Strategic Account Manager
At a glance
Manager-level Account Management role at Sartorius. Tokyo · full-time.
Pay not stated Account Management salary
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What you'll do
- Grow sales, orders, and profit by matching product and service proposals to strategic accounts
- Keep current on customer objectives, challenges, pipelines, and manufacturing operations through visits and regular contact
- Log account activity and opportunity progress in Salesforce as a central sales system
- Coordinate with international teams to exchange customer insight and present joined-up proposals
- Develop durable relationships with the account’s organizations and individual contacts
What you bring
- A bachelor’s degree in life sciences or engineering is required
- At least three years of field sales experience in life sciences, preferably involving biopharmaceutical manufacturing
- You communicate and negotiate strongly in Japanese and collaborate effectively in English
- You have worked successfully with cross-functional teams across countries
Who this fits
This role suits a life sciences sales professional who can manage a major global pharmaceutical account and build relationships over time. Frequent travel is part of the job, and the position is based in Tokyo, Japan. You should also be prepared to move into management in the near future.
From the employer
Key Responsibilities
- Achieve sales, order intake, and profitability targets by proposing product and service solutions to key accounts.
- Maintain a deep understanding of customers’ goals, challenges, development pipelines, and manufacturing processes through regular communication and visits.
- Document activities and manage opportunities using Salesforce as a core sales and communication tool.
- Collaborate closely with global teams to share insights and deliver aligned proposals to customers.
- Build and sustain long-term partnerships at both organizational and individual levels.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences or Engineering.
- Minimum 3 years of field sales experience in the life science sector (biopharma manufacturing experience preferred).
- Strong communication and negotiation skills in Japanese; effective English communication for global team collaboration.
- Proven ability to work in cross‑functional, global teams.
- Willingness to travel frequently.
- The willingness to become a manager near future
About Sartorius
Sartorius is part of the solution in the fight against cancer, dementia, and many other diseases. Our technologies help translate scientific discoveries into real-world medicine faster, so that new therapeutics can reach patients worldwide.
We look for ambitious team players and creative minds, who want to contribute to this goal and advance their careers in a dynamic global environment.
Join our global team and become part of the solution. We are looking forward to receiving your application.
www.sartorius.com/careers
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