Technical Sales Specialist

DSS Takara Bio India Pvt Ltd; Ahmedabad District; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

DSS Takara Bio India Pvt Ltd is hiring Technical Sales Specialists across multiple locations in India. The role combines product sales, market development and technical support for PCR, qPCR, cloning, and NGS in labs, hospitals and pharma/biotech firms. Travel within the territory is expected and success hinges on scientific expertise and strong customer relationships.

Join a global Takara Bio Group entity delivering cutting-edge molecular biology solutions and enabling research progress.

Qualifications

• Must have solid knowledge of PCR, qPCR, cloning, NGS workflows.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills are required.
• Strong techno-commercial aptitude and ability to travel within territory.

Responsibilities

• Achieve sales targets for 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.

Skills

PCR

qPCR

Cloning

NGS

Communication

Techno-commercial

Travel

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Life Sciences

PhD in Biotechnology

Tools

CRM

Job description

We are hiring Technical Sales Specialists across multiple locations!

Openings: 04

Locations: Ahmedabad | Lucknow | Guwahati | Bhopal |

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.

Primary Role: 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.

Key Responsibilities:

• 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

2. Technical Support & Application Handling

• 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)

4. Cross-functional Collaboration

• Work closely with sales, marketing, and application teams
• Share market insights and customer feedback
• Coordinate with operations for order execution and customer satisfaction

5. Reporting & MIS

• Maintain CRM updates, sales pipeline, and forecasting
• Track market trends and competitor insights
• Submit regular performance and activity reports

Candidate Profile:

Educational Qualification

• Bacholer's OR Master's degree / PhD in Life Sciences / Molecular Biology / Biotechnology / Microbiology

Experience

• 2 to 6 years of relevant experience in life sciences sales or application support, PhD Fresher may also apply

Required Skills

• 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
• Strategic execution
• 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:

• Empowers Growth
• Makes a Difference
• Offers Global Exposure

Join us and be a catalyst for scientific progress!