Job Description:

Make an impact in animal health. Grow trusted partnerships. Own your territory.

We’re looking for a passionate, results-driven Senior Sales Representative (VSR) to join our Companion Animals business and lead commercial growth across key counties in Romania. In this role, you will build strong, long-term relationships with veterinary clinics and pharmacies, provide expert product and technical support, and deliver on ambitious sales objectives—while upholding the highest standards of compliance and professionalism.

What you’ll do:

• Deliver sales results

Achieve or exceed sales targets in your assigned territory

• Build and maintain trusted relationships with vetted customers to drive satisfaction, loyalty, and sustained growth

• Manage company resources efficiently and responsibly

• Elevate customer engagement

Conduct tailored, science-led interactions during business hours and at scientific events

• Be the reliable reference in companion animals for your customers

• Keep our CRM (MAXX) fully updated (organizations, contacts, consents, plans, visit notes)

• Run customer campaigns using our Promo App

• Collaborate closely with distributor field teams to address end-customer requests and complaints

• Communicate consistent, on-strategy messages aligned with marketing

• Own your territory plan

Analyze and prioritize opportunities across targeted customers

• Use pre/post-call insights, market data, CRM analytics, and experience to build action plans and call plans

• Proactively prospect: identify and onboard new customers in MAXX and integrate them into call cycles

• Stay organized and compliant

Timely complete administrative tasks: CRM call entries, post-meeting notes, expenses, adverse event reports

• Be accountable for assigned assets (car, phone, PC, promo budget) and use them responsibly

• Ensure all activities align with company compliance standards and Code of Conduct

• Collaborate and grow

Offer timely market feedback and competitive intelligence to management

• Partner with your manager on strategic and tactical initiatives for the companion animals portfolio

• Continuously upskill through trainings and share best practices with peers

• Support special projects when needed (e.g., promo materials testing, sampling, market research)

Your territory:

• Bucharest: districts 3 and 4, plus the customers in afferent Ilfov county- Prahova county (PH)- Buzau county (BZ)- Ialomita county (IL)- Calarasi county (CL)- Giurgiu county (GR)

What you’ll bring:

• Education: Master’s degree or equivalent relevant experience

• Experience: 3+ years field sales in Animal Health or related industry

Skills:

• Strong drive for measurable results and growth

• Excellent communication and relationship-building

• Solid MS Office proficiency (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and general IT comfort

• English: Intermediate (spoken and written)

• Team player with the ability to work autonomously in the field

• Willingness to learn continuously

• Valid clean Category B driving licence

• Ability to travel across the region

Competencies that set you up for success:

• Leadership behaviors: Drive Results; Focus on Customers & Patients; Foster Collaboration

• Professional: Productive Communication

• Core commercial: Customer Engagement

• Product Knowledge & Portfolio Management

• Sales & account management: Sales Acumen

• Customer Segmentation & Targeting

• Negotiation & Contracting

• B Driving License

Why join us?

• Be part of a mission-driven company improving companion animal health and wellbeing

• Work in a dynamic, supportive environment with strong ethical standards

• Shape your territory with autonomy, backed by robust tools (CRM MAXX, Promo App) and training

• Competitive package with the resources you need to succeed

Required Skills:

Account Management, Adaptability, Inbound Phone Sales, Industry Knowledge, Interpersonal Relationships, Lead Generation, Market Analysis, Product Knowledge, Romanian to English Translation, Sales Administration, Sales Forecasting, Sales Goal Achievement, Sales Presentations, Sales Reporting, Sales Strategy Development, Sales Training, Technical Product Sales

Preferred Skills:

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

75%

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Remote

Shift:

Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:

Yes

Hazardous Material(s):

n/a

Job Posting End Date:

05/1/2026

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