Field Services Veterinarian – NSW

• Looking for a different challenge as a veterinarian whereby you can still utilise your skills?
• Permanent full-time position with excellent renumeration and benefits
• Field based and work from home yet still part of a dedicated and welcoming companion animal team
• Join a growing, yet already successful market in a trusted global leading animal health organisation
• Upskill and grow in an area you’re passionate about, whilst being fully supported and encouraged

 

The primary responsibility of the Field Services Veterinarian (FSV) is to execute the strategy and tactical plans to achieve business outcomes, drive sales and market share growth. Maximise biopharma and our company’s animal health portfolio opportunities including launches and provide first class technical support to our customers, stakeholders, KOLs and influencers and support the technical needs of the sales regions.

The Field Services Veterinarian will interact with customers on a technical level, deliver presentations at local and national forums, and train sales representatives on the use of technical data during sales calls. The Field Services Veterinarian will also coach sales reps on technical selling.

Of critical importance to the successful execution of this role is the ability communicate technical information effectively to a range of audiences. This includes the development of effective product/industry training programs for appropriate staff. The Field Services Veterinarian will also support preparation of technical tools and provide field technical support to the marketing team.

The Field Services Veterinarian is based in field within their defined territory and reports to the Field Services Team Leader ANZ.

 

What You Will Do

Responsibilities include, however not limited to:

• Successfully execute the Field Veterinary Services strategy and action plans to achieve business goals
• Liaise with the sales team to develop and implement territory plans for technical field coverage, including customer visits, provision of best practice technical trainings and presentations, and measurement and achievement of defined key team field metrics
• Utilise the sales team within territory to influence customers and clients to drive sales and market share growth.
• Serve as the territory’s technical expert, evaluating regional and individual technical training needs of the sales representatives and coaching sales representatives in technical selling skills
• Prepare and deliver technical trainings on our products to our veterinary and retail customers and to university and TAFE students
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with customers and stakeholders (e.g. veterinarians, vet nurses, store managers, etc)
• Develop and maintain relationships with key opinion leaders (KOL’s) and key influencers (e.g. specialists, vet schools, key accounts etc). to investigate, evaluate / obtain alignment and implement new business opportunities
• Ensure adoption, best practice use, and value capture of customer relationship tool
• Represent our Company at veterinary schools, professional veterinary associations and conferences

 

Technical Services

• Provide technical advice to veterinarians, veterinary and pet retail staff, and consumers on company products
• Ensure best practice use and adoption of customer relationship tool with respect to case entries for adverse events, quality complaints and technical enquiries
• Development and implementation of field materials as determined with marketing and the Field Services Technical manager in consultation with the Technical Services Lead
• Develop and implement market development studies and produce publications to support launches and drive portfolio development

 

What You Must have

Qualifications:

• A veterinary degree and registration with the NSW veterinary surgeons board is essential
• Post-graduate qualifications, such as membership of the Australian College, are an advantage

Experience:

• Prior experience in clinical companion animal veterinary general or specialty practice
• Experience with companion animal vaccines and parasiticides; industry experience, research experience not essential but preferred

Key Skills & Competencies:

• Excellent presentation, oral and written communications skills
• Ability to convey technical information in a manner easily understood
• Ability to define and implement calendar plans for achievement of aligned metrics including measurement of key performance indicators
• Competency in MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
• Must be able to work effectively with our customers, stakeholders and sales force

 

What You Can Expect

• Work autonomously whilst being supported, encouraged and being part of a trusted global leading animal health organisation
• Exposure to upskill and develop in your career with us
• Flexibility and opening doors to other opportunities and skillsets

 

Who we are…

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, 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 … Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.

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Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company.  No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.

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Requisition ID:R234839

 

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