Position Overview
Reporting to the Regional Sales Director, Europe, this role is responsible for driving business development within the clinical supply services sector within the Italian territory.
The successful candidate will identify and pursue new business opportunities while managing and strengthening relationships with both existing and prospective clients. Annual goals will be set collaboratively, focused on generating growth across Catalent’s full range of service offerings. This role is critical to Catalent’s continued expansion in Europe and will play a key part in enhancing our presence and reputation in the marketplace.
Responsibilities:
1. Achieve annual sales target.
2. Prepare weekly reports detailing meetings held and phone calls made.
3. Prepare monthly reports detailing activity with current and perspective customers.
4. Develop and maintain business relationships with current and perspective customers.
5. Prepare annual sales plan.
6. Participate in tradeshows, exhibits and professional organizations.
7. Organize and participate in customer and potential customer visits.
8. Maintain and acceptable level of knowledge of Catalent’s service offering, industry technology and trends, and customer and competitor capabilities.
9. Manage personal expenses to meet budgeted allowances.
10. Assist Operations and Project Management with understanding customer needs and requirements to determine feasibility of performing projects.
11. Assist Operations and Project Management with understanding project requirements so that an accurate and timely quotation can be prepared.
12. Negotiation of quotations, CDAs and MSAs.
13. Probe for “cross sell” opportunities and forward lead to appropriate sales counterpart for follow-up.
Your profile:
14. BS/BA in Business or Life Sciences preferred, but not required.
15. 5+ years of experience in contract pharmaceutical business with at least 2 years in clinical services
16. Fluent in Italian and English
17. Must be able to handle multiple tasks at one time.
18. Demonstrated ability to thrive in a competitive sales environment by identifying and engaging new customers, opening doors at strategic accounts, and consistently achieving or exceeding performance targets.
19. Exceptional interpersonal and negotiation skills, with the ability to build long-term relationships and influence key stakeholders.
20. Must demonstrate proficient computer skills (Excel, Word, Access, and PowerPoint).
21. Ability to travel frequently (up to 50%).
Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career! Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference.
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