Inside Sales Manager LSG Benelux

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Job Description

With over 100000 extraordinary minds on our global team each one of us at Thermo Fisher Scientific has an important story to tell. Whether were helping customers to fight disease making sure our air is clean or solving cold cases our stories involve thousands of important projects that improve millions of lives. Our dedicated sales professionals are laser focused on delivering our customer value propositionaccelerating innovation and enhancing productivity. With talented managers and inspiring coworkers to support you youll find the resources and opportunities to make significant contributions to the world.


To grow our LSG business we are now looking for anInside Sales Manager(band 7) for our Inside Sales Team in the Merelbeke Office in Belgium

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and implement business strategies through a sales team to achieve revenue targets.
• Accountable for developing sales teams ability to achieve performance goals.
• Lead and motivate the sales activities
• Implement management processes that ensure consistent timely and successful execution of the sales teams strategies and objectives.
• Responsible for recruiting hiring training developing motivating and coaching the sales team and in the successful management of distributor relationships.
• Accurately forecast product sales and revenues.
• Develop and implement comprehensive plans/programs both short and long range to support sales and revenue objectives.
• Assist in the supporting of new and renewal contracts where appropriate.
• Lead contract pricing within guidelines.
• Handle expenses within guidelines; travel as necessary to meet revenue goals.
• Interact with other departments as needed to communicate changes and provide updated information.
• Participate in strategic market research.
• Supporting the Inside Sales Team Leader on Operational requirements

What will you need

• Strong experience in capital equipment sales.
• Strong understanding of molecular biology principles methods and applications.
• Strong organizational and management skills.
• Good telephone interpersonal and organizational skills as well as the ability to multi-task and prioritize.
• Very good written and oral communication skills in Dutch English and preferably French
• Strong presentation skills for both technical and sales related materials.
• Ability to compile and analyze customer feedback.
• Ability to work in a team and influence/motivate other team members.
• Flexible adaptable and open to change.
• Position requires a minimum of a Bachelors degree with a Post Graduate degree in life sciences preferred.
• Extensive previous field experience with sales management experience is a plus.

Whats in it for you

• Opportunity to work from home 1 day per week
• Annual performance bonus
• Outstanding career and development prospects
• Exciting company culture which stands for integrity intensity involvement and innovation