Overview
Closing Date: 05/12/2025
Croda is a FTSE100 organisation focused on our purpose of Smart Science to Improve Lives. With a market capitalisation of ~£6billion and nearly 6,000 employees globally, our smart science is found in products that touch our lives every day. As the name behind some of the world’s most successful brands, we are developing innovative and sustainable ingredients that provide vital functionality to the Consumer Care & Life Sciences markets.
As we continue to deliver cutting-edge technology and new ideas, we are looking for a Sales Representative - Pharma to join our organisation to achieve sales plan and budget by developing new business through the identification of potential sales opportunities and maintaining and growing current business. Reporting into the Country Sales Manager of our Pharma Business, you will engage with customers, mainly visiting face to face, in order to promote products, coordinate projects with them, following up new leads and sample requests to convert into sales and to identify and report customer needs and business risks.
What You’ll Be Doing
Be part of a team that values diversity, sustainability, and continuous innovation, where your ideas and contributions matter.
* Set up a broad contact network (purchasing, technical, marketing) to build the right level of customer intimacy.
* Report promptly on business in the designated market, identifying threats or opportunities as they arise.
* Gather data on market prices and competitor behaviour and report to the relevant team.
* Report all sales activity and market insights into CMR.
* Manage and achieve the budget assigned.
* Identify new trends and niches.
* Coordinate with other business areas to solve problems requiring technical or supply inputs.
* Ensure all customer issues/complaints are actioned within the relevant system and responses fed back to the customer.
What We’re Looking For (Qualifications and Experience)
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
* Strong commercial/sales acumen. Drive, enthusiasm and self-motivation. Results driven. Team player.
* A Degree level Life Sciences background or equivalent in a science-related discipline, preferably Chemistry, Pharmacy, Biotechnology, Biochemistry.
* Minimum 2 years of experience in a similar position in the Chemical / Pharmaceutical Industry.
* Experience in B2B sales in the Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology or Chemistry sector.
* Relevant industry, market & product knowledge or ability to develop this quickly.
* Highly proficient technical selling and ability to communicate technical concepts to customers with strong industry, market and product knowledge.
* Spanish and high level of English (writing and speaking).
* Business IT skills required.
* Safety-conscious with a full driving licence and availability to travel 50-70% of the time.
What We Offer
Join a global organisation with countless opportunities for growth and leadership. The successful candidate will receive a competitive salary and benefits package including:
* Private medical insurance
* Access to share plans
* Company car
* Restaurant ticket
* Hybrid working
* Life and accident insurance
* Physiotherapy services
* Free car parking on Croda sites
* Other benefits
Additional Information
Permanent contract. Flexible schedule, Monday to Friday. This is a hybrid position based at our Barcelona Sales Offices.
Why Croda?
At Croda, we believe our people are our difference. We are people-led, driven by the desire to do good and deliver value, a unifying principle shaped by all the great people that have travelled through Croda since our beginning in 1925. We pride ourselves on bringing together diverse teams and talents from across the globe and, guided by our values of Responsible, Innovative, and Together, we are passionate about building an inclusive, collaborative, and diverse organisation with innovation and customer focus underpinning all that we do. Croda applies equal opportunities to its workforce. Therefore, we are against discrimination based on gender, race, nationality, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, or age. All hiring decisions are based on merit, competence, and the needs of the company.
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