Manager, Contract Sales Specialists – North America
Thermo Fisher
Summary
Lead a sales team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, supporting revenue growth and market expansion through strategic sales initiatives and customer relationships. As a Sales Manager, you'll develop and implement comprehensive sales strategies, support team development, and contribute to our mission to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. Work collaboratively across divisions to deliver solutions while maintaining strong customer partnerships and achieving growth targets.
Job description
Lead a sales team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, supporting revenue growth and market expansion through strategic sales initiatives and customer relationships. As a Sales Manager, you'll develop and implement comprehensive sales strategies, support team development, and contribute to our mission to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. Work collaboratively across divisions to deliver solutions while maintaining strong customer partnerships and achieving growth targets.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree plus 8 years of proven sales experience in relevant scientific/healthcare industries
- Preferred Fields of Study: Life Sciences, Chemistry, Business Administration or related field
- 3+ years of sales management/team leadership experience
- Strong understanding of laboratory, research, clinical or industrial markets
- Demonstrated leadership abilities with proven track record of developing successful teams
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal
- Demonstrated success in strategic planning, forecasting and achieving revenue targets
- Proficiency with CRM systems (particularly Salesforce) and MS Office suite
- Ability to build and maintain strong customer and key stakeholder relationships
- Experience managing complex sales cycles and large accounts
- Business acumen with strong analytical and decision-making capabilities
- Travel required up to 50-75%
- English language fluency required; additional language skills valued
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a matrix organization
- Track record of commercial success and continuous improvement
- Strong negotiation skills and ability to work effectively at all levels
- Commitment to Thermo Fisher's core values: Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement
Company overview
Thermo Fisher Scientific is a global leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. The company provides a comprehensive portfolio of analytical instruments, equipment, reagents and consumables, software, and services for research, analysis, discovery, and diagnostics. Their mission is to enable customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer by accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, improving patient diagnostics and therapies, and increasing laboratory productivity. Thermo Fisher serves pharmaceutical and biotech companies, hospitals and clinical diagnostic labs, universities, research institutions, and government agencies worldwide. The company operates through four business segments: Life Sciences Solutions, Analytical Instruments, Specialty Diagnostics, and Laboratory Products and Services.