Chemistry Sales Manager

Overview

Waters is seeking a strong commercial leader for the role of Chemistry Sales Manager. This position is responsible for leading, developing, and managing a team of Chemistry and Consumables Sales Specialists within an assigned geographic region. The Chemistry Sales Manager drives regional growth by setting strategic direction, developing talent, ensuring accurate forecasting, and partnering cross-functionally to deliver sustained commercial success.This role combines hands-on sales leadership with strategic planning, coaching, and performance management, ensuring the team delivers customer-focused solutions across Waters’ chemistry and consumables portfolio. The Chemistry Sales Manager plays a critical role in building a high-performing, engaged team that is viewed by customers as trusted scientific and business partners.

Responsibilities

 

• Lead, coach, and develop a high‑performing team of Chemistry Sales Specialists through clear expectations, ongoing feedback, onboarding, and career development.
• Build and sustain technical, commercial, and consultative selling excellence while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Develop and execute a regional business plan aligned with corporate strategy, translating objectives into actionable territory‑level priorities.
• Drive new business development and competitive account penetration through strong alignment between sales specialists, account managers, and marketing partners. 
• Own regional forecasting accuracy by actively managing pipeline health, opportunity quality, conversion trends, and key commercial KPIs. 
• Identify performance risks and growth opportunities, implementing corrective actions to deliver sustained revenue, growth, and customer engagement.
• Maintain senior‑level customer relationships, support high‑impact technical engagements, act as an escalation point, and partner cross‑functionally to ensure operational excellence and effective CRM utilization

 

Qualifications

• Minimum of BS/BA in chemistry or a related discipline
• At least 3 years LC and/or LC/MS experience.
• Sales experience, including sales management experience
• Action oriented, organized and meticulous, and self-driven
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, listening, and presentation skills
• Mature disposition, positive attitude and strong sense of commitment
• Adaptive to dynamic and changing environment

 

 

Company Description

Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) is a global leader in life sciences and diagnostics, dedicated to accelerating the benefits of pioneering science through analytical technologies, informatics, and service. With a focus on regulated, high-volume testing environments, our innovative portfolio harnesses deep scientific expertise across chemistry, physics, and biology. We collaborate with customers around the world to advance the release of effective, high-quality medicines, ensure the safety of food and water, and drive better patient outcomes by detecting diseases earlier, managing routine infections, and combating antibiotic resistance. Through a shared culture of relentless innovation, our passionate team of ~16,000 colleagues turn scientific challenges into breakthroughs that improve lives worldwide. 

 

 

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It benefits our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to sex, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, marital status (including civil unions), military service, veteran status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions), genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, legally recognized disability, domestic violence victim status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All hiring decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.

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