Graduate Sales Assistant

Graduate Sales Assistant (Job ID 4521)

Full-time (100%)

The company

At Abselion we're on a mission to revolutionize protein research. Our vision is to empower scientists to focus on discovery and innovation, not tedious manual tasks. We have created Amperia, a compact, affordable benchtop solution designed to simplify protein research for everyone. Amperia helps researchers to develop the medicine of the future, find the best ways to produce novel biomolecules, and ensure that medicine is always safe and efficacious.

We are a dynamic, interdisciplinary team working at the intersection of biotechnology and engineering. We value a flat hierarchy, where everyone is encouraged to share their ideas and follow their passion. We are supported by some of the leading investors and companies in the biopharmaceutical industry.

The role

Kickstart Your Career in Sales with a Growing Team!

Are you a recent graduate with a passion for communication, relationship-building, and problem-solving? We’re looking for a proactive and enthusiastic Graduate Sales Assistant to join our expanding Sales team and play a key role in supporting business growth.

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your commercial skills, gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced environment, and grow into a long-term sales career.

As a Graduate Sales Assistant, you will help drive customer acquisition for Amperia, Abselion’s protein quantification instrumentation. You will support the Sales team to deliver impactful sales campaigns and help to ensure new sales leads are nurtured through the sales cycle. You will collaborate with teams across the organisation to facilitate Abselion’s growth in the global bioprocessing market.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the Sales team with lead research, identification and outreach.
• Helping to qualify leads and engage with prospective customers to schedule phone calls and meetings.
• Prospecting prior to conferences and setting up 1:1 meetings at events with prospective customers.
• Assisting in the creation of sales communications to explain our product offering to potential customers, including preparing proposals, presentations and email messaging.
• Reporting on the progress and success of prospecting campaigns.
• Supporting the Sales team to prepare update presentations on the progress of the customer pipeline.
• Ensuring Hubspot, our CRM, is kept accurate and up to date in line with best practices and all features of Hubspot are used to maximum benefit.
• Collaborating with teams across the organization to learn about our product offering to support our outreach messaging into the market.

We are looking for a proactive, self-sufficient candidate who demonstrates strong initiative and has a life sciences background, looking to kickstart their career in a commercial or start-up environment. The position is office based in Cambridge, UK.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in biology, biochemistry or another life sciences related field.
• Some post-graduate experience, for example have completed an internship in a commercial role (e.g. sales, consulting etc).
• Ability to work independently and quickly acquire new skills and technologies.
• Competent user of Microsoft Office.
• Basic knowledge of HubSpot CRM is a plus.
• Great communication and presentation skills.

What we offer:

• Competitive salary (base range £27,000-£35,000).
• Share option scheme.
• A dynamic, fast-paced, collaborative and inclusive work environment with a focus on innovation and growth.
• The chance to make an impact in an exciting and rapidly evolving industry at the beginning of our company’s growth journey.

If you’re a results-driven, fast learner with a passion for bioprocessing and sales, we would love to hear from you!

Start date

Immediate

Primary location

Cambridge, UK

Application process

First stage via video or phone call, second stage case study interview, followed by a face-to-face interview with members of the team.

How to apply

Apply via the Careers page on our website (abselion.com) with your CV in PDF format. We look forward to receiving your application!