Ruminant Account Manager

Ruminant Account Manager
- Trade (Southwest England) Devon

Location: UK Field Force

Time Type: Full time

The purpose of this field-based position is to sell designated product lines to an agreed portfolio of trade customers, veterinary practices, and direct to farmers where required.

The person in role is required to develop mutually beneficial long term partnerships with our customers and to maintain these relationships with the appropriate quantity & quality of activity.

This role contributes to the overall success of Zoetis by delivering against sales growth & market share gain targets and by growing the profile and reputation of our business through professional and mutually successful partnerships with the customer.

Core Responsibilities

Strategy & Planning

• Maintain high level of expertise with the evolving portfolio of products, services, pricing, competition, market and industry trends.
• Develop and maintain account plans in collaboration with Vet Ops and species leads.
• Work in close collaboration with Key Account Managers to understand strategy and plans. Deliver on these plans to your corporate customers.
• Ensure customer information and call reports are continuously updated through CRM system in line with national KPI’s.
• Align activities and account plans to marketing programmes and management direction in line with the Solution Selling model.
• Analyse and interpret actual and potential territory/customer sales and growth opportunities to support delivery of sales targets.

Relationships

• Develop mutually beneficial and productive long-term partnerships with our customers based on high quality interactions and exceptional provision of service.
• Implement bespoke solutions for the customer, utilising all available resources and tools
• Address the specific and individual needs of customers proactively and effectively
• Contribute to the success of your team by sharing best practice with colleagues and proactively introducing ideas.
• Share detail of the management of key accounts with colleagues throughout the business unit

Call activity

- Deliver call activity in accordance with agreed KPIs to achieve the required coverage and frequency with identified target customers.

- All booked appointments are entered into the CRM system with a clear pre-call plan included in line with the solution selling model.

- Ensure clear and specific objectives exist for each individual call.

- Deliver relevant marketing messages, product information and programmes consistent with management direction in line with Solution Selling model.

- Proactively identify customer opportunities and capitalize on them.

- Co-ordinate with colleagues in order to achieve positive changes to the customers understanding and use of our portfolio of products, services and pricing.

- Accurately record call activity in the CRM system, in line with company guidance.

- Ensure clear and timely follow up plan is in place and actioned.

Sales

- Deliver agreed sales targets, growth and market share gains for specified product lines.

- Use Solution Selling model effectively. Connect customer needs with Zoetis products and services.

- Negotiate to a position of win:win:win. Know the impact on the account holder and the end customer.

- Interact with the customer with the goal of linking Zoetis, our products and our services to the long-term business needs of the customer.

Compliance

• Maintain high standards of business conduct and compliance, adhering particularly to Pharmacovigilance Policy, Global vet Policy, Zoetis values, travel & expenses policy and local codes of practise.
• Attain NOAH qualification within three years of employment with Zoetis.
• Maintain accurate business records including CRM and communicate effectively with the Area Business Manager…