Principal Sales Specialist

When joining PerkinElmer, you select an experienced and trusted leader in scientific solutions, with the support of a global service network and distribution centers, providing the right solution, at the right time, to meet critical customer needs.  With over an 80+ year legacy of advancing science and a mission of innovating for a healthier world, our dedicated team collaborates closely with commercial, government, academic and healthcare customers to deliver our broad portfolio of analytical solutions, and OneSource services.

Job Title

Principal Sales Specialist

Location(s)

US Remote - AZ

The Company

The “new” PerkinElmer business, a newly independent company as of March 13, 2023, is a global analytical services and solutions provider with offerings including the leading OneSource Field and Laboratory services business that serve the biopharma, food, environmental, safety and applied end markets to accelerate scientific outcomes. Since 1937, PerkinElmer has served as a trusted partner in laboratory analysis and management and today complements its service offerings with a broad portfolio of atomic spectroscopy, molecular spectroscopy, and chromatography instruments, consumables, and reagents. With a dedicated team of more than 6,000 team members, the Company serves customers in more than 35 countries. Additional information is available at www.perkinelmer.com

Purpose

The Analytical Solutions group services the Chemical, Industrial, Materials, Pharmaceutical, Food, Academic and Government sectors. We are looking for a Principal Sales Specialist to represent PerkinElmer's Atomic Spectroscopy, Materials Characterization, and Chromatography product lines. Duties include presenting PerkinElmer capabilities in the marketplace, providing an interface to the end user customer, and representing PerkinElmer products and services in an assigned territory. The territory includes Arizona and Utah. Residence in the Phoenix metro areas is required.

Responsibilities

Experience. Possess in-depth knowledge of the capital equipment sales cycle, as well as a working understanding of Atomic Spectroscopy (AA, ICP-OES, ICP-MAS), Chromatography (LC, LC/MS, GC and GC/MS) and Materials Characterization (Infrared, UV/VIS/NIR, Fluorescence, and Thermal) technologies. Previous experience selling in the defined geography and the markets we serve is desirable.

Grow Sales Volume. Execute a sales plan that is part of the region's and company's strategic objectives. Account management of our current customer base, identification of new targeted accounts, participation in trade shows and improvement of overall market share and profitability by utilizing resources effectively. Your responsibility is to develop a plan for each of the product lines which you sell to ensure that each line is fairly represented.

Develop and implement business plans. Maintain an effective time and territory management plan that includes an ability to present business and technical information, identify customer needs and trends, promote and position PerkinElmer support services to customers, provide information about techniques and products, follow up inquiries about goods and services, maintain customer information utilizing approved information tools and technologies such as the company’s Customer Relationship Software (CRM), timely updates to opportunity funnel and weekly forecast updates, and rigorous funnel management