Planet Pharma
Business Development Manager (Clinical Supply Services)
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Position: Business Development Manager Europe
Location: UK - Remote (travel required in Europe)
Client: Clinical Supply Chain Services/ Pharmaceutical
Type: Permanent
Main Responsibilities
- Drive new business development across the European pharmaceutical, biotech, CRO and academic sectors.
- Identify, qualify and convert new business opportunities while building and managing a strong sales pipeline.
- Lead the full sales cycle, including client engagement, proposals, pricing, contract negotiations and closing deals.
- Develop and execute regional business development strategies to achieve revenue and growth targets.
- Build and maintain long-term relationships with key clients, acting as a trusted commercial partner throughout the sales process.
- Collaborate with Operations, Project Management and Quality teams to deliver commercially viable and compliant solutions.
- Monitor market trends, competitor activity and developments within the clinical supply industry.
- Represent the company at industry conferences, networking events and client meetings.
- Maintain accurate sales forecasting, pipeline management and performance reporting.
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Main Requirements
- 3+ years' experience in Business Development, Sales or Key Account Management within clinical trials, pharmaceutical services or life sciences.
- Strong understanding of clinical trial supply chains, GMP environments and clinical trial operations.
- Proven success in a B2B sales environment, consistently achieving or exceeding sales targets.
- Experience working with pharmaceutical sponsors, biotech companies and/or CROs.
- Excellent negotiation, communication and presentation skills with the ability to manage complex sales cycles involving multiple stakeholders.
- Commercially driven, proactive and strategic mindset with strong relationship-building skills.
- Willingness to travel across Europe and the US as required.
ABOUT PLANET PHARMA
Planet Pharma is an American parented Employment Business/Agency that provides global staffing services with its head-quarters in Chicago and our EMEA regional office located in Central London. We have invested significantly in creating a robust international platform that enables us to work compliantly in 30+ countries with a current network of 2500+ active contractors globally as well as a very strong permanent / direct hire recruitment offering.
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Our specialist knowledge and close relationships with our clients and the wider industry really makes us unique in our field. Just recently we were recognised by FORBES as the 17th best professional staffing firm, and have won multiple awards from industry accredited bodies for our commitment to excellence and service delivery. We have extensive functional expertise including: Regulatory Affairs, Pharmacovigilance, QA, QC, Submissions experts, Clinical development, Quality, Biostatistics, and Medical Affairs / Writing.
We are an equal opportunities Recruitment Business and Agency. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.
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