Role Description
Ansell is looking for a Strategic Account Senior Manager, Scientific to join our team in the Netherlands or Germany! In this position, you will play a key role in driving growth across strategic Scientific accounts within the Biotech, Pharma, Academia, and Semiconductor sectors across EMEA. Reporting to the Associate Director, you will be responsible for:
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Achieving growth targets and qualitative/quantitative objectives across designated international accounts.
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Identifying, targeting, and closing strategic account opportunities through a disciplined project management approach.
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Utilizing Ansell's Guardian Strategic Selling Processes and tools to drive new business conversion.
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Supporting business development activities by sharing industry expertise and best practices across the EMEA sales organization.
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Developing and maintaining relationships with key international account stakeholders and distributor partners.
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Collaborating with Regional Marketing and Global Business Units on new product development and Voice of Customer initiatives.
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Supporting pricing, forecasting, and account planning activities in partnership with regional sales leadership.
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Leveraging Salesforce.com CRM and other sales tools to deliver growth objectives and maintain pipeline visibility.
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Supporting field sales teams with opportunity development, product expertise, and competitive market intelligence.
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Representing Ansell at industry conferences, meetings, and customer engagements.
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Ensuring compliance with all legal, regulatory, and company requirements.
Qualifications
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Bachelor's degree in Business, Sales, Engineering, Science, or a related field preferred.
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Minimum 10 years of B2B sales experience with a proven track record in value selling and key account management.
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Experience within Pharma, Biotechnology, Academia, or related Scientific industries.
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Strong international end-user and channel sales experience.
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Experience managing complex tenders and navigating customer decision-making processes.
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Experience working within an international matrix organization.
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Demonstrated success delivering growth through strategic account development and hunting activities.
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Strong business acumen, financial understanding, and forecasting capability.
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Excellent project management, communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
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Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across multicultural and cross-functional teams.
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Expertise in prioritized Scientific markets and a passion for value-based selling.
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Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
Requirements
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Frequent travel across the EMEA region and occasional international travel (50%+).
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Flexibility to participate in meetings across multiple international time zones.
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Strong alignment with Ansell Values: Whatever you do, take PRIDE:
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Passion
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Reliable
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Integrity
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Deliver
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Empowerment
Benefits
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Competitive compensation, including a performance-based annual incentive.
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Flexible working environment.
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A culture of belonging and inclusion where collaboration thrives.
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Learning and development opportunities through Ansell University.
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Career growth opportunities within a global organization.