Manager, Business Development (Eurofins Discovery - Central)

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.

Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.

Position Summary: 

The Manager, Business Development will be responsible for achieving corporate growth objectives in the assigned territory with a focus on Integrated Drug Discovery (IDD) opportunities that combine capabilities across the entire Eurofins Discovery service portfolio.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Global understanding of the drug discovery and drug development process
• Global knowledge of relevant markets (i.e. academic, biotech, pharmaceutical).
• Identify, negotiate and close complex deals over $100K
• Work as primary customer contact in a matrix organization to identify, negotiate and close complex projects.
• Requires self-motivation and the ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Manages all aspects of the territory including forecasting and sales
• Responsible for sales and sales support of all Eurofins Discovery services 
• Perform the duties of Manager, Business Development in a defined territory
• Service existing accounts, obtains orders, and establish new accounts for the Eurofins Discovery service portfolio
• Expand existing contracts in a systematic renewal process that includes additional service offerings
• Support business growth as needed: including traveling to visit clients, on-site technical visits, participation in teleconferences to present capabilities to new potential clients and CRO partners.  This individual will be expected to help with lead generation through presentations, workshops, seminars, trade shows, cold calls and intensive networking
• Identify opportunities for expanding business in chemistry, in vitro biology, safety and Translational Biology services
• Gather knowledge and communicate internally to marketing and technical teams on best practices and strategic approaches for IDD and be able to communicate such information to external clients as needed. Regular meetings and monthly summaries for Integrated Drug Discovery (IDD) opportunities.
• Focus business growth efforts by studying existing accounts and potential volume of new business
• Keep management informed by submitting activity and results reports
• Research prospective accounts in target markets, pursue leads and follow through to a successful agreement
• Understand the market and competition as it pertains to Chemistry outsourcing and contract research in the IDD space
• This position has regular communication and interactions with senior management, members of staff in R&D and Operations, Sales and Sales Management, and clients and potential clients of Eurofins Discovery
• Demonstrates and promotes the company vision
• Regular attendance and punctuality
• Conducts all activities in a safe and efficient manner
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Owns the accountability and responsibility of delivering to client needs and timeliness
• Provides cross-functional support to other departments as required
• Adjusts work hours as needed to meet client deadlines
• Adheres to site environmental health and safety (EHS) requirements

Basic Minimum Qualifications (BMQ): 

To perform this job successfully, the individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements below are representative of the knowledge, skill or ability required. 

Education/Experience (BMQ): 

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Biology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, or related field is required
• Minimum 5 years work experience in drug discovery markets with emphasis on small molecule discovery and development space – either in sales, marketing, business development, or R&D
• Understanding of IDD and the platforms that combine to make up this offering

Additional Preferences: 

• Concentrated studies in Cellular or Molecular Biology or Biochemistry preferred
• Previous experience in IDD sales or personal knowledge of customer requirements preferred

Ability and/or Skills (BMQ): 

• Well-developed interpersonal skills and ability to apply in advance, a combination of knowledge, imagination, judgment, and realistic appraisal in project evaluations
• Ability to present technical information at industry conferences
• Ability to coach and mentor junior business development managers with regard to Eurofins Discovery portfolio capabilities and territory management
• Excellent organizational skills
• Ability to comprehend and problem solve in a variety of technical areas
• Ability to work effectively under pressure to meet deadlines

Other Factors: 

• Ability to travel up to 40%, including overnight and weekends

Disclaimer:

This position description is written as a guideline to inform employees of what is generally expected of them at each job level.  The description is not intended to be all encompassing or limiting in any manner; rather, it is hoped it will add understanding and better reflect the work performed at all levels of employment.  Duties and responsibilities other than those listed may be included as needed within the work group or the company as a whole.

The above information may not be used or duplicated by others without written consent.

We support your development! Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.

We embrace diversity! Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.

Sustainability matters to us!  We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025, through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we also count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!

Find out more in our career page: https://careers.eurofins.com/

Company description: Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

The Eurofins network of companies is the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and agroscience contract research services. It is one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies, as well as having an emerging global presence in Contract Development and Manufacturing Organizations. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialized and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over 35 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 61,000 staff across a decentralized and entrepreneurial network of ca. 900 laboratories in 61 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

In 2023, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.515 billion ($7.018 billion), and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.