
Discovery AKTA and Chromatography Sales Specialist
- Saint Louis, MO
- $107,000-125,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Provide Lab Chromatography support to the life sciences industry with expert product knowledge, training, and support while working to generate sales from new and existing customers for the Lab AKTA portfolio and evaluate a customer's process to identify solutions and provide the necessary tools, information, and support to obtain additional sales and identify new opportunities.
- Financial Performance - Accountable for achieving operating plan targets for assigned territory. Timely and accurate forecasting of pipeline & sales using SFDC. Create quarterly business plans for territory/assigned accounts including, but not limited to, opportunity generation, development, and closure as well as competitive strategies and targets.
- Build strong relationships & formulate account strategies to continuously strengthen relationships with decision-makers.
- Technical sales role focused on selling to chromatography applications with design-in and scale-up of the AKTA brand and chromatography resin/column solutions in mind. Continuously update understanding of the customers' changing operational issues and challenges.
- Execute successful product demonstrations, customer training, seminars, workshops, and promotional activities with support from Field Marketing and Field Application Scientist teams.
- Bachelor’s degree in Life Science or equivalent. Advanced degree preferred.
- 3 years of experience in laboratory or R&D job roles.
- Customer Focus: Delivers customer-centric solutions to meet current and anticipated needs. Prioritizes options and translates intentions into plans and sustainable outcomes.
- Integrity: Demonstrates moral and ethical principles and does the right thing despite pressure, even when no one is watching. Optimizes effectiveness and consistently seeks to improve all aspects of the work.
- Team player with a customer mindset and an ability to work effectively cross-functionally for success.
- Willingness to travel approximately 60% within the assigned geographic territory. This territory includes four states, Missouri, Kansas, Tennessee and Arkansas.