Job Location: Saint Joseph, Missouri Job Type: Full Time Department:
Sales / Sales Facility:
BI Vetmedica
Our Culture
In a world where business is driven by short term financial goals, Boehringer Ingelheim is truly a company with a different philosophy. Although we are one of the largest and fastest growing pharmaceutical companies in the world, we have been able to maintain a dedication to our values. Our focus is on helping patients, serving our customers and improving the quality of life for the millions of people who rely on us. Simply put, we have remained committed to doing the right thing-for our customers, our communities, our employees and everyone we serve.
At Boehringer Ingelheim, we realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in a number of ways to create a healthy working environment-meaningful work, diversity, mobility, networking and work-life balance
Boehringer Ingelheim is firmly committed to ensuring a safe, healthy, productive and efficient work environment for our employees, as well as our partners and customers. As part of that commitment, Boehringer Ingelheim conducts pre-employment background checks and drug screenings.
Job Description
RESPONSIBILITIES
Develop, update and implement marketing plans for the assigned products
Position Benefits and Features to competitive advantages for each product
Advertising and Promotion campaigns to maintain emphasis
Brand Management, understand the impact of other products and other countries
Project Management
Manage assigned projects for best outcome to the desired benefits
Interact with the swine team in an effort to determine best positioning of projects
Forecasting of all assigned products
Develop and maintain a forecasting system for the assigned products
Sales training and education
Coordinate product training and education of the sales force to reinforce key benefits and features of our products in support of our strategic positioning
Customer account responsibility
Have account interaction with selected customers to maintain direct interaction in the decision making process and use of our products in the field
QUALIFICATIONS
College degree in agriculture or marketing
3 – 5 years’ marketing or product/customer experience in the swine industry
Good interpersonal skills and customer service and a team-oriented attitude
Strong communication skills (oral, written, presentation)
Good commercial understanding from sales, product management experiences or equivalent
Working knowledge of forecasting and budgeting process
Thorough working knowledge of swine production practices
Strong desire to serve the pork industry, veterinarians, and pork producers
