Technical Sales Specialist
DSS Takara Bio India Pvt Ltd
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Job summary
DSS Takara Bio India Pvt Ltd is hiring Technical Sales Specialists across multiple Indian locations to drive product sales, market development, and technical support in molecular biology, genomics, and NGS. The role involves engagement with research labs, diagnostic centers, pharma, and biotech companies, plus training distributors and sales teams.
Candidate should have 2–6 years of life sciences sales or application support experience, strong product knowledge, and willingness to travel within
Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's/PhD in Life Sciences or related field.
- 2–6 years of experience in life sciences sales or application support; PhD Fresher may apply.
Responsibilities
- Achieve sales targets for assigned territory and product portfolio across PCR, qPCR, cloning, NGS, and cell biology reagents.
- Identify and develop new business opportunities in academia, diagnostics, pharma, and biotech sectors.
- Manage key accounts including institutes, hospitals, and labs to drive revenue.
Skills
Education
Job description
About the company: DSS Takara Bio India Pvt Ltd is a subsidiary of Takara Bio Inc., a leading Japanese biotechnology company renowned for its innovations in life sciences research. The Indian entity, in collaboration with its parent company, provides cutting-edge products and solutions in molecular biology, genomics, cell biology, and next-generation sequencing (NGS) to research institutions, pharmaceutical companies, and diagnostic laboratories across India. Headquartered in Delhi, DSS Takara Bio India is committed to empowering scientific research and advancing healthcare through premium reagents, kits, and instrumentation.
This is a techno-commercial role responsible for driving product sales, market development, and technical support across the assigned territory. The role involves working closely with research labs, diagnostic centers, pharma and biotech companies, and academic institutions.
- Achieve sales targets for assigned territory and product portfolio (PCR, qPCR, cloning, NGS, cell biology reagents)
- Identify and develop new business opportunities in academia, diagnostics, pharma, and biotech sectors
- Manage key accounts including research institutes, hospitals, and labs
- Drive market penetration and revenue growth strategies
- Monitor competitor activity and positioning
- Achieve sales targets for assigned territory and product portfolio (PCR, qPCR, cloning, NGS, cell biology reagents)
- Identify and develop new business opportunities in academia, diagnostics, pharma, and biotech sectors
- Manage key accounts including research institutes, hospitals, and labs
- Drive market penetration and revenue growth strategies
- Monitor competitor activity and positioning
- Provide pre-sales and post-sales technical support to customers
- Conduct product demonstrations, troubleshooting, and application support
- Assist in experimental design and product selection
- Resolve customer queries with scientific solutions
- Support product evaluations and validations
- Deliver scientific presentations, seminars, and workshops
- Participate in conferences, exhibitions, and technical events
- Train distributors and internal sales teams on product applications
- Build long-term relationships with key opinion leaders (KOLs)
- Work closely with sales, marketing, and application teams
- Share market insights and customer feedback
- Coordinate with operations for order execution and customer satisfaction
- Maintain CRM updates, sales pipeline, and forecasting
- Track market trends and competitor insights
- Submit regular performance and activity reports
- Bacholer's OR Master's degree / PhD in Life Sciences / Molecular Biology / Biotechnology / Microbiology
- 2 to 6 years of relevant experience in life sciences sales or application support, PhD Fresher may also apply
- Strong understanding of PCR, qPCR, cloning, NGS, and related workflows
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Strong techno-commercial aptitude
- Problem-solving and customer-handling skills
- Willingness to travel extensively within the territory
- Techno-commercial selling
- Scientific expertise
- Relationship management
- Market development
- Strategic execution
- Sales target achievement
- Customer acquisition and retention
- Technical support effectiveness
- Number of demos, trainings, and seminars
- Growth in key accounts
At DSS Takara Bio India, we’re more than just a life sciences company—we're a team driven by purpose, innovation, and impact. As part of the globally renowned Takara Bio Group, we bring cutting-edge molecular biology solutions to the scientific and research community.
When you join us, you become part of an organization that:
- Drives Innovation
- Empowers Growth
- Makes a Difference
- Values Collaboration
- Offers Global Exposure
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