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Within a rapidly changing, highly competitive sector, our client provides service/support excellence - ensuring analytical instrumentation is installed, calibrated and maintained to the highest industry standards.

Our client is seeking a technical sales specialist to drive the sales of their extensive instrument service contracts across an array of laboratories/industries inc. (bio)pharmaceutical, food/bev, research, academia, CRO’s, CDMO’s and instruments (e.g. HPLC, GC, LC-MS, GC-MS, Mass Spectrometry, ICP)

Using your consultative skills, you will guide and professionally advise your clients on the correct solutions for their requirements, as well as providing point of care services that allow research to continue to the highest industry standards.

To succeed in this position your personality, tenacious character and problem-solving abilities will be called upon regularly, as well as your passion to provide world-class customer service.

Candidates for this position must have:

  • Prior Scientific Sales experience (Service contracts preferred, but experience with selling CAPEX, consumables would be beneficial)

  • A degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry or Pharmaceutical Sciences (or similar)

  • UK Drivers License

  • Right to work in the UK

  • The ability to travel to the head office in Milton Keynes

    The role requires you to work from home, with a requirement to be office-based up to 50% of your time and 25% of your time visiting clients. For your services, the package provided includes:

  • An excellent basic salary including bonus (this can be explored further through application).

  • 25 days holiday inc. bank holidays & Christmas

  • Company pension scheme is provided

  • Company Car, Laptop & Mobile phone

    Apply now to be contacted by one of our expert consultants today!

    Keywords: analytical service contracts, chromatography, mass spectrometry, business development, account management, technical sales, consultative sales, maintenance contracts, calibration contracts, multi-vendor services, UK-Wide, Hemel Hempstead, Reading, Stevenage, Northampton, Milton Keynes, Birmingham, Coventry, Oxford, Cambridge, London, Norwich, VRS9234PC.

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