Sales Manager - Life Sciences supply chain

Sales Manager - Life Sciences supply chain

Salary: £50,000k - £60,000k + Car + £30k bonus OTE

Type: Full time permanent – Home based

WFH with travel to clients & head office

Location: Leeds / M62 - Territory - North East / North West / North UK

Manchester – Head office

Global Organisation UK & USA markets

Sector: Pharmaceuticals / Life Sciences supply chain / Storage / Distribution

Immediate hire

This is an excellent opportunity to join a global pharmaceuticals organisation in a Sales Manager appointment. You will target, development and onboard new global pharmaceutical and life sciences organisations in this sales / BDM position.

This is a new role to the business and you will be able to add real value to the commercial team and organisation in a time of growth across the UK & USA.

This is a full 360 hands-on Sales / BDM role targeting the Global Pharmaceuticals, Hosptials, Lab, medical samples sector.

Key Areas: -

* New customer development - pharmaceutical and life sciences

* Customer partnerships – relationships

* Maximising commercial opportunities and contract growth

* Events / marketing / brand / trade shows, relationship contacts, networking and Trade events

* Being self-motivated, solutions focused and a credible, first-class communicator

* GMP / cGMP environment experience

* Mixed / cross sector – drugs, blood, equipment, biologics, tissues

Key Duties and Responsibilities

* Planning & Execution for sales strategy

* Focus on UK – Global Pharmaceuticals sector / Life sciences supply chain

* Partner with commercial teams to tailor messaging for pharmaceutical manufacturer audiences.

* Set messaging strategy for products across all channels

* Face to face sales meetings / presentations, operating at a high level

* Have a good understand the GMP & cGMP environments to meet client requirements at all times.

* Achieve high rate of successful conversion and closure of all sales opportunities.

* Plan and organise sales calls in the territory for effective use of time and economic considerations to optimize performance goals within each account.

* Maintain knowledge of product/service, market/industry trends, regulatory changes, competitors, and customers and communicate to management in real-time.

* You will forward plan and manage the product marketing calendar

* Working collaboratively with stakeholders, both internally and externally, to maximise the outcomes of the performance channels.

* Lead the product messaging, customer research & reporting

* Manage and drive an integrated multi-channel marketing strategy

Person Specification

* Degree level qualification

* Pharmaceuticals / Life sciences supply chain sales exp

* Ability to think on your feet and make independent customer and commercial decisions within an agreed framework.

* Strong network

* Good understanding for UK pharmaceuticals GMP manufacturing

* Commercial bids / tenders
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed