Territory Sales Manager - Capsule & Health Ingredients

CH12 Lonza AG

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DE - Cologne - REMOTE BE - Bornem remote Until 8/22/2026 First posted February 5, 2026 Last posted March 4, 2026
Job description

 

Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across five continents. While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of.

In this Territory Sales Manager position within our Capsule & Health Ingredients (CHI) business unit you will be responsible for our strategic Eastern European accounts. You will Identify and evaluate business opportunities to grow Lonza CHI’s share in the hard empty capsule market. You will work closely and collaborate with our divisional and regional business leaders and internal cross functional teams.

The position is available remotely from German, Italy, Belgium, France and Hungary.

What you will get:

  • A remote opportunity with 30% - 40% travel required

  • An agile career and dynamic working culture

  • An inclusive and ethical workplace

  • Compensation programs that recognize high performance

  • A variety of benefits dependent on role and location

What you will do:

  • Responsible for sales management and generating new business & expansion of the customer base through regular customer visits

  • Generates and closes new business opportunities by promoting current and emerging technologies as they become available

  • Identifies market trends, assesses market potential and develops strategies to grow CHI’s market share in the Pharma segment

  • Supports execution of operational excellence projects with the objective to sustain  profitable  revenue  growth,  strong  market  share  and  long-term partnership with his customers

  • Be an active listener to customers’ needs to meet implicit and explicit expectations. Provides timely customer support to ensure superior experience with CHI, defines ad-hoc plans and coordinates with internal resources to secure preferred supplier position at customers

What you will bring:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in sales or life sciences field

  • Proven track record in sales of pharmaceutical products (we're specifically interested in APIs, primary packaging sales for pharma industry or excipients), experience with gelatin capsules is a plus.

  • Familiarity with CRM tools, particularly Salesforce.com

  • Business proficient English is essential for the position, additional languages are a plus

Every day, Lonza’s products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. For us, this is not only a great privilege, but also a great responsibility. How we achieve our business results is just as important as the achievements themselves. At Lonza, we respect and protect our people and our environment. Any success we achieve is no success at all if not achieved ethically.

People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, we offer the satisfaction that comes with improving lives all around the world. The satisfaction that comes with making a meaningful difference.

Lonza is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a qualified individual with disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

About this role

Summary

Manage sales, develop new pharma accounts, identify market opportunities, support operational projects

Job title

Territory Sales Manager - Capsule & Health Ingredients

Experience level

proven track record

Industry

pharmaceuticals

Location requirements

Remote role in Europe, mainly from Germany, Italy, Belgium, France, Hungary. Remote allowed

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

salespharmaceutical productsCRMSalesforceEnglish

Preferred skills

APIprimary packaginggelatin capsulesadditional languages

Specializations

pharmaceutical salesmarket developmentcustomer relationslife sciences
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Germany

Remote Country

Belgium

Remote Country

Hungary

Remote Country

Italy

Remote Country

France

Remote Country