Team Leader South Africa (m/f/d)

Bruker; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in scientific instruments seeks a Sales and Customer Service Manager for optical spectroscopy in South Africa. This role involves team leadership, strategic goal-setting, and client interactions while driving sales performance. Candidates should possess extensive experience in sales management within related technical fields.

Qualifications

• Several years of experience in sales and management in optical spectroscopy or related markets.
• Excellent communication skills to interact with clients and management.
• Result-oriented with strong business-development skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the sales and customer service team for optical spectroscopy.
• Develop and control corporate and team-specific goals with strategies.
• Monitor sales, operational, and financial results based on performance goals.

Skills

Leadership

Sales Management

Business Development

Communication

Education

Experience in optical spectroscopy

Proficiency in Salesforce (SFDC)

Solid knowledge in business economics

Job description

Overview

Bruker is enabling scientists to make breakthrough discoveries and develop new applications that improve the quality of human life. Bruker’s high performance scientific instruments and high value analytical and diagnostic solutions enable scientists to explore life and materials at molecular, cellular, and microscopic levels. In close cooperation with our customers, Bruker is enabling innovation, improved productivity, and customer success in life science molecular and cell biology research, in applied and pharma applications, in microscopy and nanoanalysis, as well as in industrial applications. Today, worldwide more than 1100 employees are working on this permanent challenge at over 90 locations.

Bruker offers differentiated, high-value life science and diagnostics systems and solutions in preclinical imaging, clinical phenomics research, proteomics and multiomics, spatial and single-cell biology, functional structural and condensate biology, as well as in clinical microbiology and molecular diagnostics.

Responsibilities

• You lead and manage the sales and customer service team for optical spectroscopy in the South African and Sub-Sahara region.
• You analyze, develop, and control the short- and long-term corporate and team-specific goals, while defining tailor-made strategies for achieving them.
• You are responsible for the implementation of operational planning and control systems, ensuring the adherence to operational and performance goals, considering the business indicators.
• You monitor the sales, operational, and financial results and ensure their achievement based on the established performance goals.
• You act as a point of contact for key customers, business partners, and professional associations for the entire Bruker Optics portfolio.

Qualifications

• High level technical expertise, as well as several years of experience in sales and/ or management in optical spectroscopy (FT-IR, Raman and/or NIR) or closely related markets.
• Solid knowledge in business economics and operations, as well as proficiency in handling Salesforce (SFDC).
• Excellent leadership skills, management experience and the ability to motivate employees.
• Result oriented and creative in addition to having strong business-development skills.
• Your exceptional communication skills, to interact with clients, staff and senior management in Engish proficiency.