Account Manager - Berlin

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Company details:

Proteintech is an international biotechnology company that manufactures reagents for use in life science research. 120,000+ citations of Proteintech products demonstrates what matters most to the company: the success of its reagents in the hands of scientists, helping them make discoveries that change and explain the world around us.

The role:

Proteintech is experiencing rapid growth in Europe and is now recruiting for an Account Manager responsible for Berlin, Germany. The successful candidate will be based in the field but will work closely with the European HQ in Manchester. The position is an exciting opportunity to develop a brand and lead commercial regional growth. In addition to promoting the core Proteintech catalogue, you will also be responsible for driving revenue growth for ChromoTek nanobody-based reagents and HumanKine cytokines and growth factors; both product lines were added because of recent acquisitions to expand the portfolio.

You will report directly to the Commercial Director as part of an excellent team; you will have real responsibility and gain exposure to multiple facets of the business.

Responsibilities:

  • Maintain and develop relationships with existing customers to grow long-term and effective business relationships.
  • Pro-actively search and connect with new prospects.
  • Provide feedback to Marketing and Product development on customer and competitor activities.
  • Actively liaise with institution procurement departments to facilitate ease of purchase.
  • Responsible for meeting and exceeding annual revenue targets.
  • Report on sales and business development targets.

Essential requirements:

  • 3+ years experience in selling life science reagents to academic and biotech customers is required.
  • Must be educated to Degree or Masters level in a life science discipline.
  • Independent, driven and able to work on own initiative.
  • High level of professional communication skills and the confidence to interact with scientists at all levels.
  • Prepared to travel extensively up to 80% of time (predominantly within territory).
  • Strong time management and organizational skills.
  • Fluent in both English and German.
  • Full clean driving licence.

Please note that while the position is field based, we expect the role to include inside sales activity for a period of time while the Covid-19 pandemic affects academic laboratory opening hours.

No recruitment agencies.

Please send a CV including all relevant experiences to  kier@ptglab.com