About this role
THE POSITION
The Technical Manager, Swine has the responsibility for the collection, analysis, and provision of relevant scientific information for the OPU and other stakeholders. In this role, you will build and maintain a broad network of relationships with international and local opinion leaders within the OPU, while providing technical services to customers and supporting and training technical colleagues in the country.
You will also lead and coach a team of Technical Specialists within the responsible region, ensuring the team has goal clarity and understands the tactical direction needed to achieve its objectives. Through scientific expertise, customer support, and people leadership, you will contribute to strengthening technical capabilities and supporting business priorities across the swine industry.
If you're passionate about providing scientific and technical expertise, developing strong stakeholder relationships, leading high-performing teams, and making a meaningful impact in animal health, we'd love to hear from you.
Tasks & responsibilities
Execution:
- Supports the implementation of OPU strategy in close collaboration with the OPU Business Segment Head and ROPU Technical Manager.
- Provide technical support to the technical colleagues and key customers in the OPU.
- Support the country technical team in managing and solving escalated technical issues.
- Support product launch process in collaboration with OPU Business Segment Head.
- Provide in-depth technical training and consultation regarding the assigned product(s)/disease area(s) to country colleagues and key customers.
- Initiate, co-ordinate and follow up on field trials within country.
- Spends a significant amount of working time in the field with the sales team and independently to keep in touch with AH trends, customer needs and technical support.
- Assist the Business Segment Head in developing marketing strategies and brand plans for assigned product(s).
Communication/Collaboration:
- Attend internal and external meetings/congresses regarding the assigned product(s)/disease areas
- Coordination and act as contact point for country with ROPU Technical Manager.
- Communicate data from studies and other technical information to Business Segment members, technical colleagues, customers, opinion leaders and other relevant stakeholders.
- Responsible for exchange of technical information regarding the assigned products in the country; including technical papers.
Business Oriented:
- Contribute to customers, Key Account Management, and opinion leaders.
- Contribute/attend/organize internal and external meetings/congresses regarding the assigned product portfolios/disease areas.
Requirements
- Veterinary Medicine degree / Master's or doctorate degree
- Minimum experience in technical area at least 3 years
- Broad knowledge about AH industry or related field
- Strong business mindset
- High integrity and ethical standards
- Flexibility, open to change, adapts to the changing situations
- Strong analytical ability & collaboration with others
- Good listening skills, strong communicator
- Self-supporting, takes initiative, autonomous
- Fluency in both written and spoken English