Ruminant Technical Services Manager (IA, SD, MN) - Merck

**Job Description** Our Animal Health Marketing team takes a customer centric perspective using customer feedback and market intelligence data. Using this data, we design, develop and deploy products, platforms, brands and marketing initiatives that ensure we can improve the health and well-being of animals everywhere. This position is field based with primary responsibilities in (IA, SD, MN) and is responsible for providing technical support to Sales and Marketing for our Company's Animal Health products specific to the US Cattle business, with a primary focus on the Dairy Industry. Responsibilities include providing technical support for Ruminant products and programs, including response to product inquiries and adverse reports in accordance with internal, FDA, CFIA and USDA regulatory policies. The position will require developing trial protocols, monitoring and summarizing clinical and marketing support trials specific to Ruminant animal health. Position will be required to maintain contact with key industry professionals to include academic, veterinary related individuals or groups. Additional duties will include attending and presenting in prominent industry scientific meetings. Deliver a high level of technical expertise, service and support to our Company's Animal Health Division Ruminant sales in North America. Assure those services are provided within corporate objectives and within budget guidelines. Technical service includes but is not limited to: + Involvement in the development of new products, development of vaccination programs and protocol for use of pharmaceuticals, product use directions, adverse event reporting, dealing with Ruminant health issues in customer's operations, customer complaints and education on new products from our Company's Animal Health Division. + Travel will compose at a minimum 50% of incumbent's time. Travel responsibilities will be prioritized by value of customer and return of travel investment. + Participate as a scientific speaker on the agenda of key Ruminant industry meetings where needed by communicating non-proprietary company research and representing our Company's Animal Health Division as a source of highly valuable technical expertise, with a primary focus on the dairy industry. + Assist research and development team with product evaluation, licensing trials and product development for all of our Company's Animal Health Division products. Perform field trial evaluation of newly license products to offer technical support information for those particular products. + Obtain information regarding customer needs through various channels, networking and customer visits, providing feedback to prioritize research and development needs + Work with the marketing team on key business initiatives to aid in development of technical and marketing brochures for our Company's Animal Health Division products. + Act as a liaison between prominent researchers in university, government and private settings to supply our Company's Animal Health Division with a stream of information regarding innovative products and developments within the research world. + Communicate between various Animal Health departments, as needed, to aid in delivery of product to customers, i.e. International Registration, Quality Control, Quality Assurance, Production, etc. + Provide Sales force training as well as guidance on product implementation for external customers. **Education Minimum Requirement:** + Must have a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M) degree and (or) PhD in Cattle specific animal science. **Preferred Experience and Skills**:** + Must have minimum of 2 years related dairy cattle veterinary and/or animal science experience. + Excellent verbal and written communication skills. + Strong interpersonal skills. + Ability to work in a team environment + Good leadership skills + Ability to digest extremely technical information and present it in understandable terms to lay people. **Preferred Experience and Skills:** + Field experience in dairy cattle production and/or ruminant medicine preferred + If the successful candidate is a DVM and a license in at least one state is preferred but not required + Fluent in English and Spanish \#EBRG **NOTICE** **FOR** **INTERNAL** **APPLICANTS** In accordance with Managers' Policy - Job Posting and Employee Placement, all employees subject to this policy are required to have a minimum of twelve (12) months of service in current position prior to applying for open positions. 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