Territory Sales Representative

Calibre Scientific Group; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel opportunities

Job summary

Calibre Scientific Group in San Francisco seeks a Territory Sales Representative to drive growth of our life science portfolio across pharma, biotech, academia, and diagnostics. You will manage key accounts, develop strategic territory plans, and build relationships with scientists and procurement teams.

Ideal candidates combine a scientific background with proven consultative sales success in the life sciences, and are willing to travel and operate across a diverse customer base.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in biology or related Life Sciences field.
• 3–5 years of successful sales experience in life sciences.
• Read, write, and present in English with strong communication.

Responsibilities

• Achieve and exceed annual sales objectives and territory growth.
• Develop strategic territory plans for pharma and biopharma accounts.
• Build relationships with scientists, procurement, and leadership.
• Prospect, generate leads, and manage accounts using consultative sales.
• Travel approximately 50–60%, attend conferences, visits customers.

Skills

Customer service

Communication skills

Phone presence

Time management

multitasking

Education

Bachelor's degree in biology or Life Sciences

Tools

HubSpot

SAP

Microsoft Office

Job description

Calibre Scientific Group (CSG) is a global developer, manufacturer, and distributor of proprietary reagents and consumables serving the healthcare, pharmaceutical, diagnostics, and life sciences markets.

Our protein, cell biology, and molecular biology portfolio includes industry-leading brands such as Anatrace, Agar Scientific, Molecular Dimensions, EdgeBio, and MRC, delivering trusted solutions that enable scientific innovation worldwide.

Position Summary

The Territory Sales Representative will drive sales growth of its proprietary life science product portfolio within a defined territory. The primary focus of this role will be expanding business and market share within pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical accounts, while also developing opportunities across academic research institutions, biotechnology companies, diagnostic laboratories, and government research facilities.

The successful candidate will be responsible for identifying new business opportunities, managing key customer relationships, and executing strategic account plans that accelerate revenue growth. The ideal candidate combines a strong scientific background with proven success in consultative sales and account management within the life sciences industry.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the following satisfactorily (other duties may be assigned). Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Achieve and exceed annual sales objectives and territory growth targets.
• Develop and execute strategic territory plans focused on expanding market share within pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical accounts and other assigned accounts in research, academia, diagnostic market.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with scientists, laboratory managers, procurement teams, R&D leaders, quality control personnel, and executive decision-makers. Prepare quotations for customers based on customer price list
• Prospect and create new sales opportunities, generate leads, follow-up on leads generated by marketing and identify opportunities for repeat business
• Determine target customers following promotions and follow up on marketing campaigns
• Engage potential customers via cold calling
• Build strong relationships with potential customers, while providing a consultative sales approach
• Respond to customers regarding product information, product delivery, quotes, contracts, etc.
• Maintain HubSpot by continually updating customer information
• Build cross-reference list
• Provide monthly report on progress
• Assist with customer issues and fill in for complaints
• This position requires some availability outside normal working hours.
• Available to travel approx. 50-60% of the time (training, conferences, customer visits)
• Working with Director of Sales to assess accounts and propose yearly sales objectives for each product line and reviewing plans regularly throughout the year and adjust actions as required.
• Other duties as assigned

Competencies

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies.

• Customer service skills, able to speak in a friendly way to customers and potential customers, listening to their needs and helping communicate options for them
• Strong communication skills and strong phone presence
• Flexibility and persistence, not every customer is going to be a sale. Being able to bounce back if you lose a sale will be a key for this job
• Successfully handles multiple tasks, executes in a timely manner and staying organized
• Time management skills and works effectively in fast-paced environment
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities and interruptions
• Effectively communicates and work well in a team and shows initiative to contribute to company’s growth

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education/Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in biology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Chemistry, or a related Life Sciences discipline. Minimum 3-5 years of successful sales experience within the life sciences industry.

Language Ability:

Read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos. Write simple correspondence. Effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients and other employees. Working knowledge of/Fluency in the English language (spoken and written).

Mathematical Ability:

Add and subtract two digit numbers and multiply/divide with 10's and 100's. Perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume and distance.

Reasoning Ability:

Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer Skills:

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Microsoft Office Programs including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Adeptness at reviewing data and extracting meaningful performance indicators is also a contributor to success. SAP and Hubspot experience is a plus.