Companion Animal Territory Sales Rep (Eastern and Southern Ohio)

Job Description

Our Territory Representatives interact face to face with our customers, understand their needs and consult to offer the right solutions. We work collaboratively in Field Sales Teams and play a critical role in supporting our customer centric business model.

Our Companion Animal Territory Representative is a key member of the field sales team and plays a critical role in supporting our company's customer centric business model. This position is accountable for working in the Columbus/East territory to understand and identify veterinary clinic, shelter facility, and corporate account customer needs, by selling our company's Animal Health products, supporting pull-through activities relative to the customer strategy, and ensuring that our company's Animal Health is viewed as bringing value and technical innovations aligned to our strategic focus - The Science of Healthier Animals.

Key duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Speaks about product in a way that's meaningful and relevant to each individual customer; customizes discussions and interactions based on appreciation of customer's needs

• Primary point of contact for assigned customers, meet with key personnel/decision makers to comprehend practice structure, business model, key influencers (Owner/Practice Manager/Key Tech/Associate Vet/Front office staff), customer needs and identifies business opportunities.

• Develop customer strategy - outlining strategy for interactions/relationship, solutions, partner involvement and potential offerings for customer resulting in sales opportunities and account sales growth of our company's Animal Health products and services.

• Develop territory and specific account plans for all key customers. Partners with National Account Managers, Corporate Account Team, and Distribution Field Partners to maintain strong focus on key accounts and corporate owned clinics to drive occupancy and sales growth.

• Work collaboratively across all species teams to foster a one company approach to enhance knowledge of the entire MAH product portfolio.

• Shares with other team members within the region to foster growth and development within the team.

• Analyze sales results on a monthly basis and manage expenses within budget guidelines.

• Identifies and selects programs/services available within our company's Animal Health’s available resources to address customer needs and provide education & training opportunities to accounts.

• Works with leadership and Field Technical Services to develop and deliver relevant offerings that address desired customer needs.

• Develop current knowledge of our company's Animal Health products, industry trends and competitor landscape.

• Articulates and conveys relevant customer, industry, product, and market trends appropriately through the organization.

• Accountable for developing and meeting learning and development objectives agreed upon with leadership.

This role will primarily focus on the Eastern and Southern Ohio area.

Background & Education:

• Bachelor's Degree (applicants with pending degrees will be considered, but degree must be completed prior to starting with our company)

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Excellent interpersonal/communication and presentation skills

• Demonstrated motivation and focus on achieving measurable, tangible results.

• Dedication to collaboration as the normal mode of working and resolving problems.

• Demonstrated understanding of positions’ contribution to the business goals and willingness to adopt changes to current processes to meet customer needs.

• Demonstrated ability to independently comprehend customers’ evolving needs and expectations and combines with knowledge of customers’ organization and culture to drive results.

• Effective application of selling techniques and approaches, simultaneously managing multiple customers/accounts at different stages of the sales process, articulating the value of MAH products using approved resources.

• Demonstrated ability to identify, develop and manage a diverse mix of accounts independently within a territory, including some complex accounts, and to develop plans based on unique opportunities and customer needs.

• Proficient computer skills including working knowledge of Word, Excel and PowerPoint and the ability to use an iPad.

• Ability to work independently and also as part of a team

• Ability to travel overnight and some weekend activity

• Must live within the Sales Territory

Preferred Skills/Abilities:

• Sales experience and/or experience within the Animal Health industry‏

• Knowledge of animal health biological and pharmaceutical products.

• Knowledge of or prior experience working with distribution.

Our Animal Health Division is a trusted global leader in veterinary medicine, dedicated to preserving and improving health, well-being, and performance of animals and the people who care for them. We are a global team of professionals working together to make a positive difference in animal care and the world’s food supply and have a deep sense of responsibility towards our customers, consumers, animals, society, and our planet.

Through our commitment to The Science of Healthier Animals®, we offer veterinarians, farmers, pet owners and governments one of the widest ranges of veterinary pharmaceuticals, vaccines and health management solutions and services as well as an extensive suite of digitally connected identification, traceability and monitoring products. We invest in dynamic and comprehensive R&D resources and a modern, global supply chain. We are present in more than 50 countries, while our products are available in some 150 markets.

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Who we are …

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for …

In a world of rapid innovation, we seek brave Inventors who want to make an Impact in all aspects of our business, enabling breakthroughs that will affect generations to come. We encourage you to bring your disruptive thinking, collaborative spirit and diverse perspective to our organization. Together we will continue Inventing For Life, Impacting Lives while Inspiring Your Career Growth.

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Requisition ID:R115418