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The Product Sales Specialist (d/f/m) – Confocal Microscopy is responsible for advising and supporting our research customers the field of confocal microscopy/research in the UK & Ireland, with the goal of further developing this area and ensuring long-term customer engagement.
This position reports to the Sales Director and is part of the commercial team located in the UK working remotely to cover UK North/West.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to:
Develop new and existing customer potential and conduct sales conversations with confidence. Identifying new customer contacts in alignment with strategic guidelines
Provide intensive support to core imaging facilities and key institutes within the sales region
Forecasting - Prepare accurate weekly and monthly pipeline data in SFDC for Sales Forecasts for confocal product lines.
Generating leads through marketing activities, product presentations, and workshops at customer site; represent the company at trade meetings.
Supplying sales management and marketing with insights on market share development, competitor activities, trends, and market dynamics in the assigned region
The essential requirements of the job include:
Strong Sales experience in the Life Science Market
Degree preferably in a Life Sciences, or equivalent experience
Proven record of successful selling of high-tech instruments
Hands-on experience in microscopy and specialized microscopy techniques, particularly confocal microscopy, with strong technical understanding
English fluency
Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements: if applicable for role
Ability to travel, >50 % travel within territory
Must have a valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record
Leica Microsystems, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.
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
- Strong sales experience in the Life Science market
- Degree preferably in Life Sciences or equivalent experience
- Proven record of successful selling of high-tech instruments
- Hands-on experience in microscopy and specialized microscopy techniques, particularly confocal microscopy
- English fluency
Beckman Coulter Diagnostics Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, paid holidays, sick days, and volunteer time are highlighted, with flexibility or remote arrangements available for some roles. Feedback suggests this breadth of time-off options contributes meaningfully to total rewards.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is provided for birth, adoption, or foster placement with the ability to use time in flexible increments within the first year. Feedback suggests family-focused perks like adoption support add tangible value for caregivers.
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What We Do
Beckman Coulter is committed to advancing healthcare for every person by applying the power of science, technology, and the passion and creativity of our teams to enhance the diagnostic laboratory’s role in improving healthcare outcomes. Our diagnostic systems are used in complex biomedical testing, and are found in hospitals, reference laboratories and physician office settings around the globe. Beckman Coulter offers a unique combination of people, processes and solutions designed to elevate the performance of clinical laboratories and healthcare networks. We do this by accelerating care with a menu that matters, bringing the benefit of automation to all, delivering greater insights through clinical informatics and unlocking hidden value through performance partnership. An operating company of Danaher Corporation since 2011, Beckman Coulter is headquartered in Brea, Calif., and has more than 11,000 global associates working diligently to make the world a healthier place.
