Overview
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The incumbent will uncover and cultivate business relationships and opportunities to generate revenue with prospective and existing customers for WuXi TIDES, a WuXi AppTec company. The candidate will work within the European business development team, focusing on growing the European customer base for oligonucleotide and peptide clinical-commercial stage manufacturing services.
This position is remote/work from home ideally based in the UK, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, or Denmark.
Responsibilities
* Hunting and Prospecting for oligo and peptide new drug development contacts and companies who would benefit from WuXi TIDES CDMO services.
* Attend conferences and meetings to present WuXi Tides services to prospective and existing clients via email, phone, and web-conferencing systems. Travel to local client meetings where possible.
* Participate in tradeshows to raise the profile of WuXi TIDES and generate leads
* Act upon, refer, and follow-up on leads from sales and marketing campaigns.
* Increase awareness of WuXi TIDES marketing initiatives including scheduling meetings at tradeshows and promoting registrations for webinars and seminars.
* Maintain knowledge of industry trends, funding, regulatory influence, mergers and acquisitions, in-out licensing of products/technologies, government/private grants and contacts, new drug development and approvals, related patent grants and notifications, market growth of small, med, and large cap companies.
* Develop a social network of industry-related contacts via LinkedIn and other social networking platforms.
* Propose new ideas to increase performance for WuXi TIDES goals.
* Document information in Client Relationship Management (CRM) including contacts, pre-screened/qualified leads, and new account information as required.
Qualifications
Job Requirements:
* BA/BS in Chemistry and certain professional training/experience in business (i.e. Marketing, Sales) is required.
* 3+ years relevant experience working in oligo or peptide new drug development or CRO/CMO industry.
Knowledge / Skills / Abilities:
* Must be a self-starter, self-motivated, highly flexible, with excellent communication skills (verbal, written, and presentation skills). Must be organized and detail-oriented.
* Must have a proven track record of simultaneously managing several projects and timelines.
* Ability to perform within a professional environment and use judgment as dictated by the complexity of a situation.
* Experience with CRM (Customer Relationship Management) software (i.e. SalesForce) is preferred.