Director of Business Development, Eurofins Discovery, South Korea

  • Full-time

Company Description

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate. Eurofins believes it is a global leader in food, environmental, pharmaceutical and cosmetics products testing and in agroscience CRO services. It is also one of the global independent market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, CDMO, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies.

In over just 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 48,000 staff across a network of more than 900 independent companies in over 50 countries and operating more than 800 laboratories. Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products, as well as providing innovative clinical diagnostic testing services, as one of the leading global emerging players in specialised clinical diagnostics testing.

 

In 2019, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 4.56 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Job Description

Business development position will have revenue responsibilities in the assigned territory (South Korea). The director of business development, South Korea will be responsible for both strategic and tactical selling of the entire Eurofins Discovery service portfolio utilizing highly consultative and technical sales strategies.  Customers include industrial and large academic institutions in the drug discovery industry and CRO’s across all of South Korea.

  • Identify and build business relationships with new prospects as well as with new groups within existing accounts (sales calls, lead follow up, on-site seminars, trade shows, and user meetings).
  • Effective management and support of local third-party distributors in the territory.
  • Technically competent and knowledgeable on entire Eurofins Discovery service portfolio; ability to offer consultative solutions spanning multiple Eurofins Discovery platforms.
  • Communicate with management-level decision makers to structure new deals and build upon existing business relationships.
  • Coordinate customer visits with Eurofins Discovery scientists, specialists, and local distributors.
  • Effectively adapt business development plans based on Eurofins Discovery strengths and needs unique to the territory.
  • Maintains accurate records of all sales and prospecting activities including sales calls, presentations, closed sales, and follow-up activities within the assigned territory, including the use of Salesforce to maintain accurate records to maximize territory potential.
  • Insure transactions and orders from customers and distributors to Client Services/Technical Scientific Support teams are accurate and complete.
  • Attend and participate in training meetings at least twice a month.
  • Maintain an accurate sales forecast which must be updated weekly.
  • Performs other duties as required and assigned.

Qualifications

  • In-depth knowledge of the drug discovery and development process, especially in the territory.
  • Five years of successful technical sales experience.
  • Fluency in discussing science in the local language (Korean)
  • Fluency in spoken and written English.
  • Self-starter who is a result and success oriented individual with the proven ability to develop and follow through on sales tasks and plans.
  • Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills.
  • Ability to respond effectively to scientific inquiries and quickly address the appropriate internal contacts.

Additional Information

  • M.S. in Pharmacology, Cell Biology or Biochemistry, Ph.D./M.D. preferred
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