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Job TitleInorganic Field Application SpecialistLocation(s)Italy - Remote (Field Based), Milan
We are looking for a Field Application Specialist (FAS) with a strong background in inorganic analytical techniques, particularly Atomic Absorption (AA), Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP), and Mass Spectrometry (ICPMS). The FAS will play a key technical role supporting both the sales team and customers, providing expert guidance, training, and application development in the pre- and post-sales phases.
We welcome applications from candidates with relevant lab experience looking for a career change, as well as proven FAS with commercial experience.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct hands-on instrument demonstrations for AA, ICP, and MAS systems at the CKC demo laboratory in Milan and occasionally at customer sites.
- Support Sales Representatives during customer visits, offering deep technical expertise throughout the sales and evaluation process.
- Contribute to the definition of technical specifications in commercial offers, ensuring the proposed solutions meet customer requirements.
- Prepare application data and documentation to support participation in public tenders and procurement bids.
- Contribute to customer-facing events, including webinars, seminars, workshops, and product presentations.
- Develop Application Notes and relevant technical materials related to inorganic analysis workflows.
- Deliver post-sales training and technical support to customers (including customers' site) , ensuring correct and efficient use of instruments and methods.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, or a related scientific discipline.
- Hands-on experience with AA, ICP-OES/MS, and/or microwave digestion systems is required.
- Previous experience in a technical support, application, or analytical laboratory role is highly desirable.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with a natural ability to engage with customers.
- High level of organization and ability to manage multiple priorities.
- English language (spoken and written).
- Willingness to travel across Italy and sometimes in Europe
- Current Driving licence
Top Skills
What We Do
For 85 years, PerkinElmer has pushed the boundaries of science from food to health to the environment. We’ve always pursued science with a clear purpose – to help our customers achieve theirs. Our expert team brings technology and intangibles, like creativity, empathy, diligence, and a spirit of collaboration, in equal measure, to fulfill our customers’ desire to work better, innovate better, and create better.
PerkinElmer is a leading, global provider of technology and service solutions that help customers measure, quantify, detect, and report in ways that help ensure the quality, safety, and satisfaction of their products.
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