Merck KGaA Posted September 27, 2026

Field sales specialist

Madrid, Madrid, Spain Full time
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About this opportunity

Work Your Magic with us!

Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.

Objective:

Promotes and sells products and/or services of biomonitoring portfolio and solutions directly to current and new end customers. Closes direct sales of products and/or services. Creates,

monitors and revises lead generation plans to ensure a substantive sales opportunity pipeline.

Key responsibilities: 

Typically reports to a South Europe Sales Manager role or to country supervisor

1. Account plans:

• Monitor and take action to close gaps against sales targets, and update forecast as required

• Understand customer’s business, their needs and goals and identify potential new business

• Identify, build relationship with appropriate decision makers within Customers and manage sales negotiations

2. Business analysis/Problem solving:

• Identify general areas for improvements to maximize customer satisfaction & efficiencies, streamline processes, increase sales, improve

delivery and product availability etc.

3. Reporting:

• Provide performance reports and metrics and other data as required to customers and internally

• Use sales-specific systems (like SalesForce.com) to manage own sales pipeline, forecast and monitor sales targets

4. Activity:

• Achieve the sales target for the assigned territory

• Visit existing and potential customers face to face or vitual

• Manage sales opportunities by generating and following leads using the CRM provided

• Manage contract implementation where appropriate

• Support implementation of the tactical plan aligned with the segment strategy

5. Product / Market knowledge updates:

• Identify market and competitor activity, product and industry developments and feedback this information to management and other relevant

functions (e.g. Marketing or Sales Development)

6. Collaboration:

• Work collaboratively with all colleagues across territories, regions, or countries to share best practice as well as participate in important

projects in order to improve the coverage of multi-country customers and improve processes

• Work and collaborate with internal teams to increase customer network and leads/opportunities/sales

Sell macrobiology portfolio products, quality control and assurance and sell the products (macrobiological test) to enterprise

Advance solution business in LifeScience, by biomonitoring, using technical sales to sell macrobiology portfolio, pharmaceutical industry.

Who You Are:

We are looking for a motivated professional who is ready to make decisions and deliver results. You bring:

Microbiology background

Experience in similar functions within the pharmaceutical industry.

Competencies developed in:

Strong communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively with stakeholders at all levels.

Curios mind

Dynamism

Goal-oriented

Positive and solution-oriented attitude

Work location: Spain. Flexible, with a preference for Barcelona or Northern Spain.

Flexible working hours. 80% traveling, and 20% on remote. Reference site: Mollet del Vallès.

Including a company car

Permanent employment

What we offer: We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe that this variety drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology. We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace. Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress!

Apply now and become a part of a team that is dedicated to Sparking Discovery and Elevating Humanity!

Job details

Seniority
Not listed
Function
Sales
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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 4506 comparable Sales roles across 209 biopharma companies.

4506Comparable roles tracked
4118Currently active
209Companies hiring similar roles
82Countries represented

Salary context

922 of 4506 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 · Pharmaceutical Sales Associate - Salt Lake City, UT · IQVIA $55/yr – $63,000/yr
Highest disclosed · Senior Global Client Partner · IQVIA $168,600/yr – $469,900/yr
Peer group range $31,528 – $319,250 (median $145,550)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 4506 comparable roles

United States1855
China796
India283
Germany220
Poland90
Spain79

+ 76 more countries

Seniority mix

1754 of 4506 peers have a known seniority level

Manager1005
Senior460
Associate130
Director92
Intern/Fellow/Postdoc38
Associate Director16
Senior Director8
Executive/VP5

Therapeutic area mix

1101 of 4506 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology359
Neuroscience182
Dermatology & Aesthetics137
Cardiovascular / CVRM134
Immunology78
Rare Disease62
Vaccines & Infectious Disease59
Respiratory43
Gastroenterology39
Ophthalmology8

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