Position Overview:
The Sr Account Manager is responsible for managing sales/ account management activities for all assigned locations, defining and driving sales strategies, providing leadership to subordinates and ensuring the achievement of bookings, revenue and business goals.

Primary responsibilities include the following:

• Own all sales/ account/agent management responsibilities of specified Thermo Fisher Electron Microscope products to all sites including resolving any issues.
• Define, align and implement Account Strategy.
• Maintain accurate quarterly booking forecasts.
• Understand all budget issues at each customer and take strategic action.
• Confirm all system configurations, specifications and acceptance conditions are appropriate for closing orders.
• Manage all User Group activity by product as required.
• Manage system demonstrations by working closely with application engineers and product marketing managers.
• Manage the sales booking process.
• Manage product issues in the field by working closely with the Account service group and application engineers for solutions.

The Requirements:

This position is ideal for an experienced professional wanting to be involved with a dynamic team and exposed to a constant variety of customer application areas.

The successful candidate will possess the following combination of education and experience:

• A university degree is typically required, or a combination of education and experience that demonstrate the required skills.
• Typically requires 7 years of experience; for managers with at least 2+ years in a leadership role.
• Highly developed negotiation skills for customer interaction and closure of sales and other issues.
• Excellent, enthusiastic, clear communication skills to a diverse audience is critical to the success of this position.
• Systematic problem solving by working with customers and account team.
• Presentation skills and creating materials for presentations to internal and external audiences.
• Ability to work in good cooperation within an account team.
• Ability to travel to customer sites and factory locally and internationally.