Technical Sales Manager, Visp (f/m/d)

Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across three continents. While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of.

Lonza in Visp is looking for a Technical Sales Manager.

Key responsibilities:

• Transform a customer RfP (Request for Proposal) into a project winning proposal
• Provide technical/operational expertise during the sales process
• Actively participate in the sales process in teleconferences or meetings with customers on their or on a Lonza site
• Providing timely and accurate estimates of time, cost and quality objectives for the defined scope of work and disclosing related opportunities and risks
• Perform the cost evaluation in detail using different IT tools and taking advantage of your technical chemical synthesis and production knowledge
• Close collaboration with Sales, Commercial Development and SMEs on the different sites

Key requirements:

• Advanced chemical degree
• Extensive experience in small molecules CDMO / Chemical-pharmaceutical industry (cGMPs, ISO standards)
• Proven track record of effectively interacting with various other company functions/stakeholders and customers
• Expertise in process evaluation and simulation
• Experience in large scale commercial manufacturing (continuous and batch processes)
• Requested languages: German and English (Fluency in English is a Must)