Field Application Specialist in Watford

Overview Join Bio-Rad as a Field Application Specialist and take it on for our Food Science Team. You\'ll collaborate with a resilient, tenacious sales team to achieve ambitious sales targets. The Field application Specialist will be responsible for application support related to products in Food Science and ensuring customers receive the best support for their needs. This includes training, service, and application repair of company products at customer premises. Part of their job is also to perform presentations during seminars and congresses (when required) and to acquire information on competitors, market trends, and customers.The main geographical scope of the new Field Application Specialist colleague will be the UK and the Nordic countries (Denmark, Sweden, Finland, the Northern part of the Netherlands/Germany). Please note that this position requires traveling up to 50-70%, mainly in the UK & Nordic countries. How You’ll make an impact: Application support related to our products in the Food Science portfolio. Support sales team by providing pre-sales and post-sales technical activities to achieve FSD revenue targets. Commercial support for bids, customer presentations, and meetings. Training and education of Customers and Channel Partners Help to resolve customer complaints, either remotely or on-site in association with the Bio-Rad Technical Support Department Close co-operation with Sales Teams, representing the company at exhibitions and conferences, and helping to gather commercial and market knowledge Travel up to 50-70% in EMEA as required Application specialist for the IQ-Check Prep automation system within EMEA What You’ll bring: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Biological Science, Microbiology, Food Science, or comparable 5-10 years of professional experience in a Field Application or Product Support role, ideally in the Food Science industry or equivalent combination of education and experience. Ability to work both independently and as part of a team. Strong technical talent with the ability or passion to learn to fix software, mechanical, or product handling issues Knowledge of molecular laboratory techniques, including real-time PCR Passion for working in the field with our customers Very good communication, presentation, and negotiation skills Good IT skills Proficiency in professional English (reading, writing, speaking) for meetings, reports, presentations, and technical documents. Who We Are: For 70 years, Bio-Rad has focused on advancing the discovery process and transforming the fields of science and healthcare. As one of the top five life science companies, we are a global leader in developing, manufacturing, and marketing a broad range of high-quality research and clinical diagnostic products. We help people everywhere live longer, healthier lives. Recently voted a Best Place to Work, Bio-Rad offers a unique employee experience with collaborative teams that span the globe. Here, you are supported by leadership to build your career and are empowered to drive change that makes an impact you can see. Benefits: We’re proud to offer a variety of options, including pension matched up to 8%, private health and optionla dental insurance with Bupa, life insurance & income protection, 25 days holiday plus an extra day off on your birthday, cycle to work scheme, free on-site parking, employee discounts at many retailers & gyms, employee referral scheme, & Help@hand (24/7 online GP, mental health support, & virtual wellbeing program). #J-18808-Ljbffr