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Account Manager I Diagnostic Food Safety Products
- Posted 20 August 2024
- LocationBrisbane
- DisciplineIndustrial & Manufacturing
- Reference1255054
Job description
This role will be 90% Generating New Business.
Primary Objective:
Primary Objective:
- Identify and generate new sales opportunities within Regulatory Departments, Global Key Accounts, and Regional Key Accounts across the SEA region.
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams within the comapies Strategic Business Unit.
- Partner with Business Managers and Application Teams during customer visits to provide strong commercial support.
- Promote Mycotoxin, Allergen, Food Pathogen, GMO, and Hygiene products at marketing events and activities.
- Collaborate with Distributors, Channel Partners, and Business Managers as part of daily operations.
- Oversee Global Key Accounts at the regional level.
- Achieve Global Key Account sales targets in the SEA region.
- Provide quotations to distributors for special cases or projects, and close orders using salesforce.com.
- Forecast sales, track performance, and ensure revenue and profitability targets for the companies products are met.
- Conduct product demonstrations and organize global training programs, workshops, and regional seminars.
- Support customers with on-site validations and execute experimental protocols to secure qualifications and order success.
- Assist the regional marketing team in developing sales support materials and marketing campaigns.
- Drive brand awareness through training and seminars for clients, channel partners, and the sales team.
- Maintain relationships with local business and technical associations.
- Network with industry key opinion leaders to expand sales opportunities.
- Ensure daily engagement with salesforce.com to support opportunities tracking.
- Minimum Bachelor of Science in Food Technology, Biomedical Science or equivalent
- 8 years of relevant experience in sales and business development
- Strong leadership capabilities and established track record in effective leadership talents which includes people
development in channel partners. - Proven track record of achievement in a prior sales position
- Demonstrate strong closing skills. Prior training in Customer Focus Selling skills course will be an advantage.
- Preferably working knowledge of food safety diagnostic kits
- Possess excellent written, oral communication and presentation skills.
- Highly dedicated and sales driven with a high degree of personal motivation.
- Demonstrate strong passion to understand and network with Food Safety industry.
- Frequent travel is expected in accordance with business needs.