At Azenta, formerly Brooks Life Sciences, new ideas, new technologies and new ways of thinking are driving our future. Our customer-focused culture encourages employees to embrace innovation and challenge the status quo with novel thinking and collaborative work relationships.
Azenta Life Sciences is a global leader in the life sciences space with headquarters in Burlington, MA, and offices and operations worldwide. We are a market leader in automated bio sample management solutions and multiomics services across areas such as drug development, clinical and advanced cell therapies for the industry's top pharmaceutical, biotech, academic and healthcare institutions globally.
We provide unparalleled capabilities with our lab analysis, sample management and storage services, informatics software, and consumables, with the largest installed base managing over 1 billion samples globally.
As a global leader in multiomics services, Azenta Life Sciences, leads the way in providing superior data quality with unparalleled technical support to enable researchers around the world to advance their scientific discoveries faster than ever before.
Our international Multiomics / Genomics sales team is looking for a Senior Account Manager (m/f/d) – Multiomics and Synthesis - South Europe (Spain, Portugal and Italy).
Region: Spain remote being responsible for customers in Spain, Portugal and Italy
Travel activity: 50 %
How You'll Make an Impact
The Senior Account Manager (m/f/d) provides sales expertise and account management for the given territory, leading all selling and commercial activities within existing and prospective markets for the multiomics and synthetic biology portfolio. This Senior Account Manager (m/f/d) maintains effective customer relations, develops opportunities for growth within the territory, and assures market penetration and profitability while achieving sales targets.
The primary responsibility will involve introducing our Multiomics and Synthesis service portfolio to customers through proactive prospecting and cultivating new accounts. Utilizing consultative selling techniques, playing a key role in establishing and nurturing robust client relationships. The focus will be on formulating effective account management strategies and collaborating with internal teams to deliver tailored solutions that precisely address client needs. This pivotal role will contribute to revenue generation by ensuring customer satisfaction, driving retention, and facilitating the expansion of both new and existing business opportunities.
What You`ll do
- Handle sales/account management activities for all assigned locations, defining and driving sales strategies, ensuring the achievement of bookings, revenue, and business goals (2) owns and drives the territory development plan for the assigned sales territories and work collaboratively with stakeholders and coordinates resources across different areas to effectively drive team selling.
- Deliver impactful outcomes by leveraging a deep understanding and experience in navigating typical workflows within drug discovery, drug development, gene-to-antibody, and proteomics. Utilize consultative selling techniques to add value, drawing upon expertise in life science portfolios. Innovate and develop unique products and services tailored to address the specific needs of our customers.
- Consistently exceed quarterly and annual sales targets and quotas by proactively building and managing a robust sales pipeline. Drive growth by acquiring new customers / new accounts and expanding market penetration within existing accounts.
- Provide forecasts, weekly reports, marketing intelligence and information to managers and other stakeholders as the need arises.
- Proficient in closing sales deals through a strategic approach, coupled with strong skills in effective account management to nurture and maintain long-term client relationships, ultimately driving business growth and retention.
- Effectively manage and maintain customer and account information, along with a clean, organized sales opportunities pipeline, tasks, and collaborative efforts within our CRM system. This ensures accurate visibility, tracking of customer interactions and streamlined sales processes.
- Collaborate extensively within a dynamic team environment to deliver customer-centric value, driving revenue growth. Foster cross-functional partnerships with teams such as Marketing, Product Development, Customer Service, Regional Sales Specialists, Technical Support, and Product Management. Ensure seamless resource collaboration to align strategies, execute sales initiatives, devise marketing plans, organize local vendor shows, implement campaigns, and effectively address customer needs.
What You`ll bring
- Bachelor's or Master`s Degree in a Life Sciences field.
- Profound experience in Genomics or Synthetic Biology in a commercial role with a proven track record of success in account management, exceeding targets and driving revenue growth.
- Strong understanding of the Genomics industry challenges is needed and ability to develop high level of applications knowledge based on industry and segment focus (Pharma, Biotech, Government Agencies and Academia).
- Familiarity with most common Sequencing(NGS, Sanger), Synthetic Biology, cell and gene therapies, and molecular biology lab techniques.
- Experience working in a team environment.
- Demonstrated history of devising and implementing successful strategies utilizing a consultative approach in customer interactions, resulting in measurable and impactful outcomes
- Negotiation skills, both in written and oral communication, coupled with presentation abilities. Proven track record of collaborating seamlessly with key stakeholders across internal and external organizations.
- Proficient in maintaining and organizing opportunity pipelines, tasks, and events using CRM tools such as Salesforce or similar platforms.
- Proficiency in computer skills, including a strong command of commonly used Microsoft Office applications, ensuring efficient and effective utilization of technology in daily tasks and responsibilities.
- Requires the ability and willingness to travel extensively within the assigned territory for customer meetings, internal business gatherings, seminars, and conferences. This role necessitates flexibility for stays, accounting for up to 50% of the time. Additionally, occasional travel outside of the assigned territory may be expected.
- Fluent in Spanish and English. Any other language would be a benefit.
- Must have a valid driver’s license.
Our Offer
- Become part of a company that makes a positive contribution to launching groundbreaking scientific developments and therapies.
- Contribute to innovative cell therapies and be a part of revolutionary cancer therapies.
- Flexible working hours and the possibility of "mobile working" are a matter of course for us.
- Take advantage of the operational opportunities in a growing, modern and innovative company within the health care/life science industry.
- Experience an intensive exchange of experiences and a close cooperation in a worldwide network with our customers, friends and partners.
- We offer the participation in national and international company events.
- After your initial training, you will receive regular training and further education opportunities that are tailored to your needs.
- A workplace that promotes your maximum.
- You will participate in capital-forming benefits, numerous corporate benefits.
- Positive corporate culture and practiced teamwork across all locations.
- Individual development opportunities of your international competencies and language skills.
- A stock program, life insurance, company pension scheme, profit-sharing, linkedIn Learning and our corporate benefits program round off our offerings.
Azenta Life Sciences
Christina Knappe (Senior Recruiter Central Europe)
christina.knappe@azenta.com
Please apply with your complete application documents (cover letter, detailed CV, references) in English.
About us
Azenta Life Sciences is a global life sciences leader headquartered in Burlington, MA, with offices and operation sites around the world. We are the market leader in automated biospecimen management solutions and genomic services in areas such as drug development, clinical and novel cell therapies for the world's leading pharmaceutical, biotech, academic and healthcare institutions. Our laboratory analysis, sample management and storage, informatics software and consumables services offer unparalleled capabilities and have the largest installed base managing over one billion samples worldwide.
For more information: https://careers.azenta.com/
At Azenta, we are part of the science behind the COVID vaccine and we are committed to the health and safety of our employees, customers and the communities where we live and work. To protect our coworkers, clients, families and friends, we have implemented a policy where all of our US employees must be fully vaccinated (which includes taking the booster) or have an approved medical/religious accommodation prior to their first day of work. Azenta Life Sciences is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.