Alistair Rees

Product management of laboratory and pharmaceutical product ranges. Development of new products. Internal coordination new product development through to product launch. Development of new glass and plastic laboratory products with external third party companies. Preparation of market research and competitor analysis. Development and implementation of product focussed marketing activities Preparation of content for product catalogue, newsletters, flyers and web site content. SAP R/3

Development of marketing strategies Product management and Development Preparing market research and Competitor analysis Development and implimentation of marketing activities / creating Public relation activities International sales channel management (distributors) Business partner development Internal coordination of custom products Preparing of quotations Management of customer complaints Management of non-standard samples for US and European customers Involvement with developing supply contracts

Selling SCHOTT NEXTERION micro-array coated glass slides and reagents to pharmaceutical R&D sites, and Academic sites in the UK, Ireland, and Scandinavia. Providing front line technical support to end-users. Compiling market surveys and competitor information for marketing activities. Organizing exhibitions. Providing technical and commercial support to Nexterion UK distributor

UK Automation Specialist selling microarray (BioRobotics MicroGrid Microarray, and Applied Precision biochip scanner) and liquid handling (Matrix PlateMatePlus and Robbins Hydra, Tango) instrumentation and consumables (microarray slides, modified oligos) to pharmaceutical R&D and HTS sites, and Academic sites across UK and Ireland. Organising customer demonstrations, quotations and tender documents. Providing automation and microarray technical sales support to the UK general sales force. Compiling competit

Technical Sales Executive in GRI’s GeneScreening Division. Marketing and selling image analysis (Compucyte Laser Scanning Cytometer) and microarray instrumentation (Genetic Microarray Systems (GMS then Affymetrix) spotted arraying systems, RoboDesign arrayer) and software (BioDiscovery microarray products) to pharmaceutical R&D sites, and Academic sites in the Midlands and North

Marketing and selling the ChemScan and ChemFlow rapid microbiology systems to food and pharmaceutical industries in the UK and Ireland. Maintaining and developing existing reagent and consumable business. Organising customer trials and proposals. Preparing sales information, application notes, press releases and technical articles for publication. Resolving customers' problems and providing full technical support to all UK and Irish customers. Providing instrument training for laboratory staff. Compiling ma