Area Sales Manager

The Opportunity

Area Sales Manager is responsible for working independently under close supervision and is responsible for selling to key accounts and new channel partners/distributors, as well as cross/up/repeat sales to existing channel partners/distributors. Maintain existing relationships with organizations distributing products, services, and/or solutions. Deliver product demonstrations, sales bids, and presentations to channel partners/distributors. Manage the relationship with the channel partners/distributors.

What We're Looking For

• Education: B.Sc / B.Tech / M.Sc degree in Chemistry, Life Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Genetic Engineering, or other science-related field required. MBA will be an added advantage.

• Experience: Minimum of 4+ years of chemical sales experience required.

How You Will Thrive And Create An Impact

• Develop and execute territory plans to achieve revenue targets and control expenses.

• Work with channel partners, where appropriate, to drive specific opportunities.

• Establish high-level customer and distributor relationships/intimacy by way of technical and business skills/competencies and situational fluency.

• Understand current customer processes and applications and communicate customer technology product requirements to internal stakeholders.

• Utilize a variety of communication and engagement methodologies, including quarterly business reviews, executive meetings, and technical collaborations; ensure they meet the targeted number of face-to-face key account interactions per week.

• Demonstrate effective employee relationships built on trust, teamwork, and accountability.

• Perform other duties as assigned, with or without accommodation.

Disclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Avantor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Why Avantor?

Dare to go further in your career. Join our global team of 14,000+ associates whose passion for discovery and determination to overcome challenges relentlessly advances life-changing science. The work we do changes people's lives for the better. It brings new patient treatments and therapies to market, giving a cancer survivor the chance to walk his daughter down the aisle. It enables medical devices that help a little boy hear his mom's voice for the first time. Outcomes such as these create unlimited opportunities for you to contribute your talents, learn new skills and grow your career at Avantor. We are committed to helping you on this journey through our diverse, equitable and inclusive culture which includes learning experiences to support your career growth and success. At Avantor, dare to go further and see how the impact of your contributions set science in motion to create a better world. Apply today!

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