Area Sales Manager, LPD: GCC East & Near East

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Laboratory Products Division

Area Sales Manager, Emerging Markets: GCC East & Near East

What will you do?

As a key member of the LPD Emerging Markets, Near & Middle East Team, the Area Manager (ASM) will be responsible for the strategic leadership, direction and development of the LPD business in the GCC East & Near East region. The ASM will be in charge for identifying new commercial opportunities and driving growth across LPDs business activities in the Region.

Through a strategic approach to market and business development, the ASM will significantly shape the future development of LPDs Region strategy by analyzing the market and advising LPD of development opportunities. He/she will be committed to customer service excellence and will take the lead role in developing and managing channel and distributor partnerships (Tier 1 and Tier 2) as well as Direct and Global Account relationships in implementing the Company’s goals.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Create and implement Divisional business development strategies and plans. This will involve working closely with colleagues and teams to ensure business development strategies meet and exceed the demands of the market.

• Create and develop commercial opportunities to increase sales volumes across all LPD product lines. This will apply to both existing and new clients with whom the ASM will target, initiate and develop business relationships.

• Works to meet Business goals, such as budget set by Management for each segment of the Thermo LPD product portfolio.

• Support dealer and distributor network including organizing product trainings, price positioning, and product offerings up to contract negotiations. Take the lead on constructing robust and successful proposals that secure new businesses and long term client relationships for LPD.

• Responsible for capturing opportunities in the CRM system, establish reliable sales forecasts, MBR/QBR reports and report on a regular basis, channel partner and customer activity.

• Monitor competitor’s activities and develop measures to counteract threats from competition.

• Facilitating communication between the various external and internal stakeholders, ensuring compliance with the procedures established by the company, optimizing the administrative routines and feasibility analysis for effective decision making.

• Ensure that Management and Colleagues regularly receive inputs on market opportunities, trends, desired features and functionality needed by customers to ensure these are considered in product design and customer service enhancements.

• Take active role on behalf of LPD in supporting cross-divisional activities to promote the overall Company’s value proposition; closely interact cross divisionally in the Thermo Fisher Scientific Middle East Leadership Team to leverage the full company capabilities.

• Coordinate the support from the Product Specialist, and Marketing support team on the actions and strategies identified by the ASM/Company as necessary, in order to maintain or improved the region order performance

• Supports commercial marketing in the definition of local/regional marketing programs to generate interest from current customers and to interest potential new customers to the Thermo Scientific brand.

• Provides input to the Product Managers and EM Sales to ensure that the necessary market trends, desired features and functionality needed by customers are considered in product designs or enhancements.

• Maintains regular contact with all clients in the market area to ensure high levels of client satisfaction as well as accurate understanding of market conditions.

How will you get there?

• Proven leadership and ability to drive distribution network.

• The ASM will be able to act in the capacity of a Business Development Manager and Senior Sales Manager on behalf of LPD in relationships with distributors, project integrators, private and public institutes as well as key account customers.

• Familiarity with customer base in Life Sciences, Healthcare, Academia and Material Sciences and experience of the LPD product line.

• Influencing skills as they relate to senior purchasing executives and other key decision makers and the demonstrated ability to close orders.

• Ability to plan, gain consensus and execute projects to successful completion.

• Track record in negotiation and persuasion of internal & external stake holders.

• Ability to operate effectively and independently in a matrixed, multi-site environment.

• Capacity to understand financial statements and produce key market reports related to the Region.

• Experience in Distribution Contract Agreements.

• Excellent organizational, planning, inter-personal skills and ability to make presentations across the board.

• Knowledge of EU/US commercial terms and practices, experienced in export business procedures including compliance

• Hands on style of working

• Detailed commercial skills covering also all aspects being relevant in export trade business. The person has to be fluent in English as well as preferably Arabic. .
• Degree in Life Science and/or Business Management (or equivalent) with appropriate experience
• Full Clean Driving License

When you’re part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do challenging work, and be part of a team that values performance, quality and innovation. As part of a successful, growing global organization you will be encouraged to perform at your best. With revenues of more than $20 billion and the largest investment in R&D in the industry, we give our people the resources and opportunities to make significant contributions to the world.

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, each one of our 70,000 extraordinary minds has a unique story to tell. Join us and contribute to our singular mission—enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.

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