Technical Director (Asia Pacific) - Thailand Based
About this position
To enhance the value proposition by providing excellence in technical expertise and education. To assist the key growth markets to achieve budgeted sales volume, margin & contribution through the delivery of technical services to Anitox customers and mentoring of the Anitox commercial team in technical matters.
Responsibilities
• Develop/maintain key customer relationships (veterinarian/nutritionists) and lead strategic initiatives with key industry influencers/organizations, key opinion leaders, research institutions, and national and regional industry associations
• Provide technical support to sales in virtual and face to face customer meetings
• Deliver technical presentations at targeted industry/key prospect/customer meetings
• Develop technical information (bulletins, papers, etc.) to advance our value proposition within the industry
• Maintain and produce technical pieces for product support
• Identify and develop/lead plans to fill value gaps via new 3rd party research, complimentary products, internal research, and/or technical papers
• Actively participate in industry/professional associations
• Coordinate with Marketing on Campaign/Document messaging
• Fully utilize Salesforce CRM tool to update Technical dashboard and document customer/prospect/key influencer interactions
• Determine and facilitate/deliver necessary training across the sales team
• Writing of technical reports
• Writing of protocols for field trials
• Analysis & organization of data from trials
Requirements
• 5+ years of experience in the animal agriculture/animal health industry.
• MSc in Poultry Science or Animal Production.
• Strong technical/scientific background, capable of writing, executing, analyzing and presenting protocol results for research or sales support purposes.
• Practical knowledge of the UK (poultry) feed industry, its structure and the key influencers
• The ability and willingness to provide exceptional customer service to internal and external customers, and to work in cross-functional teams to achieve customer and product objectives, including R&D, Regulatory Affairs, and Marketing.
• Well organized and an effective planner in use of resources, while demonstrating flexibility and responsiveness as market needs dictate.
• Excellent people and communication skills.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Fluent in English (writing and speaking)
• Strong analytical skills.