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At first glance, you’ll see that for more than 80 years we’ve been dedicated to advancing and optimizing the laboratory to move science and healthcare forward. Join a team where you can be heard, be supported, and always be yourself. We’re building a culture that celebrates backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives of all our associates. Look again and you’ll see we are invested in you, providing the opportunity to build a meaningful career, be creative, and try new things with the support you need to be successful.
Beckman Coulter Diagnostics is proud to work alongside a community of six fellow Diagnostics Companies at Danaher. Together, we’re working at the pace of change to improve patient lives with diagnostic tools that address the world’s biggest health challenges.
We are currently looking for a Sales Application Specialist Microbiology who will be responsible for customer retention, company and product acceptance. The primary function is to perform demonstrations, conduct instrument installations, solve customers’ clinical application problems, provide training for our customers, and provide technical applications support to Sales Representatives. In addition, He/She will demonstrate the ability to utilize critical thinking and analysis to make decisions, solve problems and implement solutions. He/She'll be able to communicate and to listen honesty and to create empathy with the customer, colleagues and collaborators.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support includes pre-sales and post- sales performs demonstrations, training on instrument operation and maintenance procedures, installation assistance and field support.
- Work closely with regional/local team to protect, maintain and grow company business with an effective focus on the support of the installed base and communicate regularly with local, zone and management teams.
- Communicates the technical and clinical information, ensuring customer use the instruments with efficiency and skill in appropriate applications.
- Drive the continuous improvement of the activities and processes which add value to the customer and business. Monitor customer satisfaction targets and adjust priorities and/or project tasks to enhance the customer experience, identify new needs and provide related solutions not initially identified by the customer.
- Manage existing accounts and exceed sales growth expectations for instrument, reagents.
Key Requirements:
- Master Degree in Biomedical or equivalent, Microbiology Master Degree is preferable.
- 2+ years clinical laboratory experience or equivalent
- Open to travel up to 85% of the time (driving license is mandatory) with overnight stay in Italy and abroad
- Good communication and interpersonal skills both in English and in Italian
- Able to work autonomously, being a team player as well
You will be part of a dynamic team in which there is a high focus on delivering results and continuous improvement, but also where having fun and teamwork is very important. You will work in a leading global company, with a leader who cares about you, your strengths and will help you to develop the best possible version of yourself.
Beckman Coulter is part of Danaher Corporation, a global science & technology innovator committed to helping our customers solve complex challenges and improve quality of life worldwide. Our world class brands are leaders in some of the most demanding and attractive industries, including life sciences, medical diagnostics, environmental and applied solutions. Our globally diverse team of 71,000 associates is united by a common culture and operating system, the Danaher Business System, which serves as our competitive advantage. We generated $19.9B in revenue last year. We are ranked #162 on the Fortune 500 and our stock has outperformed the S&P 500 by more than 5,200% over 25 years.
Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.
For more information, visit www.danaher.com.
Skills Required
- Master Degree in Biomedical or equivalent, preferably in Microbiology
- 2+ years clinical laboratory experience or equivalent
- Good communication and interpersonal skills in English and Italian
- Open to travel up to 85% of the time
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO and paid holidays are portrayed as robust, with formal programs and mentions of generous time off and rollover in some cases. This breadth supports a positive view of time-off availability.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) plan with company matching is consistently included as part of the package. The presence of matching contributions strengthens perceived retirement readiness.
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