EPPENDORF

Bioprocess Channel Sales Specialist EMEA (m/f/d)

Germany-wide Full time

Your challenges

  • Develop and execute EMEA go-to-market and sales strategies for direct and channel business, including pipeline building, forecasting, and performance management (CRM, MBR/QBR).

  • Drive the full direct sales cycle: identify and qualify leads, prepare proposals, conduct technical product demos (e.g., bioreactors, controllers, sensors), negotiate, and close deals.

  • Build, onboard, and manage channel partners across EMEA, including contracts, targets, enablement, and partner programs (pricing/discounts, deal registration).

  • Provide ongoing partner support through technical and commercial training, co-selling, joint customer visits, and assistance with quotations and tenders.

  • Deliver technical sales support and applications consulting for upstream bioprocessing (e.g., aeration/agitators, pH/DO control, PAT, scale-up) in cell culture and microbial fermentation, in close collaboration with internal experts.

  • Represent the company at international trade shows, conferences, and industry events, including technical presentations, posters, live demos, and systematic lead follow-up.

  • Manage complex quotations, proposals, and tenders, including technical specifications, compliance topics, and contract negotiations in alignment with Legal and Finance.

  • Develop and grow key accounts through strategic account plans, cross-/upselling initiatives, and close collaboration with Service/After-Sales, while feeding market and customer insights into Product Management and Marketing.

Your expertise

  • Bachelor’s degree in the life sciences with a minimum of 3 year of relevant experience

  • Laboratory experience with Bioreactors in cell culture and/or fermentation. Cell & Gene Therapy experience is a pre.

  • Expert fluency English and German (both written and spoken), preferably other languages as well

  • Familiarity with Microsoft office software as well as CRM solutions (MS Dynamics, etc.)

  • Strong interpersonal skills, ability to network effectively (internal and external) and establish effective working relationships

  • Excellent presentation skill

  • Experience in interacting with distributors

  • Motivated by change; ability to drive business with constant improvement intentions

Your benefits at Eppendorf

  • Your work is meaningful. Together we contribute to improve human living conditions.

  • We offer you creative freedom with a strong, international premium brand in the life science industry.

  • Thirty vacation days per year and company-regulated special leave days are a given with us.

  • With our flexible flextime framework and a working time account, you can plan your working hours individually and independently create a balanced work-life balance.

  • We also offer you the opportunity to work remotely across Germany for part of your working time, tailored to suit your life situation.

  • We provide you with a variety of social benefits, such as additional employer-funded retirement plans, a job bike, public transport subsidies, corporate benefits, etc.

  • To deepen your knowledge and continuously develop professionally and personally, we offer you a wide range of freely selectable training sessions, participation in conferences, and access to learning platforms.

  • With us, you will find a diverse, open-minded, and appreciative work environment with the latest technologies, methods, and tools