Senior Technical Application Consultant Upstream, Scandinavia, Merck Life Science/1742 / CLOSED

The Company
Merck is a vibrant team of specialists in Healthcare, Life Science and Electronics. They share a love of science, and a passion for Technology.

They discover and develop for life in all its vibrancy, from great human questions to small everyday joys. For more than 350 years, curiosity has been driving them to deliver excellence to patients and our customers – and to imagine the future.

In their Life Science business, where they are more than 1800 employees, they collaborate with the global scientific community to solve the industry’s toughest problems. They provide scientists with lab materials, technologies, and services to make Research and Biotech production simpler, faster, and safer.

They provide inﬁnite solutions to solve the toughest problems in Life Science in collaboration with the global scientiﬁc community. Their tools, services, and digital platforms empower scientists and engineers at every stage, helping deliver breakthrough therapies more quickly. Read more at www.merckgroup.com

Working at Merck Life Science
A career at Merck is an ongoing journey of discovery: More than 51.000 people are shaping how the world lives, works, and plays through next generation advancements in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics.
For more than 350 years and across the world, Merck has passionately pursued the important curiosity to find novel and vibrant ways of enhancing the lives of others.

Senior Technical Application Consultant Upstream
Scandinavia

Building and developing long-term partnerships
International company with a continuously on-going global growth
With Merck, there are always opportunities to break new ground

The Challenge
On behalf of Merck Life Science, Best Talent is now looking for a Senior Technical Application Consultant Upstream, Scandinavia. Leveraging your technical expertise from cell line generation to manufacturing of GMP cell culture media and supplements.

You will work as a specialist in a complex field where it is expected that you thrive well in an expert role and as an important strategic advisor working with internal and external stakeholders. In the role you have commercial responsibility where you drive sales for in-scope Process Solutions (PS) Upstream portfolio. Partnering with several business partners like account managers, tactical specialists, R&D, and process development scientists.

You are responsible for the tactical execution of the PS Upstream strategy on your territory within the scope of EMEA commercial activities. As such, you will segment customer profiles on your territory, create differentiated value with catalogue and customized cell culture solutions, and drive technical customer collaborations until the closure of business deals.

You express curiosity for Upstream solutions beyond your primary scope, contributing to uncovering sales leads for the entire Upstream ecosystem including equipment and services. You are ideally based in Denmark or Scandinavia, with regular travel for face-to-face customer meetings

Talent
You have an excellent understanding within cell line generation to manufacturing of GMP cell culture media supplements. You have a master’s degree ( 2-5+ years experience ) or PhD ( 2-3 years experience ) in Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, or closely related science in the pharmaceutical/biotech industry.

You are positive by nature and proactive with good organizational and communication skills. You are inquisitive and interested in the business environment and the understanding of the customer expectations and needs.

In a natural way you like to interact with clients and other external and internal stakeholders in a trustworthy way.
You have with confidence shown the ability to develop big clients by your way of working committed, entusiastic and at the same time with an analytical and scientific approach.

You are a relationship builder, convincing and with a winning mentality and at the same time you are helpful and delegating. You act as a team player with a high degree of ethics and integrity and understand that results are created by being focused and as a part of a team. You are a trusted advisor and specialist with in-dept knowledge of the entire Pharma Processing product line.

In addition, you have:

Excellent internal and external communication skills. Curious mindset, eager to learn from new bioprocess applications
An analytical and strategic mindset. Quickly adapt to a matrix environment to answer various customer needs and applications
English language skills at all levels
Strong interpersonal skills and a very good understanding of international cultures
A desire and experience in travelling

You as a person and how you work:

You are innovative, inventive and you gladly look for alternative solutions with an analytical mindset
You are self-motivating, ambitious and take responsibility for your success
You are a team player and possess strong interpersonal skills
You ask for help when needed

What they offer:
With Merck Life Science, there are always opportunities to break new ground. They empower you to fulfil your ambitions, and their diverse businesses offer various career moves to seek new horizons. They trust you with responsibility early on and support you to draw your own career map that is responsive to your aspirations and priorities in life. Join Merck Life Science and bring your curiosity to life!

Great opportunities for personal and professional development in an inspiring cooperation with talented colleagues, a competitive salary and annual incentive bonus and a flexible benefit package. You report to Director, EMEA Customer Application Upstream.

Application
Best Talent is responsible for the recruitment proces and will be handling your application on a confidential basis. Forward your application marked ”1742/Sr. Technical Application Consultant to job@besttalent.dk. Read more about Best Talent on www.besttalent.dk and more about Merck Life Science at www.merckgroup.com