Associate Director – Companion Animal Business Unit
An exciting opportunity has emerged for an Associate Director to lead our Companion Animal business. This new role will be instrumental in driving the aligned global business unit strategy for Ireland to ensure business success.
This role will be a key point of contact for our global and regional colleagues as they bring new products to our portfolio. This role combines team management and mentorship to ensure that the business achieves the annual financial target. The successful candidate must have an understanding of our customer needs and shape strategy to deliver on their expectations.
Your Core Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a high-performing team, coaching members to reach their full potential and creating future business leaders.
- Drive and implement the aligned global business unit strategy for Ireland.
- Preparing the market and the organisation for Launch excellence.
- Managing the Companion Animal Business Unit (CABU) Sales and Marketing teams and collaborating with the Technical team to execute the CABU strategy in Ireland.
- Ensure high customer-centricity by liaising with all BU customers for mutual business success.
- Develop and execute commercial plans and strategies, including financial budgets across product ranges.
- Maximize performance in sales volume, market share, and profit within established guidelines.
- Ensure compliance with legal and policy requirements, maintaining the highest level of ethics and integrity.
- Build effective relationships with key customers and influence regional management in creating successful business plans.
- Drive a vision and culture within the team, fostering a strong customer-centric mindset to support business growth.
Who You Are
You are ready if you have:
- Extensive industry experience in a senior leadership role with significant P&L responsibility and substantial experience working in a highly-matrixed network.
- Demonstrated competence in both sales and marketing disciplines.
- Proven skills in leading and developing high-performing teams.
- Ability to influence and manage in a matrix organization across diverse environments.
- Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills with unquestionable ethics and integrity.
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.
