Business Development Manager

Element Materials Technology; Valla (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A global testing and certification company is seeking a Business Development Manager to drive sales in the pharmaceutical market. The successful candidate will establish strong relationships with key decision makers and expand existing accounts. A Bachelor's degree and at least 5 years of technical sales experience are required. Responsibilities include market analysis and achieving sales goals. The role involves up to 50% travel and requires excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in technical sales, preferably in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Understanding of the regulatory landscape for the pharmaceutical industry.
• Ability to travel up to 50% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain relationships with key decision makers.
• Drive sales expansion and engage dormant accounts.
• Prepare reports showing sales volume and areas for expansion.

Skills

Technical experience with Sales responsibilities

Experience in the Pharmaceutical Market

Proficiency in Microsoft Applications (Dynamics AX, CRM, Word, Excel)

Well-developed oral and written communication skills

Good interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor's of Science or equivalent

Job description

Business Development Manager

Job Locations: US-CA-Concord | US-CA-Santa Fe Springs

Overview

Element has an opportunity for a Business Development Manager responsible for named accounts within a specific geographic area. In this role you will be responsible for pursuing sales opportunities to sell the full breadth of Element services within specified accounts in order to meet their assigned budget. You will support strategic or key accounts within your specified territory with any activities needed at local sites.

The ideal candidate would be based around the LA, San Diego, or Bay Area vicinities, as you will cover labs in both Santa Fe Springs, CA, as well as Concord, CA.

The base pay for this role is set between $120k-$160k, and will depend on individual level of experience, and will also include Sales Compensation Incentives.

Responsibilities

• Establish and proactively maintain a strong professional relationship with key decision makers and influencers within assigned accounts.
• Drive profitable sales expansion with a focus on acquiring new and re‑engaging with dormant accounts, while growing existing clients.
• Gather and analyze market and industry intelligence, metrics, and trends to determine customer needs.
• Identify opportunities early in the sales cycle to ensure maximum share of wallet for Element.
• Deliver business development related presentations, negotiate, and close business with nominated accounts, working in coordination with location business development resources.
• Provide positive leadership and representation of Element to the public, customers, vendors, and to all employees through membership in professional organizations, serving on company project teams, conducting employee meetings and visiting work areas and interacting with employees. Represent company at industry association meetings to promote company and services offered.
• Prepare reports and presentations showing sales volume by sector, region, location, potential sales, and areas of proposed client base expansion.
• Follow up in a timely manner on quotations for the assigned customer base.
• Achieve sales goals by converting, retaining and penetrating accounts.
• Work closely with other sales roles and utilize technical support to maximize the sales realized in the territory.
• Lead access and persuasion steps in sales process, including qualifying, relationship building, needs evaluation, solution development/presentation and closing.
• Identify full customer test needs to uncover additional opportunities within accounts across Element.
• Actively utilize CRM to record activities, ensuring contact details are accurate, duplicates are removed, new information is added and accurate call/visit logs are entered.
• Actively participate in regular pipeline reviews, ensuring all CRM records are up to date and critical success factors are identified for key opportunities.
• Build and maintain a working knowledge of Element's service offerings; participate in training/coaching opportunities.
• Ensure compliance with all Element policies including but not limited to Terms and Conditions, trade compliance, treatment of others, moral code of conduct, and employee handbook.
• Ensure adherence to all applicable laws pertaining to safety, environment and corporate governance.

Skills / Qualifications

• 5+ years of Technical experience with Sales responsibilities.
• Bachelors of Science preferred but other four‑year degree will be considered.
• Experience selling in the Pharmaceutical Market.
• Knowledge and understanding of the Regulatory landscape for the Pharmaceutical Industry.
• Experience in interpreting testing procedures and requirements.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Applications (Dynamics AX and CRM, Word, Excel).
• Availability, flexibility, and maturity to represent the company at a broad range of events/project in the community, with customers and within the company.
• Ability to remain calm when faced with mounting pressure related to deadlines and multiple priorities.
• Well‑developed oral and written communication skills to meet a variety of communication needs.
• Good interpersonal skills that foster open upward and downward communication built on mutual respect.
• Ability to interface with clients, win new work and determine their requirements; helps develop proposals including cost estimates, work plan and terms and conditions.
• Ability to travel up to 50% of the time; some overnight travel may be required.

Company Overview

Element is one of the fastest growing testing, inspection and certification businesses in the world. Globally we have more than 9,000 brilliant minds operating from 270 sites across 30 countries. Together we share an ambitious purpose to 'Make tomorrow safer than today'.

When failure in use is not an option, we help customers make certain that their products, materials, processes and services are safe, compliant and fit for purpose. From early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals and into production, our global laboratory network of scientists, engineers, and technologists support customers to achieve assurance over product quality, sustainable outcomes, and market access.

While we are proud of our global reach, working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower you to take charge of your career, and reward excellence and integrity with growth and development.

Industries across the world depend on our care, attention to detail and the absolute accuracy of our work. The role we have to play in creating a safer world is much bigger than our organization.

Diversity Statement

At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming "the world's most trusted testing partner".

All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race, religion, responsibility of dependents, sexual orientation, or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.