Sales Representative - Life Sciences (Houston)

The Opportunity

Avantor | VWR is looking for a dedicated, high-energy Sales Representative to maintain and grow our Education & Medical Research sales efforts within the Houston region .

This is a full-time, field-based position where you will have the opportunity to consultatively sell VWR’s extensive portfolio of products and services to researchers, scientists, and operational staff. If you have a passion for science, enjoy building relationships, and thrive in a customer-facing sales environment—we’d love to talk.

What does being an VWR sales professional mean?

You will be part of a team that can enable customers to focus on what matters most to them, from discovery to delivery. Backed by a vast portfolio, versatile capabilities, and a global reach, you can provide mission-critical solutions, including, products, services and technology, that integrate into your customers’ workflows and meet regulatory requirements. VWR is fully committed to creating a fully inclusive culture that celebrates diversity and provides equitable opportunities for all associates to grow and succeed.

What You’ll Do & How You'll Make an Impact

As a Sales Representative at Avantor | VWR, you will manage all sales activities within your assigned territory, from prospecting through close. You’ll act as the CEO of your territory , owning your strategy, relationships, and results while driving growth through consultative selling.

What you’ll Need

We are looking for a disciplined, self-starter, who does what you say you are going to do, when you say you are going to do it. We are looking for team members that can operate by our ICARE values to drive faster than market results. Team members must be able to understand the individual customer drivers and execute on a plan to maximize the value that we can drive for our customers.

What We Offer YOU

We are pleased to offer our team a competitive compensation package and a full complement of employee benefits. We strive to offer benefits that will support our associates in being healthy, happy and successful. We offer a number of programs, resources and incentives designed to foster the total health and well-being of you and your family!

ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING CONDITIONS & PHYSICAL EFFORT (Under Typical Positions)

Typically works in a home office environment with extensive regional travel to customer locations.

Work assignments are diversified. Examples of past precedent are used to resolve work problems. New alternatives may be developed to resolve problems.

A frequent volume of work and deadlines impose strain on routine basis.

Minimal physical effort is required. Work is mostly sedentary but does require walking, standing, bending, reaching, lifting or carrying objects that typically weigh less than 10 lbs.

Why Avantor?

Dare to go further in your career. Join our global team of 14,000+ associates whose passion for discovery and determination to overcome challenges relentlessly advances life-changing science.

The work we do changes people's lives for the better. It brings new patient treatments and therapies to market, giving a cancer survivor the chance to walk his daughter down the aisle. It enables medical devices that help a little boy hear his mom's voice for the first time. Outcomes such as these create unlimited opportunities for you to contribute your talents, learn new skills and grow your career at Avantor.

We are committed to helping you on this journey through our diverse, equitable and inclusive culture which includes learning experiences to support your career growth and success. At Avantor, dare to go further and see how the impact of your contributions set science in motion to create a better world. Apply today!

3rd Party Non-Solicitation Policy

By submitting candidates without having been formally assigned on and contracted for a specific job requisition by Avantor, or by failing to comply with the Avantor recruitment process, you forfeit any fee on the submitted candidates, regardless of your usual terms and conditions. Avantor works with a preferred supplier list and will take the initiative to engage with recruitment agencies based on its needs and will not be accepting any form of solicitation.

Avantor offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage, wellness programs, health savings and flexible spending accounts, a 401(k) plan with company match, and an employee stock purchase program. Employees also receive 11 paid holidays, accrue 18 PTO days annually, are eligible for volunteer time off and 6 weeks of 100% paid parental leave (except in states that offer paid family leave). These benefits may not apply to employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement or those subject to other eligibility rules.

Responsibilities

Own and grow a defined sales territory by developing and executing a strategic sales plan; Sell consultatively by understanding customer needs and recommending VWR products and solutions; Prospect and acquire new customers while growing and retaining existing accounts; Build strong, long-term customer relationships to drive satisfaction and loyalty; Collaborate with product specialists, manufacturer partners, and sales leadership to support customer success; Manage a diverse product portfolio and align sales efforts with company strategies and marketing initiatives; Represent VWR in the field and support all stages of the sales cycle, including negotiation and post-sale support

Requirements

College degree or equivalent/applicable experience; 3+ years of experience working in a complex sales environment, where multiple people are involved in the purchasing decision and there is a solution based selling approach, or 3+ year of life sciences work; A proven track record of verifiable sales success driving growth with a consultative, strategic selling approach; Business-to-business sales experience, with preference given to those with distribution experience and a scientific background and/or having work in a laboratory or research environment; Demonstrated capability to effectively utilize best in class selling processes (e.g. SPIN, Challenger, Miller Heiman) and technology platforms including Salesforce.com and Qlikview; Willingness to travel to customer locations 5 days a week (must reside in Houston, TX or surrounding suburbs); Holder of a valid Driver's License