The Opportunity

• Join a trusted global leader in veterinary medicine
• Technical support, Field based opportunity within New Zealand, Lower/Mid North Island location
• Provide advice to farmers, resellers and veterinarians on the correct use of our Animal Health’s products and solutions

Our Veterinary team use their scientific background to provide technical expertise and education to our customers, sales and marketing teams. With a deep knowledge of pharmacology and animal health we engage scientific exchange with external experts and industry leaders ensuring the scientific value of our animal health portfolio is understood.

The Technical Advisor – Livestock is a field-based role and has responsibility for a set of products in a defined geography in NZ and is responsible for providing technical information to veterinarians and end-users to support the NZ business.

What You Will Do

Responsibilities include, however not limited to:

• Providing technical assessment of key competitor brands, providing details about the benefits of our Companies products
• Ensure excellent and timely technical support and training is provided to the sales team, ensuring the technical proficiency of the team and assisting in the achievement of sales targets
• Identify particular areas where knowledge gaps exist within the sales team and ensure these are addressed and remedied effectively
• Work with local Territory Managers to identify market requirements and opportunities, developing and implementing plans and strategies to address these needs throughout the region
• Provide advice to farmers, resellers and veterinarians on the correct use of our Animal Health’s products
• Provide or source information to response to technical enquiries regarding products
• Provide technical writing – including articles for peer reviewed journals, technical bulletins, summaries of current research and magazine articles
• Maintain knowledge in areas associated with the product range and technical developments in veterinary medicine and farming practice
• Communicate effectively and professionally with all staff, veterinarians, distributors and end users
• Keep abreast of competitor technical developments and new products, advising the Technical Manager where there is a potential impact to the business
• Assist Regulatory by leading the investigation and resolution of adverse events and completing PV case management as per business policy.
• Accompany the sales team on visits to veterinarians, resellers and farmers
• Provide product, disease complexes and production systems on-the-job training to the sales team, marketing team and customer service team as required
• Design and implement marketing trials to support commercially available products; collate and analyse data and prepare trial report; arrange publication where appropriate in coordination with R&D
• Provide practical technical assistance to Research & Development projects including identification of field support opportunities, innovative updates, participating in development programmes, regulatory requirements & technical evaluations of new and existing products, including innovation
• Assist with the design, planning, implementation of market support field studies including the writing of study reports and articles for scientific publication.
• Establish and maintain close liaison with key influencers, including practicing veterinarians, internal and external research groups, key MPI personnel, distributors and end users
• Provide technical input, feedback and identify opportunities in response to product complaints and adverse drug reactions
• Support, maintain and develop material such as product technical manuals & training modules
• Hold a national industry leadership role in applicable technical or associated professional organisations, including presenting at educational forums
• Ensure all business activity complies with all relevant Acts, policies and procedures

What You Must Have

• Bachelor of Veterinary Science, essential
• Solid number of years’ experience in the livestock veterinary industry essential, preferably in New Zealand
• High level of comfort and knowledge of on-farm animal health management solutions
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Excellent communication, presentation, and organisational skills
• Self-starter who works well with minimal supervision
• Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines
• Role will require approximately 60% travel (Ideally, you will be based in the mid/lower North Island  region)

What You Can Expect

• Be critical in integrating Animal Health with Technology for a Global leading organisation.
• Joining a collaborative small team of likeminded individuals
• Be developed and supported in your role

Our Animal Health division is a trusted global leader in veterinary medicine, dedicated to the health and well-being of animals. 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. We offer one of our industry’s most innovative portfolio of products, services and technologies that serve to prevent, treat, and control diseases across all major farm and companion animal species.

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...

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 for the common good. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.

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