At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!
As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People.
At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.
Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!
Your Role: Executive Sales Representative, Pet Health
As an Executive Sales Representative, you will implement the Elanco sales strategy across targeted Pet Health accounts and distribution channels. You will be accountable for delivering sales objectives, strengthening customer relationships and creating demand for Elanco’s portfolio, with responsibility for sell-out in Lisbon and Santarém and regular travel within Spain.
Your Responsibilities:
Implement the Elanco sales strategy and sales plan to achieve agreed business objectives, quarterly sales targets and Pet Health portfolio growth.
Manage key Pet Health accounts and distribution partners, ensuring sell-out plans in Pet Health accounts and sell-in at distributor level.
Cultivate long-term relationships with veterinarians, pet health professionals, distributors and senior customer stakeholders to understand their needs and deliver customer value.
Lead Pet Health business development, identify opportunities to increase Elanco’s market share and implement field marketing activities across the assigned territory.
Monitor sell-in, sell-out and stock-in-trade data, evaluate sales deviations, implement corrective actions, maintain Customer Relationship Management (CRM) compliance and represent the voice of the customer to internal stakeholders.
What You Need to Succeed (minimum qualifications):
Degree in Veterinary Medicine.
Demonstrated ability to understand customer needs and business drivers and use this knowledge to develop sales.
Knowledge of veterinary business topics, including disease management, economics and profitability, together with relevant product and disease knowledge.
Strong presentation, negotiation and analytical skills, with the ability to establish relationships with senior managers, veterinarians and pet health professionals.
High level of spoken and written English and a valid driving licence.
What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications):
Consistent track record of achieving sales results above the team average.
Experience managing key customer accounts and distribution channels in expansion markets.
Experience implementing customer value-selling programmes in Pet Health.
Experience delivering field marketing activities in the animal health or veterinary sector.
Strong understanding of sales and marketing capabilities focused on customer needs.
Additional Information:
Travel: Up to 75% regular travel within Portugal
Location: Lisbon
Flexibility to participate in evening and/or weekend business events is required.
Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown underrecognized groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Elanco we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive work environment. If you think you might be a good fit for a role but don't necessarily meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this role or other roles!
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Skills Required
- Degree in Veterinary Medicine
- Ability to understand customer needs and business drivers and use this knowledge to develop sales
- Knowledge of veterinary business topics, disease management, economics, profitability, products, and diseases
- Strong presentation, negotiation, and analytical skills
- Ability to build relationships with senior managers, veterinarians, and pet health professionals
- High level of spoken and written English
- Valid driving licence
- Track record of achieving sales results above the team average
- Experience managing key customer accounts and distribution channels in expansion markets
- Experience implementing customer value-selling programmes in Pet Health
- Experience delivering field marketing activities in the animal health or veterinary sector
- Strong understanding of sales and marketing capabilities focused on customer needs
Elanco Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Elanco and has not been reviewed or approved by Elanco.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off options are broad, including PTO, flexible leave, and the ability to purchase additional vacation. These provisions are highlighted as supportive of work-life balance.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage includes medical, dental, and vision alongside company-paid life, disability, and wellness support. Pet insurance and assistance programs reinforce a comprehensive wellbeing offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a U.S. 401(k) and, for some employees, access to a defined benefit pension. These programs add meaningful long-term value to total rewards.
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What We Do
At Elanco, we work to improve the health of animals through innovative products and services for pets and farm animals around the world. As a global animal health company, we provide solutions that empower our customers to advance a vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life. Since 1954, Elanco has committed to empowering veterinarians, farmers, and all those who care for animals with the tools they need to help animals live healthy lives. Healthier animals are the key to making our lives better - This is the fundamental belief uniting all global Elanco employees. That’s why we are committed to the idea that our business can be a unique force for good for all in society. Through our Elanco Healthy Purpose™ framework of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) commitments, we focus on delivering sustainable solutions to advance the well-being of animals, people and the planet. This program also enables our employees around the world to take paid time off to make an impact as a volunteer, offering their time or talent to give back to our customers, causes and communities. #ElancoHealthyPurpose #WeAreElanco
