Position type Permanent Fixed-term Internship Hourly
Percentage Full time 100% Part-time: %
Starting date 01.04.2020 or to be determined
Location At Lunaphore Headquarters in Lausanne. Remote home-office
location in Western Europe is possible.
Lunaphore Technologies is a life-sciences company delivering products based on a
microfluidic technology to analyze tissue samples for cancer research and diagnostics.
Lunaphore is seeking a highly motivated candidate to join our team and contribute
directly to the development and growth of the company.
Summary
We are looking for a technical Sales Specialist with strong sales and technical skills,
ready to join a hard-working team, and passionate about driving our growth and
expansion to new markets.
Lunaphore’s current products target customers in Research Institutes, Universities,
University Hospitals, Clinical Research Organizations and Pharmaceutical Companies
located in Western Europe and United States.
Role/Responsibilities
Generate new leads and maintain existing relationships with customers. Take part
in congresses and travel to meetings.
Pipeline customer leads in a CRM system and keep track of sales activities and
statistics.
Prepare and deliver presentations, as well as perform product demonstrations,
for potential customers.
Negotiate and close deals with customers.
Help coordinate installation, training, and maintenance of the products when
required by the customer.
Have in-depth technical knowledge of the products, on the instrument as well as
on the applications.
Collaborate effectively with the customer support and product management
teams in order to understand and improve the products.
Communicate effectively customers’ experience to the team through detailed
reports and presentations.
Drive for results by consistently achieving goals and pushing to complete tasks
by their deadlines.
Reporting sales on a regular basis.
This position includes frequent travelling, up to 80%.
Required qualifications
You have 3 to 5 years’ experience in sales of laboratory instruments or similar.
You have a solid technical or engineering background. A degree in the life-
sciences, bioengineering or in a related field is a very strong plus.
Fluency in oral and written English is a must. Additional language skills including
French, German or Italian are highly desired.
Required soft skills
You like interacting with people and have the ability to build good relationships
with clients quickly.
You have sound judgement, a business mindset and sense of urgency.
You have resilience and tenacity.
You are a self-motivated person, with a taste for challenges.
You have the ability to collaborate with others by working in a team and sharing
information with peers and managers.
You like to solve problems in a proactive and independent manner.
You demonstrate critical thinking and analytical skills.
You have the ability to adapt in a constantly changing environment.
You like travelling.
We offer
A multidisciplinary industrial project within a young and strongly growing high-
tech scale-up company.
An international working environment with high level of diversity and a strong
network.
A highly interactive team with strong personal and technical qualities.
Contact information
If you are interested, please send your application (CV + cover letter and any additional
supporting document) electronically to: human.resources@lunaphore.com
Lunaphore Technologies, EPFL Innovation Park, Building C, CH-1015 Lausanne
www.lunaphore.com