Senior Technical Sales Manager - Cosmetics & Personal Care 100%

Senior Technical Sales Manager – Lead market adoption of
breakthrough cosmetic and personal care ingredients

About Seprify:
Headquartered in Marly (CH), Seprify AG, founded in 2022 as a spin-out from the University of Cambridge and the University of Fribourg, develops high-performance ingredients from cellulose, the world’s most abundant biopolymer.

We are building a new class of light-scattering, high-performance materials designed to replace conventional polymeric and mineral-based functional ingredients across industries.

We are a scaling deep-tech company combining scientific excellence with entrepreneurial execution.

This role offers significant ownership, direct exposure to leadership, and the opportunity to shape a growing commercial engine.

Role Overview:
Position: Senior Technical Sales Manager - Cosmetics & Personal Care
Location: Europe (flexible)
Type: Full-time

We are looking for someone who wants to take ownership of a segment and turn technical innovation into visible market adoption.
You will take full commercial ownership of our Cosmetics & Personal Care segment and turn technical validation into visible, revenue-generating market adoption. This is not a distributor management role and not a corporate account manager position. It is a hands-on, high-impact commercial role in a growing materials company.

You will operate at the intersection of science and business, working directly with formulators, brands, and our internal technical team to drive visible market adoption.

Responsibilities:

Build the cosmetics commercial engine
Own and prioritise the cosmetics pipeline.
Turn testing results into repeatable commercial sales.
Secure commercial sales with visible reference customers.
Drive negotiations and close structured commercial agreements.

Translate science into revenue
Present confidently in front of external R&D and formulation teams.
Translate performance data into formulation support.
Work closely with product development to accelerate validation.
Support customers through testing, iteration, and launch.

Be disciplined in a startup environment
Focus on customers that move the needle.
Say “no” to opportunities that dilute focus.
Protect pricing and avoid unnecessary exclusivity.
Escalate structural commercial decisions appropriately.

Qualifications:
Degree in chemistry, formulation science, materials science, or related field.
5-10+ years’ experience in cosmetics & personal care sales or specialty ingredients.
Demonstrated track record of converting technical validation into commercial agreements.
Experience working directly with formulators and/or recognised cosmetic brands.
Strong negotiation capability and commercial judgement.
Self-directed and comfortable owning a segment in a lean, scaling environment.

What this role is not:
Not a junior account management position.
Not a pure applications scientist role.
Not a volume-driven territory sales role.
Not suited to someone who needs heavy corporate infrastructure.

Why Join:
Join a scaling deep-tech company transitioning from validation to industrial production, with the opportunity to shape how a new class of materials enters global markets.
Be part of building a new materials platform from early market adoption to large-scale production.
Work in an interdisciplinary team combining science, engineering, and commercial execution.
Direct exposure to leadership and strategic decision-making.

Please send a brief motivation letter in English with CV to salesmanager@seprify.com referencing
“Senior Technical Sales Manager - Cosmetics & Personal Care”.