Sr Director / Director – Business Development
May 8, 2012 by Administration
Filed under Animal Health, Executive, Marketing, North-East, Research & Technical
Our client is seeking an experienced business development leader to manage and support all business development aspects of a fast growing Animal Health company. Primary responsibilities include: API sourcing, business partner identification, partner selection and deal execution.
The incumbent will develop/build/foster relationships with third parties and leverage those relationships to identify potential partners for API, finished dose formulation/development and finished dose manufacturing. He/She will conduct diligence to select partners, negotiate business terms and manage contracts to execution. The incumbent will analyze API needs and optimize API supply base by achieving the right combination of quality, speed, reliability and cost and will assist the VP of Strategic Portfolio Planning in financial modeling, specifically understanding key assumptions including upsides and risks. The Sr. Director/Director will work closely with cross-functional team to solicit input on partner capabilities, pattern GMP compliance and technical details of any proposals/deals and will work with Product Development to smoothly transition products from deal to project initiation.
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Director – Annual Giving
February 24, 2012 by Administration
Filed under Animal Health, East, Executive, Marketing, Mid-West, West
The Director’s primary responsibility is the strategic execution and management of a comprehensive annual giving program; including the coordination and oversight of supporting initiatives in the areas of donor appeals, web communications, prospect research and donor/gift acknowledgment. The Director oversees all non-major gift revenue from the Foundation. This position is a senior leadership role and is responsible for multiple direct reports. The incumbent will achieve non-major revenue metrics, determine annual giving goals, oversee website design, maintenance and web communications, focus on effective communication and solicitation activities, build strategies for systematically moving donors to higher giving levels, manage a mid-level donor prospect portfolio, develop and maintain and effective organizational stewardship plan, represent the organization at trade shows, industry conferences and other relevant outreach opportunities and will maintain a database.
Qualifications include a Bachelor’s degree, strong fundraising experience with three to five years of success raising annual giving revenue, ability to develop targeted messaging, strong management experience, understanding of fundraising best practices, results-oriented, excellent organizational, interpersonal and communication skills required. The successful candidate should have experience working in a database, building reports, running queries and maintaining accurate records. Must be comfortable in a diverse range of social and business settings and speaking in public and should have a passion for animals. The incumbent should have experience in managing a department budget, show openness to new ideas and their implementation and ability to react and adapt to changing situations and be flexible.
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Senior Vice President – Animal Health Services
January 13, 2012 by Administration
Filed under Animal Health, Executive, Management, Marketing, North-East, Veterinary Practice
The purpose of this position is to provide leadership to Animal Health Services teams and to provide guidance on strategic development and alignment with the long-range goals of our client’s organization. The incumbent will provide organizational leadership in the area of animal health and welfare. Responsibilities include providing strategic and budget oversight, participating in long- and short-term strategic development, promoting and facilitating development of internal leaders and experts, collaboration with other program and infrastructure departments and external groups, tracking departmental success through objective metrics and subjective evaluations, integrating programs to optimize services, manage costs, and maximize impact, developing medical record processes designed to improve services and efficiencies, collect/analyze animal welfare/program data for public/professional consumption, negotiating program specific contracts designed to generate program supporting income, developing communication processes, gathering input and gaining consensus when appropriate, performing annual performance reviews and recommending salaries and promotions, developing key influencer relationships, providing communications department with data and experts to support mediate initiatives and manage staff.
Qualifications include a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree, preferred board-certification, MBA or extensive business and leadership training, minimum of 7 years as a leader in an animal welfare/health organization, experience in marketing and corporate relations , solid knowledge of the animal welfare/health industry, ability to develop business strategies in line with the organization’s goals, must bridge diverse areas of expertise: medicine/surgery, toxicology, behavior, research, business strategy and marketing. Leadership and staff development skills are key, experience working with unions is helpful.
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Product Manager
August 18, 2011 by Administration
Filed under Animal Health, Consumer Packaged Goods, Marketing, Mid-West, Pet Products
Our client is a $2.2 billion dollar organization with a mission to help enrich the special relationship between people and their pets and is globally-recognized as a Best Place to Work. The incumbent will be responsible for the development and execution of marketing plans and programs to achieve the assigned brand’s short and long term business objectives. The role includes assisting in brand strategy development, projecting brand volume/profit/market shares; Conducting financial analysis to ensure ROI objectives are met. Planning and analyzing consumer and trade promotions, Identify opportunities to improve the effectiveness of promotion and merchandising activities. Develop understanding of brand equity, target market, consumer and shopper insights, and positioning relative to competition. Perform project management responsibilities, Identifying cost savings opportunities. Leading cross-functional teams.
Qualifications include Bachelor’s degree in business or marketing (MBA preferred). Prior experience of 1-3+ years in brand management within consumer packaged goods (3+ years strongly preferred). Technologically-savvy, including a thorough understanding of Internet and software programs such as e-mail, Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
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Swine Marketing Manager
June 29, 2011 by Administration
Filed under Animal Health, Consumer Packaged Goods, Marketing
Qualifications include a Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university, two to five years professional sales or marketing experience in agriculture or industry related field.
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Online Editor
June 28, 2011 by Administration
Filed under Advertising, Animal Health, Marketing, Mid-West
The incumbent will create content as assigned by new media director, managing editor and editorial director. Follow protocol established with new media director to utilize key words, provide links and maximize search engine ranking for content. Project management, solicit vendors, work with web developers and veterinarians to execute original online content (video, articles, contests, rooms, new platforms, etc) on schedule. Analyze web analytics, make strategic recommendations to sales and editorial teams regarding best read content. Brainstorm, initiate ideas and strategies for increasing audiences, page views, online ad sales, etc for websites, newsletters and social media sites.
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Senior Manager, Business Development and Strategic Collaborations
May 11, 2011 by Administration
Filed under Animal Health, Executive, Management, Marketing
The incumbent will manage business development and strategic collaborations and will lead the evaluation of new market and business opportunities in the production animal diagnostic space as well as in adjacent markets; identify and promote new marketing channels such as OEm partners; support the market development, product management and sales functions as a thought leader. This position will be external facing. Deep domain expertise in this field required (7+ years). Be regarded as a thought leader internally and externally. Represent company in public speaking engagements, industry meetings and important sales situations. Incumbent will participate and influence disease programs to increase awareness of Real-Time PCR products. Establish, drive and manage strategic collaborations with key opinion leaders in public and private labs. Build and manage relationships with government/industry, disease committees, universities, reference laboratories and vaccine-pharmaceutical companies, producers and veterinarians.
Qualifications include 7+ years of experience in the production animal diagnostic space with strong understanding of diagnostic practices, customer needs and market dynamics. Proven ability to develop and foster relationships with KOL. Incumbent must have excellent technical, project management and planning skills. DVM, animal diagnostic company and qPCR experience strongly preferred.
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Vice President / Director of Marketing
May 1, 2011 by Administration
Filed under Animal Health, Executive, Marketing, North-East
The VP/Director of Marketing will provide commercial direction for the organization and its products. The incumbent will develop and execute a business plan for each product to reach company growth objectives including sales to keep corporate practice chains, buying groups and independent vet practices and home delivery and alternative channels as well as distributors. The incumbent will manage marketing activities in close coordination with Sales and Veterinary Services and will work with Regulatory, Finance, Operations and Product Development. The incumbent will work cohesively with advertising and public relations agencies, corporate communications and other departments, as appropriate, to communicate and implement the marketing strategy and the Business Plan. Other responsibilities including maintaining product forecasting, managing pricing and related analysis. The incumbent will achieve targeted product sales, market share and profitability, reviewing competitive strategies, pricing and promotions pro-actively in order to achieve goals.
Qualifications include prior leadership experience directing the marketing efforts of an Animal Health organization with a companion animal focus.
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