learner, an eye for detail and the ability to think laterally to navigate multi-faceted technical solutions. You will need innate business acumen to ensure profitability and growth along with the flexibility to spend around 50% of your time travelling within the UK and Europe.

Post graduates with a PhD and relevant experience may be considered for this role though salary will be commensurate with experience and industrial experience of industrial biotechnology or enzyme manufacture will be a distinct advantage.

This role is ideal for someone who has both the technical ability to understand complex solutions, as well as the commercial ability to secure business and build long-lasting relationships.

If you are technically professional, a self-starter, friendly, ambitious, confident and outgoing then I would
love to hear from you.

REQUIREMENTS

Science Degree – Chemistry, Biochemistry, Microbiology or Biotechnology
PhD in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Microbiology or Biotechnology

Technical processes in at least one of the following:
• enzyme protein production,
• microbial fermentation,
• molecular biology,
• enzymology,
• biochemistry

Selling technical products into technical markets
Customer account management
Consultative selling
Proposal writing
Bio-processing
Biochemical engineering
Report Writing
International travel and dealing with different cultures

Time management: ability to manage time and workload whilst travelling
Travelling within the EMEA Region (~50% travel)
Planning cost effective customer visits
Commercial and financial experience

Are you interested and do want to apply for this role, please fill out your application via the apply button below and contact Erik Weiss.