Major Accounts Manager
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Job Description
The Major Accounts Manager plays a critical role in our organization tasked with overseeing and nurturing key client relationships within our life science product and service offerings across the United States. Focused primarily on major accounts this position demands a strategic approach to account management emphasizing longterm value creation and partnership development.
Responsibilities include effectively navigating the sales process from initial contact to contract negotiation leveraging a deep understanding of our products and services to address client needs and drive revenue growth. This role requires proactive engagement with clients and internal stakeholders including product management business development and customer service teams to ensure alignment and support throughout the sales lifecycle.
Key attributes for success in this role include exceptional communication skills a strong grasp of scientific concepts and a proven ability to manage complex sales pipelines. The Major Accounts Manager will collaborate closely with clients to identify opportunities for expansion and ensure the delivery of tailored solutions that meet their evolving requirements.
This position is remotebased within the United States region with approximately 50 travel required to engage directly with clients and maintain a strong presence in the market
To excel in this role the individual must proficiently execute the following essential functions:
- Pipeline Management: Generate and qualify a robust pipeline of prospects vital for the company to attain future goals. This involves coordinated support of marketing strategies with the Global Marketing Director and other team members to generate leads followed by thorough qualification of potential engagements. Maintaining systems and updating prospect records are integral to ensuring accurate pipeline visibility at all corporate levels.
- Direct Sales: Lead a strategic sales process to manage and achieve new sales results as assigned. This requires networking across various organizational levels from Clevel executives to lab technicians facilitating ideation and vision sessions developing proposals negotiating and adhering to corporate guidelines in contracting to achieve desired outcomes. The Major Accounts Manager will orchestrate a solutionoriented sales process leveraging diverse resources and projects throughout the sales cycle while collaborating closely with the North America Director of Sales on special pricing and contract terms.
- Strategic Selling: Exhibit strategic selling skills to comprehensively understand customers business requirements and recommend LGC Diagnostics & Genomics solutions in a consultative manner to address scientific automation and business challenges.
- Client Management: Serve as the primary relationship management executive for LGC Diagnostics & Genomics on designated accounts with accountability for revenue generation and development of emerging opportunities. This entails building and leading robust accountspecific teams fostering ongoing communication and crossselling activities to enhance client satisfaction identify additional revenue opportunities maximize client lifetime value and solicit references. Lead customeroriented selling and account management processes including account planning and review sessions with crossfunctional teams.
- Industry and Product Knowledge: Cultivate and maintain a deep understanding of industry trends client operations and competitive offerings to effectively position LGC Diagnostics & Genomics products. Effectively represent LGC in various marketfacing roles including sales meetings client entertainment media briefings and trade events.
- Business Development: Support Product Management and Business Development efforts by identifying and evaluating new business and market opportunities which may entail interaction with existing clients and prospects.
- Reporting: Provide timely sales and pipeline inputs as necessary to support the reporting of leading and lagging indicators. Ensure accurate complete and timely expense reporting. Facilitate account review meetings for strategic accounts and maintain timely and accurate reporting of sales data in the companys CRM system.
- Other Duties as Assigned: Demonstrate flexibility and collaboration in responding to the business needs both internal and external by addressing significant corporate initiatives as requested by management.
Qualifications :
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in biological or life sciences business management or related field.
- Emphasis in molecular and cell biology and related applications preferred (sales or wetlab experience).
- 5 years of demonstrated sales success within the life sciences industry.
- Proven track record in managing both new and established accounts with competencies in strategic selling and large account management.
- Proficiency in managing complex sales processes including territory planning prospecting discovery analysis solution design presentation negotiation and closing.
- Excellent communication skills including strong listening verbal and written communication abilities.
- Strong computer skills required with a working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite of products particularly Word Excel and PowerPoint.
- Ability to travel as needed.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Prior experience with CRM software particularly which is an essential tool for pipeline and account management at LGC Genomics.
- Strong product knowledge and sales experience in Life Science products especially in nucleic acid extraction/purification PCR qPCR and NGS workflows. Experience selling into regulated markets such as diagnostic kit manufacturers is highly desirable.
- Experience in managing capital equipment and/or large opportunities $100K).
Competencies & Behaviours:
- Customerfocused and responsive with a demonstrated ability to build critical relationships.
- Passionate about discovering and developing solutions for complex process problems faced by clients.
- Teamoriented and highly collaborative with a proven track record of exerting influence in a directive and positive manner.
- Demonstrates professional judgment tact approachability and diplomacy in interactions with both internal and external customers while also handling confidential and/or proprietary information.
- Shows autonomy: capable of initiating and driving initiatives while recognizing the appropriate times for stakeholder engagement.
- Possesses creative problemsolving skills and the ability to communicate effectively to achieve consensus and facilitate decisionmaking within a matrix environment.
- Adaptable and willing to take on multiple new tasks and responsibilities while effectively managing and prioritizing within a dynamic work environment.
- Resultsdriven and processoriented ensuring targets are consistently met on time and within budget.
- Embraces and embodies LGCs core values: Passion Curiosity Integrity Brilliance and Respect.
Working Conditions:
- Travel Requirements: Willingness to travel internationally is essential. Typically travel both domestically and overseas is required approximately 50 of the time. Travel outside the local area often involves overnight stays.
- Schedule/Core Hours: The standard work schedule is Monday through Friday during the companys standard hours of operation. However occasional weekend and/or evening work may be necessary.
- Work Environment: Primarily based in a remote office setting with the flexibility to travel nationally and internationally as needed to fulfill business requirements.
Additional Information :
What we offer (US basedemployees):
- Competitive compensation with strong bonus program
- Comprehensive medical dental and vision benefits for employees and dependents
- FSA/HSA Pretax savings plans for health care childcare and elder care
- Deductible Buffer Insurance and Critical Illness Insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan with matching employer contribution
- Companypaid short and long term disability life insurance and employee assistance program
- Flexible work options
- Pet Insurance for our furry friends
- Enhanced Parental leave of 8 additional weeks
- PTO that begins immediately
- Town Hall monthly meeting onsite/virtual Cheer program where employees are recognized for outstanding work Company wide social events frequent catered lunches and much more!
The typical pay range for this role including all variable performancebased income is:
Minimum: $100000
Maximum: $180000
This range represents the low and high end of the anticipated salary range for the California based position. The actual base salary will depend on several factors such as: experience skills and location.
Remote Work :
Yes
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Remote
