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Senior Technical Sales Specialist, Protein Biology in Remote / Field, Finland

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Location: The candidate can be based in any Nordic country. This role requires travelling, up to 75%.

The job:

We are looking for a Senior Technical Sales Specialist (TSS) to grow our Protein Biology business across Nordic Countries (Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland). As Senior TSS, you will be responsible for maximizing sales of our full Western Workflow (Instruments & Consumables), Secondary Antibodies and Products for Protein Mass Spectrometry, whilst promoting Thermo Fisher Scientific as the technology leader in Protein Biology Solutions.

You will focus your time on building strategic relationships, identifying new sales opportunities and nurturing them to completion. Key duties will include developing strategic business plans, sales and pricing strategy, mid and long-term objectives, territory planning, and customer satisfaction goals. You will conduct sales visits and organise scientific seminars, whilst continuously monitoring sales performance & providing accurate forecasting.

The sales territory for this role covers Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. When safe to do so, regular travel to visit customers across your territory will be required (3 days per week on average), including overnight stays. When not travelling, you will be able to work from home. Due to the ongoing pandemic, there will be very limited travel when you first start in role and you will be working from home full time. We are happy to consider qualified candidates based anywhere in northern England or Scotland.

Our Biosciences organization is developing and we guarantee an interesting and challenging position, in an international environment. Join us and develop your career with a global organization which prioritizes career development, allowing you to achieve your best – both personally and professionally.

What will you do?

• Achieve or exceed sales quota and objectives, while maintaining profitability and ensuring 100% customer satisfaction
• Promote full portfolio of Protein Biology products and services within assigned territory
• Sell directly to selected accounts under supervision of the TSS Senior Manager
• Develop and execute strategic account plans with third party local sales representative, employing multi-level selling to sell top-down and bottom-up, and drive penetration of the assigned product portfolio
• Maintain contact with existing customers to promote new products, close deals, and grow sales, as well as develop new prospects
• Support service to customers by developing a strong working relationship with Marketing, Technical Support, Customer Support and Production to ensure that a teamwork environment is established and optimal technical and customer service support is guaranteed

Who we are looking for:

• Degree in a Life Science, ideally Biochemistry, Genetics, Protein or Cellular Biology
• In-depth understanding of commonly-used protein biology techniques (either as a user, or a salesperson) (essential)
• Prior sales experience within the Life Sciences (essential)
• A sales hunter with an aptitude for business development and capable of influencing at all levels of seniority
• Commercial awareness and the ability to work in line with the goals of a commercial organisation
• Self-motivated and well organized, with the ability to work independently
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Experience of using a CRM system such as Salesforce.com an advantage
• Fluent in English (verbal & written)
• Willing and able to travel extensively on a weekly basis across the region (3 to 4 days per week), including overnight stays
• Valid Driving Licence

What’s in it for you:

• Excellent career progression opportunities with a large and growing global employer
• Competitive salary, plus sales bonus
• Company car
• Full benefits package

About us:

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team of more than 100,000 colleagues delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD. For more information, please visit www.thermofisher.com.

With Thermo Fisher Scientific, it’s not just a career. It’s a chance to realise your best – professionally and personally.

Apply today!

Bioprocess engineer / Bioprocess technician / Laboratory technician

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Biovian on vahvasti kasvava turkulainen bioteknologiayritys. Tarjoamme sopimusvalmistusta, -analysointia ja prosessikehitystä biotekniikkayrityksille, jotka kehittävät innovatiivisia geeniterapia tai biofarmaseuttisia tuotteita. Saatamme asiakasprojekteja laboratoriosta kliiniseen potilaskäyttöön asti taidolla, innolla ja sydämellä.

Yhtiön kasvaessa haemme useampaa henkilöä tuotanto- ja laboratoriotehtäviin. Tehtävässäsi tulet keskittymään joko lääkeaineiden

tuottamiseen, jossa työtehtäväsi on osallistua bakteerisolujen bioreaktorikasvatuksiin. Tehtävääsi kuuluvat myös liuos- ja mediumvalmistus sekä prosessikehitystyö.

tai

puhdistusprosesseihin, jossa työtehtäväsi on proteiinien ja geeniterapiatuotteiden puhdistuksen toteuttaminen Puhdistus tehdään pääasiassa kromatografiaa ja TFF:ää käyttäen.

Päätehtäväsi on

• Osallistua lääkeainetuotannon työhön, joka tehdään kehityslaboratoriossa ja puhdastiloissa.
• Prosessin aikana ottaa näytteitä sekä suorittaa ja tarkastaa prosessikontrollianalyysejä
• Osallistua materiaalien siirto- ja valmisteluprosesseihin
• Osallistua laitteiden sanitointeihin, kalibrointeihin ja kvalifiointeihin.
• Tuottaa tarvittava dokumentointi prosessista yhdessä tiimin kanssa

Työssä onnistuaksesi

Odotamme sinulta ammatillista loppututkintoa (esim. laborantti, bioanalyytikko, bioprosessi-insinööri tai vastaava) sekä käytännön kokemusta laboratorio- ja/tai puhdastilaympäristöstä.

Toivomme sinulta kokemusta lääketeollisuudesta ja lisäksi vahvaa osaamista jollakin alla mainitusta osa-alueesta sekä asiantuntemusta useimmista niistä:

• Laboratoriotyöskentely
• Aseptinen työskentely
• E. coli solukasvatus
• Rekombinanttiproteiininen tai virusvektorivalmisteiden puhdistaminen ja käytännön kokemus Äkta Pure -kromatografialaitteistosta
• Kokemus liuosvalmistuksesta
• Kokemus GMP:stä

Olet työskentelytyyliltäsi tarkka, järjestelmällinen, reipas ja toimelias henkilö. Sinulla on myös hyvät vuorovaikutus- ja ryhmätyötaidot.

Sinulla on hyvä suomen kielen taito. Työohjeet ja dokumentointi tehdään englanniksi, joten toivomme sinulta myös hyvää englannin kielen taitoa.

Mitä sinä saat meiltä?

Tarjoamme sinulle merkityksellisiä ja vastuullisia työtehtäviä lääkkeiden ja biologisten prosessien parissa. Pääset osaksi huipputiimiämme, joka koostuu monialaisista asiantuntijoista. Saat hyvän perehdytyksen tehtävään ja mahdollisuuden ammatilliseen kehittymiseen.

Työtehtävä on kokoaikainen ja vakituinen. Työtä tehdään Turussa Kupittaalla, jossa toimipisteemme sijaitsee.

Saat viihtyisän työpaikan, jossa työntekijöitä arvostetaan, sekä hyvät henkilöstöedut – tarjoamme työntekijöillemme esimerkiksi laajan työterveyshuollon, terveysvakuutuksen sekä hyvinvointi- ja liikuntaedun.

Kiinnostuitko?

Lisätietoja tehtävistä saat tuotantojohtaja Johanna Silvolalta (puh nro 040 350 8585) ja kehityspäällikkö Pekka Pohjanjoelta (puh nro 040 848 1040). Parhaiten tavoitat Johannan keskiviikkona 25.5. klo 8-9 ja tiistaina 31.5. klo 16-17 ja Pekan maanantaina 30.5. klo 12-13 ja keskiviikkona 1.6. klo 16-17.

Lähetä hakemuksesi (suomeksi tai englanniksi) palkkatoiveineen viimeistään sunnuntaina 5.6. Käymme hakemuksia läpi hakuaikana ja haastatteluja voidaan aloittaa jo ennen hakuajan umpeutumista. Tule mukaan työskentelemään kanssamme tulevaisuuden biologisten lääkkeiden parissa ja muuttamaan ideoita tuotteiksi!

Biovian Oy on vakiintunut turkulainen uuden sukupolven bioteknologiayritys, joka on erikoistunut bioteknologisten lääkeaineiden ja aseptisten lääkevalmisteiden sopimusvalmistukseen ja -analysointiin sekä prosessikehitykseen. Biovianin laboratorio- ja tuotantotilat sijaitsevat Kupittaalla Biocityssä ja Pharmacityssä. Monilla palkinnoilla huomioitu yritys toimii bioalan ytimessä, hyödyntäen modernia biotekniikkaa tuotteissaan ja palveluissaan. Biovian on investoinut uusiin teknologioihin, on tärkeä työllistäjä alalla ja on kasvattanut tasaisesti liikevaihtoaan, josta suurin osa (80 %) tulee viennistä. Lisätietoa yrityksestä www.biovian.com.

Principal Scientist

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About the job

Principal Scientist, Research and Development

Are you interested in producing new sustainable food ingredients with one of Europe’s hottest start-up companies? Would you like do impactful work to produce animal free egg white proteins with cutting edge technology with superb colleagues who are top experts in their field? Onego Bio might be just the place for you.

Onego Bio Ltd is a Finnish biotechnology company developing animal-free products such as egg white proteins. The company, founded in 2022, is a VTT spin-off that salutes the remarkable work done by VTT Biotechnology to create next level cell agriculture products and applications. Onego Bio has raised 10 million Euros in seed funding to commercialize a breakthrough technology to produce egg white without chickens. The Onego Bio Ltd shareholders include venture capital investors such as Agronomics and Maki VC. Get to know us better by exploring our webpage www.onego.bio

We are now looking for a principal scientist to join our R&D team.

In this position, you will play an essential role in developing, planning, and carrying out research projects with a project team and contribute towards our greater goal of providing animal free egg protein ingredients to the world. Ultimately, we aim to be part of building a sustainable food system with the help of our partners throughout the world. Towards this goal our R&D team will create microbial production systems for expressing egg white proteins using filamentous fungi.

Read more about our past work on the topic:

• https://www.vttresearch.com/en/news-and-ideas/finnish-startup-onego-bio-ltd-raises-eur-10-million-seed-funding-commercialize
• https://www.vttresearch.com/en/news-and-ideas/vtts-technology-production-egg-white-protein-without-chickens-awarded-earto
• https://www.eu-startups.com/2022/03/10-fantastic-fast-growing-finnish-startups-to-watch-in-2022/

Your responsibilities as Principal Scientist:

• Scientific project work in the fields of protein production and fungal biology
• Using your expertise in molecular biology and strain engineering to create excellent fungal production strains for egg white proteins
• Developing strain screening technologies and workflows for filamentous fungi
• Further developing our fungal expression platforms using the newest innovations
• Project team management
• Working with our bioprocess team to improve the strains and bioprocess conditions

Who we are looking for:

• Proven, excellent laboratory skills and experience in molecular biology techniques such as DNA cloning, genome engineering, protein analysis, protein purification, and possibly genome analysis
• Completed PhD in biotechnology, molecular biology, fungal biology, or related field.
• Three or more years of experience working with filamentous fungi
• Good written and spoken English skills
• Proven ability to effectively instruct other scientists or technical staff
• A person who exhibits effective leadership skills
• Someone with deep knowledge in the fields of fungal biology and strain development
• Industrial experience working in a biotechnology company would be a big plus

As a person, we hope that you:

• Love science and innovation
• Skillfully and precisely plan and perform experiments
• Self-motivated and willing to take the initiative to get projects accomplished
• Have strong communication and collaboration skills
• Work well with other team members and contribute to a good working environment
• Can tolerate pressure and maintain a good work-life balance
• Are flexible to take on a variety of tasks anticipated in a start-up company

With Onego Bio, you’ll enjoy: / What we offer you:

· Molecular biology with an impact. Onego Bio works on creating cutting-edge microbial protein production systems. Microbial production technology to produce chicken ovalbumin could mitigate the environmental impacts of chicken-egg-derived ovalbumin according to recent study published in Nature Food (https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-021-00418-2)

· Superb colleagues. With Onego Bio, you’ll join a small, focused group of top experts who foster a culture of trust, openness and sharing ideas.

· Competitive salary. We want to attract the best people, so we will provide competitive salaries.

· Nordic work–life balance. Working in Finland, the happiest country in the world, enables a great quality of life. At Onego Bio, we make our people’s well-being a priority. We offer 6 weeks paid vacation a year and occupational healthcare.

Apply now and join our community of brilliant minds!

Please send your CV and application letter as soon as possible but at the latest by 12 June 2022. We will process applications as they come in and fill the position as soon as we find the right candidate.

Interested and want to hear more?

For further information, please contact Chris Landowski, Chief Technology Officer, chris@onego.bio

We look forward to hearing from you!

Apply between 21 May 2022 and 12 June 2022 23:59 (Europe/Helsinki)

Employment type: Full-time, Permanent

Location: Helsinki, Finland