Account Manager (life science)

The organisation

Emerson Automation Solutions is a leader in helping process and discrete manufacturers automate and optimize production processes through their best-in-class technologies and industry expertise. They have the most complete automation portfolio in the industry with the depth of services to back it up. Their network of global industry centers and industry and application experts take on the toughest challenges. Anytime. Anywhere.

The position

With its best-in-class technologies and industry expertise, Emerson distinguishes itself in the market with a complete automation package for the process industry. For their location in Diegem, we are looking for an Account Manager Life Science with commercial experience with automation within the Life Science Industry. Are you the Account Manager who takes initiative and does business with the world’s largest organizations in the field of Life Science? Then seize this opportunity!

Tasks & responsibilities

As an Account Manager Life Science, you are primarily responsible for meeting or exceeding order bookings and business bookings, particularly within the Life Science Industry. On one hand, you realize this by strategically building and expanding relations with current customers. You develop and maintain positive relations with all relevant buying influences to become a trusted advisor for accounts. On the other hand, you prospect business potential in new accounts: you actively sell assigned products and solutions within the Life Science Industry. Furthermore, you’ll fulfill the following tasks and responsibilities to meet or exceed the targets:

• You obtain maximum order bookings for all assigned products and solutions
• You maintain an in-depth understanding of Emerson Automation Solutions’ products/services and their applications
• You demonstrate and promote Emerson Automation Solutions’ products to prospects
• You are well-informed of the account’s business operations, their strengths, weaknesses, and needs. Based on this, you develop a solution proposal
• You forecast accounts/ business order bookings and business potential to acquire and maintain knowledge of the sales potential
• You actively participate in setting sales targets for the business to improve the market share
• You provide status reports, including business trends and developments within accounts, to keep the management informed

Candidate profile

For Emerson, we are looking for an Account Manager Life Science who takes initiative and can work under stress and high performance/expectations pressure. You are organization sensitive, understand the Life Science Industry Process Automation opportunities, and have a sound understanding and knowledge of the Process Automation market. Further, you meet the following criteria:

• At least a completed technical bachelor’s degree (e.g., (Bio)Chemistry, Electrical-, or Mechanical Engineering)
• At least 3 years of commercial experience within the Life Science Industry and/or with batch technology in Chemical Industry
• Knowledge in the field of Automation (GAMP) within Life Science. You do business with the world’s largest organizations in the field of Life Science
• Experience with negotiating and finalizing contracts. You must be capable to defend Emerson’s interest in business negotiations
• Experience with defining budgets and analyzing market situations concerning expected growth and income
• Excellent command of the Dutch, English, and French language

The offer

As Account Manager Life Science at Emerson, you’ll be rewarded with an excellent remuneration package, including a bonus, company car, 32 paid leave days and development opportunities.

Interested?

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