Key Account Manager

Role Overview - Key Objectives

To develop and manage mutually beneficial partnerships between Refeyn and named key accounts within the designated territory. Work with TSS teams and Regional Sales Leaders around the globe to drive the development of named accounts across the globe. Build Refeyns relationship with these Key Accounts to trusted partner status.

How Youll Do It

As a first step you will focus on building account profiles for the named accounts both within the territory but also for sites around the globe. Youll find answers to important questions - Where are the sites around the globe What are the function of those sites Who are they key people What biophysical characterization tools and technology does each site use How are the sites connected to one another And record this business intelligence using appropriate business tools.

Youll build a deep understanding of client requirements and build strong relationships with individuals at sites within your territory and beyond. Youll develop solutions products and services with clients at KAs in ways that benefit both businesses and their clients and ensure KAs and the Refeyn team are in regular contact to ensure customer success with current and future installations of Refeyn products and services.

You will be the main channel of communication between Refeyn and these accounts for all departments including Marketing Sales Customer Support Product Development and Management.

You will also brick wall these accounts so our competitors cannot penetrate these accounts developing long-term strategies for client retention and ensuring all opportunities across these accounts globally are fully characterized and captured within the CRM paying special attention to any connection between specific intra and inter-site opportunities.

There will also be a requirement to prepare and present regular KA updates to internal Refeyn stakeholders.

We are ideally looking for someone with the following skills and experience

• BSc of Masters in biochemistry molecular biology biophysics or other relevant subjectPhD advantageous
• Extensive experience selling scientific capital equipment/analytical instruments to the R&D environment essential
• Experience selling into the GMP/Bioprocessing market including supporting customers validating new technologies and organisations involved in clinical development and clinical trials.
• Advanced knowledge of selling strategies and methods e.g. consultative sales and sales profiling frameworks etc
• Advanced knowledge of CRM (SalesForce)
• Gone through a minimum of three planning cycles for their market or customer groups
• Knows the ropes of creating and executing on tactical sales plans
• Has owned and consistently achieved/exceeded targets
• Demonstrable experience of hunting and creating new business
• Has successfully pitched at key stakeholder level
• Has successfully led successful negotiations with key accounts
• Experience of coaching/mentoring someone more junior on the team
• Potential to be developed into a leader at their level
• An established network of customers for their market or customer groups preferrable
• A natural and confident communicator with experience of communicating to different audiences and cross-functional teams (e.g. key customers Sales Operations R&D Product Management Applications Service & Support)
• Strong organizational and time management skills required
• Experience of working remotely and autonomously essential
• Hands-on experience with a variety of bioanalytical techniques
• ERM and CRP management
• Channel Partner management

Why work for Refeyn

Compensation and core benefits

• We anticipate a salary between $130000 and $160000 depending on experience plus up to 40% bonus
• 25 days PTO per year in addition to 10 paid holidays
• 5% company match to 401(k)
• A paid volunteer day
• Annual wellbeing allowance
• Comprehensive core benefits package including Medical Insurance Dental Insurance Vision Insurance Life insurance Workers Compensation Insurance and Employee Assistance Program
• Suite of voluntary benefits including flexible spending accounts supplemental insurances for accident critical illness hospital indemnity and more

Supporting your Development

All employees receive access to Linkedin Learning which offers thousands of courses to support their personal and professional development. We also run frequent training sessions on both hard and soft skills.

Values-Led

Refeyn is committed to celebrating each others differences and creating a dynamic driven and diverse culture where everyone can flourish. We are proud to have been awarded Committed Status by the Inclusive Employers Standard in 2024 and are working hard to create a safe and empowering environment for all.

We firmly believe that there is great strength in building teams with different voices experiences perspectives and backgrounds so that we can continue to share the team workload and enable our customers to succeed and we welcome applicants from all sections of society to join us on our mission to advance discovery through innovation.

Refeyn is proud to use anonymised hiring practices. Identifying information such as a candidates name email address date of birth and photo will not be visible to the hiring manager when they review CVs.