Business Development Manager

Verbatim Pharma; Zürich; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Verbatim Pharma is seeking an energetic Business Development Manager to grow its presence in Switzerland. You’ll combine new business development, account management and proactive market engagement to win customers in the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors.

Join a world‑leading specialist in pharmaceutical and healthcare logistics. You’ll build strong relationships, travel within Switzerland, and take ownership of the Swiss territory to accelerate growth in a dynamic global industry.

Qualifications

• Experience in business development, B2B sales or commercially focused account management.
• Willingness to travel across Switzerland and meet customers.
• Fluent in German and English.

Responsibilities

• Open doors and win business across Switzerland.
• Build your own network by meeting customers face-to-face.
• Manage opportunities through the full sales cycle, from prospecting to closing deals.
• Grow existing relationships and identify new opportunities.
• Collaborate with industry experts to develop specialist logistics solutions.
• Develop expertise in pharmaceutical supply chains and healthcare logistics.

Skills

Business development

B2B sales

Account management

Hunter mentality

Relationship building

Energy and ambition

Job description

Ready to take your logistics sales career to the next level?

Are you ambitious, commercially driven and looking for an opportunity to make your mark in a global industry?

We're working with a world-leading specialist in pharmaceutical and healthcare logistics that's looking for an energetic, proactive Business Development Manager to help grow its presence across Switzerland.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with experience in logistics sales, inside sales, business development or commercially focused account management who is ready to take greater ownership, get out into the market and build a successful career in specialist logistics.

You don't need to come from healthcare logistics. What matters is your commercial experience, ambition and genuine enthusiasm for developing new business.

The Opportunity

You'll be joining an established global business that plays a critical role in the healthcare ecosystem, supporting the movement of life‑saving medicines, clinical trial supplies and essential healthcare products around the world.

Working alongside experienced industry specialists, you'll have the opportunity to develop your knowledge of temperature-controlled, time‑critical and highly regulated logistics, while building your commercial skills and developing relationships across Switzerland's pharmaceutical, biotechnology and healthcare sectors.

This is a hands‑on commercial role offering a combination of new business development, account management and internally generated opportunities, with a strong emphasis on proactively getting out into the market and winning new customers.

What You'll Be Doing

• Opening doors and winning business: Identify potential customers, proactively approach decision‑makers and create new commercial opportunities across Switzerland.
• Building your own network: Get out into the market, meet customers face‑to‑face and develop lasting relationships with pharmaceutical, biotech and healthcare organisations.
• Taking ownership: Manage opportunities through the full sales cycle, from initial prospecting and customer meetings to proposals, negotiations and closing deals.
• Growing existing relationships: Develop established accounts, identify new opportunities and build long‑term partnerships.
• Working with industry experts: Collaborate with experienced operational and commercial teams to develop specialist logistics solutions for customers.
• Developing your expertise: Build your understanding of pharmaceutical supply chains, specialist logistics and the global healthcare industry.

What We're Looking For

We're looking for someone with energy, ambition and a genuine passion for business development.

You might currently be working in inside sales, junior business development, logistics sales or an account management role with responsibility for identifying and developing commercial opportunities.

What matters most is that you're ready to take the next step.

Ideally, you'll bring:

• Experience in business development, B2B sales or commercially focused account management, ideally within logistics or freight forwarding.
• A proactive, hunter mentality and the confidence to approach new customers, open doors and generate opportunities.
• A genuine desire to get out from behind a desk, meet customers and develop new business.
• Strong relationship‑building skills and the ability to identify commercial opportunities.
• Energy, resilience, curiosity and the motivation to continuously learn and develop.
• Fluent German and English.
• A base in the Zurich/Basel region, with the ability to travel to customers across Switzerland.

Previous experience in pharmaceutical or healthcare logistics would be advantageous, but is not essential.

What's in It for You?

Build a career in a specialist, global industry.

• Career development: Develop your commercial capabilities and specialist industry knowledge with the support of highly experienced logistics professionals.
• Real responsibility: Take ownership of a Swiss territory, build your customer network and see the direct impact of your efforts.
• Global exposure: Work within an established international organisation supporting some of the world's most important pharmaceutical and healthcare supply chains.
• A meaningful industry: Play a part in ensuring critical medicines, clinical trial materials and healthcare products reach the people who need them.
• Long‑term opportunity: Build valuable specialist expertise and develop your career within a global business.

Interested?

If you're commercially ambitious, enjoy the challenge of winning new business and want to build your career in an exciting specialist sector, we'd love to hear from you.

You don't need to be an expert in healthcare logistics. You do need the drive to become one.