Business Development Executive

Eurofins; Ireland; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health cash plan

Life assurance

Company pension

Employee Assistance Programme

Perkbox access

Free on-site car parking

Global mobility opportunities

Volunteer days

Job summary

Eurofins is seeking a Business Development Executive to drive growth across the UK and Ireland from a home-based base in Cork. You will report to the Managing Director and work with an experienced PSS team to identify opportunities, develop proposals and deliver revenue targets while coordinating cross-regional projects.

The role requires life sciences knowledge, proven BD success, and the ability to operate within GxP environments, with significant travel across the UK and Ireland.

Qualifications

• Degree in life sciences or equivalent business experience.
• Proven success in senior business development within the target industry.
• Ability to work within GxP environments and meet regulatory expectations.
• Knowledge of product commercialization, manufacturing and supply chain processes.
• Experience managing commercial/contractual processes (CDAs, MSAs, pricing) and supporting negotiations.

Responsibilities

• Drive the business development strategy and growth across UK and Ireland.
• Set ambitious annual targets with PSS Leadership.
• Identify, pursue and win new PSS opportunities and develop key accounts.
• Design tailored service solutions and present proposals to clients.
• Collaborate with global colleagues on multi-regional projects and manage contracting processes.
• Monitor customer satisfaction and support delivery across regions.

Skills

Business development

Senior level collaboration

GxP experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in life sciences or related

Tools

CRM systems

MS Office

Job description

This is a full time, permanent position working 39 hours per week flexibly. This role is homebased with an operational base in Cork, Ireland. This role will require significant travel across the UK & Ireland.

As Business Development Exec for PSS UK/IRE, reporting to the Managing Director of PSS UK/IRE, you will be responsible for driving the region’s business development of PSS, ensuring consistent, rapid and sustainable growth in sales across Ireland and United Kingdom. You will be working in collaboration with an experienced team of PSS operations leaders to achieve these objectives.

Job Responsibilities that you be covering:

• You will drive the business development strategy and growth efforts for PSS across the UK and Ireland.
• You will work closely with PSS Leadership to understand priorities and set ambitious yet achievable annual targets.
• You will identify, pursue, and win new PSS opportunities, developing key accounts through analysing client organisations and uncovering their service requirements.
• You will assess client needs and help design tailored service solutions, collaborating with PSS Leadership to create proposals, present to clients, and deliver outcomes that meet revenue and profitability goals.
• You will collaborate with global colleagues on multi‑regional projects, manage contracting processes for new business, maintain accurate CRM reporting, and support marketing initiatives to promote the Eurofins brand.
• You will monitor customer satisfaction for existing clients and undertake additional duties as required to support successful service delivery.

Qualifications

What skills, qualifications and experiences you will hold as an Business Development Executive:

• As a Business Development Executive, you will hold a degree (or equivalent experience) in a life sciences discipline, or demonstrate relevant vocational training and business expertise.
• You will have proven business development success at senior levels within the target industry, ideally with experience in Pharma Insourcing.
• As a Business Development Executive, you will operate confidently within GxP environments and ensure all activities meet regulatory expectations.
• You will use expert knowledge of product commercialisation, manufacturing, supply chain processes, and associated testing and service needs within your clients’ markets.
• You will manage key commercial and contractual processes—such as CDAs, MSAs, and pricing agreements—while supporting negotiations and resolving commercial issues with senior oversight.
• As a Business Development Executive, you will act as a strong communicator, presenter, and team player, building effective networks and maintaining a customer‑focused, service‑led approach at all times.

Additional information

At Eurofins we are growing, innovating and always learning. We celebrate the achievements of our employees through annual long service awards, recognise our colleagues special life events, and we are committed to charitable causes through global fundraising activities.

As a Eurofins employee you will benefit from:

• Being part of a Reward and Recognition Scheme, recognising great work across our teams.
• Holiday entitlement increases with service.
• The option to opt into our Health Cash Plan, designed to help look after your everyday health and wellbeing. This allows you to claim back the cost of routine healthcare expenses such as dental check-ups, eye tests, glasses or contact lenses and other everyday medical treatments.
• Life Assurance from day one, providing cover of four times your annual salary.
• Automatic enrolment into our Company Pension Plan after three months (with the flexibility to opt out if you choose)
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme, offering 24/7 confidential support for both personal and work-related matters.
• Being able to register your interest in volunteering days, which are designed to support employees who wish to do voluntary work during working hours as part of a wider strategy to contribute positively to the local community.
• Free on-site car parking.
• The opportunity to explore worldwide opportunities.
• Everyone who joins our team also gets access to Perkbox, allowing you to save money all year round. Whether its supermarket savings or days out, the daily coffee or a summer holiday – there’s something to suit everyone’s lifestyle.

What Happens Next

Our people are the backbone of what we do, so it's incredibly important we find the right individuals to join us. As a potential new recruit you'll be invited to meet the team in the form of an assessment centre or a staged interview process dependent on the role and it's requirements, this will give you the opportunity to see what working for Eurofins is really like and enable us to get you know your key skills and strengths.

As part of any recruitment process, the company collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. The company is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations.

We embrace diversity! Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.

For more information about Eurofins PSS® please visit our website and watch a message below from our Global Head, Beth Di Paolo.