Business Development Manager - Emerging Markets

Job Description

About Company:

About Company: Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $44 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving analytical challenges, growing efficiency in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics, or developing and manufacturing life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our distributed team delivers an outstanding combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience, and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon, and PPD. Our Innovative Laboratory technologies & Services makes it easier for customers.

About Team: Laboratory Solutions India (LSI) unites deep scientific expertise, a collaborative culture and rich resources to deliver lab chemicals, equipment and consumables that our customers need to achieve their scientific goals - quickly, reliably and safely.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Research and identify new business opportunities - including new markets, growth areas, trends, customers, partnerships, products and services - or new ways of reaching existing markets

• Seek out the appropriate contact in an organization

• Generate leads and cold call prospective customers

• Meet with customers/clients face to face or over the phone

• Champion and develop relationships with customers/clients

• Understand the needs of your customers and be able to respond optimally with a plan of how to meet these

• Think strategically - seeing the bigger picture and setting aims and objectives in order to develop and improve the business

• Work strategically - carrying out necessary planning in order to implement operational changes

• Have a good understanding of the businesses’ products and be able to advise others about them

• Train members of your team, arranging external training where appropriate

• Discuss promotional strategy and activities with the marketing department

• Liaise with the finance team, warehousing and logistics departments as appropriate

• Seek ways of improving the way the business operates

• Attend seminars, conferences and events where appropriate

• Stay ahead of trends and changes in the Industry

Skills Required:

• Tenacity and drive to seek new business and meet or exceed targets

• an excellent telephone manner for making initial contact and for ongoing communication with customers and business associates

• Interpersonal skills for building and developing relationships with clients

• Written and verbal communication skills - needed for communicating with a range of people, both internally and externally, as well as presentation skills

• IT skills, including the use of spreadsheets

• Collaborative approach to work

• Decision-making skills

• Ability to multitask and prioritise workload

• Project management and organisational skills

• Self-motivated and strategic thinker

• Negotiating skills

• Ability to analyse sales figures and write reports

• Flexible approach to work with the ability to adapt to a fast-paced, constantly evolving environment

• initiative and the confidence to start things from scratch

Work experience:

8 to 12 years of work experience in Sales, Business Development of specialty Chemicals, Bulk Chemicals, Lab Chemicals

Qualifications:

• Degree / Post Graduate in Chemistry from a reputed college /University.
• MBA / Post Graduate Management Qualifications would be preferred, though not essential.

Proficiency in MS office tools.

Benefits

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation!

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, each one of our 70,000 extraordinary minds have a unique story to tell. Apply today http://jobs.thermofisher.com.

ThermoFisher is committed to crafting a diverse work environment that values and respects individuals from all backgrounds.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.