Scientific Product Specialist Sales Support

Ideal Personnel & Recruitment Solutions Limited; Greater London; Remote; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Scientific Product Specialist to join their dynamic team. This exciting role involves providing automation and fluid control solutions for laboratory and factory applications. You will support the sales team by offering application and product knowledge during customer visits, helping to increase market share. Your responsibilities will include maintaining records, promoting products, and developing relationships with clients. If you are passionate about making a difference in the industry and have a background in technical sales, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate customer-facing technical and sales experience.
• Proven track record of selling chillers and heat exchangers.

Responsibilities

• Grow sales through supporting the salesforce and their customers.
• Develop strong working relationships with internal and external customers.

Skills

Customer-facing technical experience

Sales experience

Communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Knowledge of non-invasive life science applications

Ability to influence effectively

Driving License

Passion for industry improvement

Education

Degree in Science or Engineering

HND or equivalent

Tools

CRM system

Job description

Our client has a permanent opportunity for a Scientific Product Specialist. They provide automation and fluid control solutions for factory and laboratory applications.

This is a National role, working remotely, with travel required.

As a key member of their talented and successful products team, this is an interesting, varied, and challenging customer-facing role that is designed to support increasing their market share. Working closely with the field sales team, you will provide application, product knowledge, and sales support during customer visits. The range of product focus includes chillers, heat exchangers, sensors, media-separated valves, clean wet pumps, and process gas controls.

To be considered, you will need to demonstrate customer-facing technical and sales experience.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Maintain accurate records of activities using our CRM system.
2. Grow sales of the product range through supporting the salesforce and their customers.
3. Understand and have the ability to use the value proposition of the product range responsible for and business value to grow sales.
4. Identify, research, and gain application knowledge for new opportunities for the product.
5. Promote the product range by creating marketing material, training material, and identifying trade shows where the range will achieve exposure.
6. Develop strong working relationships with internal and external customers, consulting with them to solve problems from a technical perspective.
7. Meet and exceed targets.

Skills and Experience:

1. Desirable: A degree within a Science or Engineering discipline.
2. Required: HND or equivalent or relevant experience.
3. Proven track record of selling, specifying, or developing the product range of chillers, heat exchangers, sensors, media-separated valves, clean wet pumps, and process gas controls.
4. Experience, skills, and knowledge of the types of applications found in the non-invasive life science/medical/electronics industry, as these are the types of market areas you will be working in.
5. Demonstrate an ability to communicate and influence effectively at all levels of the business.
6. Highly driven and passionate about making a difference within the industry.
7. Proven track record of using value propositions to ensure customer satisfaction, increasing retention, and customer loyalty to a brand.
8. Full UK Driving Licence.
9. Current passport as European travel may be required.

Due to the large number of responses we receive, it is not always possible to respond to every application straight away. Should your skills and experience be a match for this role, or any other vacancy we may have, we will normally contact you within 72 hours of receiving your application. If you wish to apply for further roles, please do so.