Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

Location/Division Specific Information

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Discover Impactful Work:

Secure and retain business for PPD through professional, consultative, proactive sales activities advised at decision-makers and decision influencers at existing and new clinical sponsors. Positions PPD as a primary or preferred provider for all clinical development work to be outsourced. Qualify deals and develops proposals including defining the solutions and recommending pricing structures to meet strategic company goals. Serve as the primary contact until work is sold, then coordinates with the relevant clinical development area(s) to ensure a successful implementation. Act as a liaison between sponsor and company on all business development activities and requirements. Gather data on marketing trends and driven products / services and pricing.

A day in the Life:

Orchestrates RFP strategy calls, develops client proposals, prepares client presentations, and negotiates and closes contracts. Signs new business authorizations at or above assigned authorization goal.Makes cold calls and client visits; maintains sales database; maintains cold call and client visit activity reports.Ensures client happiness through periodic client contact; report and develop recommendations to address client dissatisfaction; respond to all client requests

Keys to Success:

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 2+ years’) or equivalent combination of education, training, & experience. .

Experience

Years of experience refers to typical years of related experience needed to gain the required knowledge, skills, and abilities vital to perform the essential functions of the job. Years of experience are not to be used as the only resolving factor in establishing the job class or making employment selection decisions.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

Scientific, sales and/or marketing background with concentration in pharmaceutical/biotech area.

Proven track record of developing mid- and high- level business contacts.Excellent social skills in order to manage and fully integrate with Operations, Finance, and Marketing, and follow-up to expand relationships and business opportunities.Demonstrated experience in identifying and developing sales leads, making professional presentations, managing the sales process through close, and handling all aspects of contract negotiations.Understanding of sales automation systems and Microsoft Office programs.

Physical Requirements / Work Environment

Frequently stationary for 6-8 hours per day.

Repetitive hand movement of both hand's ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.Frequent mobility required.Occasional crouching, stooping, bending and twisting of upper body and neck.Light to moderate lifting and carrying (or otherwise moves) objects including luggage and laptop computer with a maximum lift of 15-20 lbs.Ability to access and use a variety of computer software developed both in-house and off-the-shelf.Ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand; with the ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.Frequently interacts with others to acquire or relate information to diverse groups.Works independently with little mentorship or reliance on oral or written instructions and plans work schedules to meet goals. Requires multiple periods of driven concentration.Performs a wide range of variable tasks as taught by variable demands and changing conditions with little predictability as to the occurrence. Ability to perform under stress. Ability to multi-taskRegular and consistent attendance