Product Sales Manager Microscopy

Join the team of the 176-year-old pioneer of science in optics. We continue to challenge the limits of imagination. With our passion for excellence, we create value for our customers and inspire the world in new ways.

ZEISS is an internationally leading technology enterprise operating in the fields of optics and optoelectronics. The ZEISS Group owned by Carl Zeiss Foundation with its rich history, develops, produces and distributes measuring technology, microscopes, medical technology, eyeglass lenses, camera and cinema lenses, binoculars and semiconductor manufacturing equipment. With its solutions, the company constantly advances the world of optics and helps shape technological progress. The ZEISS Group is represented in more than 50 countries and has more than 100 locations around the globe.

ZEISS Industrial Quality Solutions is a major supplier of advanced contact and optical measuring systems, computed tomography, microscopy solutions and measuring, analysis & management software to the industry. In the Nordics, ZEISS IQS has direct sales representation in all countries and employs a network of Account Managers, Product and Applications Specialists and a strong Field Service team.

ZEISS Industrial Quality Solutions Nordics is searching for an enthusiastic candidate for the position of Product Sales Manager Microscopy in Sweden. The candidate can be located anywhere in Sweden, preferably close to one of the industrial hubs. Product Sales Managers have the responsibility to be experts in their respective sub-portfolio (in this case microscopy), supporting Sales Managers in sales projects as well as managing selective customer accounts independently. In this role you will report directly to the Head of IQS Nordics.

Key responsibilities:

• Maintain and develop an active microscopy sales project pipeline aligned with the strategic priorities of ZEISS IQS
• Support your sales colleagues across the Nordics in microscopy projects with your expertise
• Negotiate and sell to industrial customers
• Create strong enduring customer relationships through regular meetings, contact and marketing events
• Organize and participate in product demonstrations of our systems to prospective customers
• Provide up-to-date information in our CRM platform to keep the IQS Account teams up to date with the latest account developments
• Keep up to date with the latest developments in the ZEISS IQS portfolio and introduce these to your customers

Candidate profile:

• University degree in Science, preferably in Material Sciences
• Knowledge of advanced microscopy systems (e.g. confocal and/or electron microscopy) as used in industrial research laboratories
• Ideally, experience of capital equipment sales in the academic and/or industrial research arena
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and Swedish (Danish, Finnish and/or Norwegian would be a plus)
• Strong presentation skills and able to communicate to small and large groups of people
• Highly motivated and organized self-starter able to act independently when required
• Team player, who enjoys winning sales projects by themselves or supporting others to do so
• Self-motivated learner interested in continual learning and self-development. The candidate should have both the ability and desire to learn from both formal taught courses and also within informal self-learning opportunities
• Willingness to travel within Sweden and the Nordics, but also to attend meetings and training courses across the wider European region when required.

Full training in our products, systems and processes is provided. We offer continuous professional development and the opportunity to work as part of a global team with a wide range of career development opportunities.

We offer a comprehensive range of benefits and all necessary equipment for the role will be provided to the successful candidate.

Join us today. Inspire people tomorrow.

Diversity is a part of ZEISS. We look forward to receiving your application regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, philosophy of life, disability, age, sexual orientation or identity.

Please send an application letter and your CV in English to be considered for this role.

NOTE: We are not using Employment Agencies or Recruitment firms for this opportunity. We will not accept CVs or applications from recruitments agencies. Recruitment firms are clearly instructed to not send candidates for consideration.

Your ZEISS Recruiting Team:

Vibeke Gram Oxholm