Offer summary

Qualifications:

Bachelor's or master's degree in Life Sciences, Business, or equivalent., Minimum 5 years of experience in sales and/or business development within the Life Sciences industry., Extensive knowledge of the clinical drug development process., Fluency in English; additional languages are a plus..

Key responsibilities:

Identify and explore strategic business development opportunities within the Clinical Research business.

Network to identify new opportunities in the (bio)pharmaceutical industry and establish key relationships.

Negotiate and close business deals while ensuring customer satisfaction.

Maintain the CRM database and represent customer needs to internal departments.

Job description

Company Description

Working at SGS is working in an open and supportive culture, where people respect and help each other to grow and succeed. Share our ambition to enable a better, safer and more interconnected world. Be active in almost every industry, touching nearly every area of human activity.

In the spirit of continued growth, we are currently looking for a Business Development Manager Western Europe.

Job Description

As Business Development Manager you will be responsible for identifying and exploring strategic business development opportunities within the Clinical Research business to maximize organization growth.

Concretely this means:

that with your extensive knowledge of current market evolutions and conditions you will be responsible for the growth of our Clinical research Business with both new and existing customers, with an emphasis on customer satisfaction and repeat business;
that you will network actively to identify new opportunities in the (bio)pharmaceutical industry and establish key relationships;
that you will negotiate and close business deals;
that you will build strong relationships with the internal functional departments and maintain in depth knowledge of their services in order to support lateral business opportunities;
that you will represent customer needs to internal functional departments and follow up on the proposal and contract development process;
that you will further develop and maintain the CRM database.

Qualifications

You have a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Life Sciences, Business or equivalent educational background.
You have experience within the fields of Clinical research and CRO business, or other associated, relevant businesses.
You have a proven track record of minimum 5 years in sales and/or business development within the Life Sciences industry.
The clinical drug development process has no secrets for you.
You are fluent in English. Any other language is a plus.
Collaborative: you are a good team player and want to collaborate to make a positive impact on the world
Friendly: you connect with, support and inspire those around you
Socially responsible: you want to be part of work that improves millions of lives
Committed to health, safety & sustainability: you want to express our purpose in everything, you do and lead by example

Additional Information

What we can offer you:

A friendly, supportive and approachable working environment: where everyone’s voice is listened to and valued
Room to share your ideas and views
The opportunity to make a difference with work that improves the lives of millions of people
The chance to fulfill your purpose and help others to fulfill theirs

Do you want to be part of this?

Were you already considering a big switch in your career? Maybe this could be your next step. We are looking forward to hearing from you! Send us your story and your resume via the apply button and maybe you will soon join us for work and coffee breaks. Still have questions? Anneleen can give you more details about the job. Send her an e-mail at [email protected]

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