livestock account manager.

Job Title - Ruminents Account Manager

Contract Lenght - 12-15 Month

Location: Wales, UK (requires travelling)

Salary: £34k - £38k

We are looking for someone who can join immediately.

Our Client:

Our client has more than 60 years of experience in animal health, where they discover, develop, manufacture and market veterinary vaccines and medicines, complemented by diagnostic products, genetic tests, biodevices and a range of services. They serve veterinarians, livestock producers and people who raise and care for farm and companion animals with sales of its products in more than 100 countries.

Culture:

We strive to create an atmosphere where colleagues can give their best every day. Our colleagues are supported and empowered to balance their work and home lives by providing a flexible work environment that allows our colleagues to grow their careers while maintaining a healthy and happy personal life.

Job purpose:

This is a field-based position where you will be required to sell designated product lines to an agreed portfolio of customers. Our clients are looking for someone who is excellent in developing mutually beneficial and productive long term partnerships with our customers, and to maintain these relationships with the appropriate quantity and quality of activity.

This role contributes to the overall success of the company by delivering to at least the sales growth and market share gain targets for the designated product lines.

Roles & responsibilities:

• Maintain a 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 Veterinarians, Business Consultants and ABMs.
• Analyse and interpret actual and potential territory/customer sales and growth opportunities to support delivery of sales targets
• To deliver call activity in accordance with agreed KPIs to achieve the required coverage and frequency with identified target customers while ensuring clear and specific objectives exist for each individual call.
• Maintain high standards of business conduct and compliance, adhering particularly to company values, travel & expenses policy and local codes of practice.
• Maintain accurate business records including CRM and communicate effectively with the Area Business Manager and other stakeholders.

Required skills:

• Exceptional sales ability
• Strong communication, influencing skills
• Builds successful and effective relationships
• aAble to retain and recall product information to a detailed level
• A strong focus on planning, and a balance of tactical planning with day to day operational requirements
• Ability to work independently
• Drive and resilience, demonstrated with a persistent, never give up attitude
• Confidence, likability and an authoritative personality
• Stakeholder management

Preferred/must have qualifications:

• Sales qualification e.g. AMTRA is desirable
• Current passport and valid driving licence
• IT literate. Able to use standard business software and communication tools
• Experience as either a field sales representative
• Employee in animal health industry or a related industry or a customer facing role.

Randstad Business Support is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.