Account Manager

We are currently seeking a dynamic Account Manager (m|f|d) homebased for the region Bern in Switzerland. In this position you will be responsible for working within our sales organization to drive profitable and sustainable growth as well as to build and maintain effective relationships within assigned key customer accounts in Switzerland.
We are currently seeking a dynamic Account Manager (m|f|d) homebased for the region Bern in Switzerland. In this position you will be responsible for working within our sales organization to drive profitable and sustainable growth as well as to build and maintain effective relationships within assigned key customer accounts in Switzerland.

**What you will accomplish together with us**
- Promote the organization's products and services within a key account to achieve sales and revenue targets
- Identify new business opportunities aligned with the organization's overall market and growth strategy
- Actively drive newly launched innovative products and services into the marketplace and proactively follow up on the successful implementation of sales activity
- Assess and analyse customer needs, generate leads, respond to customer inquiries and suggest products and services as appropriate
- Develop and implement account plans and request and coordinate resources in line with the account plans
- Work closely with cross functional teams (C-suite influencers, engineers, scientists, and procurement) to create higher market awareness and successful strategies to gain new business
- Coordinate and participate in marketing activities in assigned territory
- Manage and execute projects with strict procedures and deadlines
- Relate technical and business concepts to customer needs and support in supply chain and quality issues
- Manage and build strong customer relationships for long term partnership
- Prepare quarterly budgets and forecast
**What** will **convince** **us**
- Academic degree in life sciences, biotechnology, engineering or similar preferred
- Experienced sales representative with laboratory | process-based experience in Life Science preferred
- Knowledge in cell and gene therapy, mRNA or fill & finish preferred
- Self-motivated, energetic, results oriented, capacity to work independently with a strong sense of responsibility
- Excellent communication, negotiation skills and business acumen
- Fluent in German and English
- Good teamwork skills and proven ability to also work with cross-functional teams
- Willingness and ability to travel frequently
- Identification with our core values: Sustainability, Openness, Enjoyment
**What** **we** **offer**
Our ambition is to simplify progress in life science research and the biopharmaceutical industry to help translate scientific findings into new therapeutics faster and more efficiently. So that more people can obtain access to better medicine. Around 15’000 employees at more than 60 production and sales locations worldwide are committed to this vision. And together, we have grown strongly over the past years. Do you also want to contribute to our vision? Grow with us and benefit from working with a Global Player that has kept its familiar atmosphere:

- Attractive remuneration, company car
- Opportunity for international career development: a global network offering seminars and training sessions, expert and manager career paths
- Open and highly collaborative culture: mutual support within teams and working as equals, team spirit and international collaboration

We look for employees who would like to grow with us and move the innovative life sciences sector forward. In the process, we focus on agile project work, mutual support within teams and working as equals. Sartorius thrives as a company with people who give their very best every day and who are eager to develop personally and professionally.

Further insights into our world of work can be found here.