Merck KGaA Posted August 15, 2026

Sales Specialist - Biology

Singapore, Singapore, Singapore FULL_TIME
Sales

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About this opportunity

What You Do

Achieve assigned sales targets by managing and growing accounts within the assigned territory.

Identify customer needs, develop tailored solutions, and build long-term customer relationships to drive revenue growth.

Manage the full sales process, from opportunity identification and solution presentation to quotation, negotiation, and closing, while collaborating with internal teams to ensure customer success.

Provide scientific and product/application-focused continuity to the sales process and customer experience through pre- and post-sales support.

Deliver scientific insights on the Discovery Solution product portfolio through technical presentations and product demonstrations.

Engage and build relationships with relevant Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) to establish thought leadership and strengthen the company’s technical reputation in the region.

Provide comprehensive user training and advice on product utilization to enhance customer processes, applications, and research goals.

Collaborate with relevant internal departments to ensure customer needs are met and effectively communicated throughout the organization.

Analyze market trends and identify solutions to meet customer needs.

Develop applications and provide training for country sales teams to strengthen product knowledge based on market trends and drive market demand.

Identify and provide feedback on new product development ideas, strategic partnerships, and emerging technologies.

Maintain scientific expertise and stay informed about emerging applications and research areas.

Assist in developing marketing collateral and sales tools to support commercial teams.

Represent the company at networking events, conferences, and exhibitions to enhance the company’s profile and generate business development opportunities.

Monitor external factors including competitors, pharmaceutical developments, government initiatives, and legislative changes impacting marketing activities, and communicate relevant information to sales, commercial, and customer support teams.

Participate in developing new project proposals with a customer-centric focus.

Foster positive relationships with partners, vendors, and distributors.

Who You Are

Master’s degree in Biology, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Biomedical Science, Life Sciences, Bioinformatics, or other related disciplines.

Minimum 3–5 years of relevant experience.

Knowledge of process excellence methodologies and tools.

Strong market intelligence skills, including research, data collection, and analysis.

Scientific expertise with experience in a customer-focused role.

Strong commercial acumen and market awareness.

Good command of spoken and written English.

Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication and negotiation skills.

Strong teamwork, coordination, and communication skills.

Job details

Seniority
Not listed
Function
Sales
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Employment type
FULL_TIME

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Sales role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 2495 comparable Sales roles across 149 biopharma companies.

2495Comparable roles tracked
2391Currently active
149Companies hiring similar roles
69Countries represented

Salary context

652 of 2495 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function. This posting doesn't list a seniority level, so peers aren't narrowed by seniority either -- the range below may span more levels than usual.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · Patient Coordinator 1 (PSC) · Novartis $37,200/yr – $69,200/yr
Highest disclosed · Vice President, Head of Oncology Sales · Novartis $274,400/yr – $509,600/yr
Peer group range $53,200 – $392,000 (median $135,500)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 2495 comparable roles

United States1320
China385
India85
Japan55
Taiwan55
Germany54

+ 63 more countries

Seniority mix

977 of 2495 peers have a known seniority level

Manager449
Senior429
Director67
Associate Director12
Intern/Fellow/Postdoc8
Associate7
Executive/VP4
Senior Director1

Therapeutic area mix

666 of 2495 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology181
Cardiovascular / CVRM140
Neuroscience128
Dermatology & Aesthetics45
Vaccines & Infectious Disease44
Respiratory39
Immunology33
Rare Disease30
Gastroenterology22
Ophthalmology4

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How we calculate "similar"

No black box, no LLM guesswork: a deterministic score built from four normalized attributes. Here's this role's own peer group at different match levels, so you can see the mechanism, not just the result.

Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.

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Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
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Unmatched or unknown dimensions score exactly the same: 0 points, never a partial guess. A role we know almost nothing about beyond its function bottoms out at 25%; it never inflates to 100% just because there's little to compare against. Seniority uses a defined ladder (Associate → Manager → Associate Director → Senior → Principal → Director → Senior Director → Executive/VP) so "Director" and "Senior Director" count as adjacent, but "Director" and "Executive/VP" do not.