Merck KGaA Posted August 15, 2026

Scientific Sales Specialists - BeNeLux

Overijse, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium FULL_TIME
Sales

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About this opportunity

Your role:

Located in Belgium or the Netherlands, you will lead regional growth and drive revenue as a field-based Discovery Scientific Sales Specialist covering BeNeLux. You'll build deep, strategic relationships with academia, biotech, pharma, and industry customers, positioning our early discovery workflow solutions as essential to their research and development. Your week balances territory planning, identifying and converting high-value opportunities, and delivering measurable outcomes through pipeline growth, seminars, and strong field presence. Expect to travel roughly 3 days per week across your territory, collaborating closely with marketing, product, and service teams to execute account strategies and hit revenue targets. Reporting to the Head of Scientific Sales Specialist – Early Discovery Workflow, you'll own your territory and drive clear, achievable growth in a dynamic, fast-paced environment where your technical expertise and relationship-building skills directly impact our success.

Who you are:

Engineering or life-science degree with 5+ years of technical sales experience in chemical synthesis, small biomolecules, or related fields.

A track record of building and closing large opportunities in competitive markets.

Strong customer relationship management across academia, biotech, pharma, and industry sectors, with the ability to identify decision-makers and navigate complex buying processes.

Skilled at mapping customer pain points to our solutions and positioning value beyond price.

Daily use of Salesforce to track activities, manage the opportunity pipeline, and maintain accurate forecasting.

Comfortable working in a matrix environment with account management, field marketing, product, and service teams.

Willingness to travel 3+ days per week within Belgium and the Netherlands; flexible and adaptable to the demands of field-based sales.

Job details

Seniority
Not listed
Function
Sales
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Overijse, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
Employment type
FULL_TIME

How this role compares

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

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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.

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Peer group range $53,200 – $392,000 (median $135,500)

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Seniority mix

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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

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Rare Disease30
Gastroenterology22
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