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Business Development Manager
sales, BD, marketing, chemistry
Job
CLS Services is a leading professional recruitment agency specialised in chemistry & life sciences.
For our client Innosyn B.V. we are searching for a Business Development Manager.
Keywords
- Business Development
- Chemistry & Life Sciences
- Customer Acquisition & Relationship Management
- Flow Chemistry / Bio- & Chemocatalysis
- Brightlands Chemelot Campus (Geleen)
As Business Development Manager with a solid understanding of chemistry and technology, you know how to spot opportunities, win new business, and nurture existing relationships, but just as importantly, you understand the chemistry behind it. Ready to drive growth and bring in new leads? Let’s explore what this role has to offer.
In this role, you will be based at Innosyn office in Geleen (Brightlands Chemelot Campus) and report directly to and work together with the Commercial Director. You stay informed about the latest industry trends and developments, while maintaining close contact with team leaders, scientists, and other departments to keep track of ongoing projects and internal priorities.
Your key responsibilities include:
- Identify new business opportunities and consequently, expand the customer base and business development pipeline;
- Develop activities to build and actively maintain relationship with customers, partners and relevant industrial players;
- Generate and negotiate commercially attractive and competitive proposals based on the requirements of the customers and in full alignment with the internal project responsible team;
- Work closely with scientific and marketing team members to develop client acquisition strategies;
- Provide input to the InnoSyn business plan with respect to future growth opportunities;
- Represent company background and strategy in events, conferences (approx. once per month, mainly in Europe), and business meetings;
- Support customers by providing detailed technological and commercial information;
- Document and maintain customer report visits and relevant correspondence between company and customers in the CRM.
Profile
You have a technical or scientific background in Chemical Engineering, (Bio)Chemistry, Life Sciences, Material Sciences, or a related field. While you not the scientist yourself, you need to speak the scientific language. You understand the chemistry and/or processes that enables you to grasp our services and engage credibly with both clients and internal R&D teams.
Ideally, you have 10-15 years of experience in business development; However, if you have less experience but you bring a strong affinity for sales, a proactive mindset, and the right technical background, we also encourage you to apply.
You are a creative self-starter with an entrepreneurial mindset. You bring strong interpersonal skills, a results-driven approach, and a talent for conceptual selling. With excellent communication and negotiation skills, you know how to build trust, convince stakeholders, and close deals.
English is a must, German is a big plus and other foreign languages is a plus.
Willingness to travel (>30%).
Benefits
We offer a competitive salary ranging from €70-k to €114-k per year, based on a full-time position.
38 vacation days
solid pension plan
company performance-based bonus.
Company profile
InnoSyn offers a team of passionate & experienced problem solvers, applying innovative and cost-efficient technologies such as flow chemistry, bio- and chemocatalysis, to advance competitiveness of their customers across the (fine) chemical industries.
InnoSyn is an SME that primarily focusses on R&D towards the development of (bio)chemical production processes for third parties worldwide. InnoSyn currently has approximately 60 employees and is located at the Brightlands Chemelot Campus in Geleen, The Netherlands. The company has a new pilot plant at its disposal. Although InnoSyn was founded only 8 years ago, it has a long and impressive track record in the area of development and implementation of industrial manufacturing processes that was built up over more than 40 years.
Contact
Interested? Send us a detailed curriculum vitae, accompanied by an application letter indicating your motivation. Please use our online application form. (See URL) (Vacancy number A2500049)
