EMEAR Business Development Specialist in Chichester, United Kingdom

ATS Company: ATS Corporation

Requisition ID: 12815

Location:

Chichester, WSX, GB, PO20 3AF

Date: Jun 27, 2024

EMEAR Business Development Specialist

BioDot Inc. is recognized as a world leader in the supply of diagnostic manufacturing equipment, which frequently enables, inspires, and educates scientists to commercialize their ideas from R&D through to manufactured products. We are part of ATS Corporation, part of the Life Sciences Group and our segment positively impacts the quality of lives of billions of people across the globe by providing automation of care products/solutions and services across the healthcare and life sciences markets we choose to participate in.

BioDot is uniquely focused on the specialized requirements of Rapid Test / BioSensor / Lyophilization and Clinical Laboratory development and manufacturing environments. BioDot has several standard product lines and custom automated systems to meet the needs of these markets. Please review our website https://www.biodot.com for further clarification. BioDot is currently experiencing growth and we currently have the immediate need for a Business Development Specialist to work out of our Chichester, UK, European Office.

The EMEAR Business Development Specialist will be responsible for identifying and developing relationships with potential BioDot customers in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Russia (EMEAR). They will demonstrate a degree of technical knowledge related to low volume liquid handling as well as a commercial understanding of the industry and its drivers. The candidate will work cross functionally with marketing and sales to develop leads into opportunities and to manage the sales funnel. This role will be focused on the EMEAR liquid handling market. It is envisaged that eventually this role will develop into the incumbent having their own territory to manage, so a willingness to travel overseas is a must.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES:

• Identify top target customers within key industries.

• Research and identify emerging markets and geographies.

• Educate target customers and present BioDots Technology to potential customers.

• Develop long term funnel for future bookings.

• Develop key relationships End Users, Academic and Industrial

• Connect sales team with 25 high potential accounts per quarter (expected sales in <= 6 months).

• Identify high value beta customers for new technologies and product releases.

• Develop and launch customer acquisition strategies.

• Attend trade shows and industry conferences.

• Build sustainable and mutually beneficial relationships with customers through technical and business expertise.

• Presentation of solutions that suit customer’s applications and demonstrate Value Proposition and ROI.

• Ensure that all business activities are performed with the highest ethical standards and in compliance with the ATS Code of Business Conduct.

• Needs to work collaboratively with other members of the international sales team.

• Ensure that all progress and updates on work are logged into system tools such as CRM, Share point, etc.

• Participate in ATS Business Model (ABM) and Kaizen events.

• Ensure that all business activities are performed with the highest ethical standards, in accordance to corporate and divisional procedures, and in compliance with the ATS Code of Business Conduct.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum undergraduate degree in business or the sciences.

• Experience maintaining customer relation management (CRM) territory management tools.

• Experience with automated liquid handling platforms preferred.

• Experience selling into laboratory and/or manufacturing environments.

• Knowledge of life science applications is preferred.

• Good mechanical aptitude desired with the ability to convey technical details to non-technical individuals.

• Strong presentation and interpersonal skills.

• Project planning and reporting skills.

• Moderate computer literacy needed with Microsoft suite (Word, PPT, Excel) proficiency required.

• Should be able to demonstrate organizational skills managing multiple projects simultaneously.

• Excellent follow-up necessary being able to be the customer advocate while being able to manage business success.

• Tenacity, drive, the ability to be self-motivated, work independently and must have a competitive and winning spirit.

Benefits include 5% non-contributory pension, laptop and mobile phone.