Avian TMVS Nigeria at Boehringer Ingelheim

Job No: 182486 

Description

• Lead & manage the avian technical activity, including VTS, within Africa clusters
• Grow the avian business; contribute to sales and margin targets achievements through:
• Provide technical support to the avian products
• Capture and develop loyalty from Avian Key accounts
• Improve communication between various BI avian actors (BI internal and distributors)

Duties & Responsibilities
Contribute to the Avian objectives:

• Provide technical support to the avian products in order to achieve sales and strategic objectives in all Africa clusters.
• Develop technical training for Avian TMVS teams and specialized distributor team.
• Participate actively to pre-launch meetings related to new products.
• Run field trials with different product and customers under the supervision of Vet technical manager/Avian business manager.
• Develop and participate in the production of technical marketing literature and promotional tools (Technical manual, brochures…).
• Develop innovative technical/marketing concepts in order to better position the avian products in each area in collaboration with the local avian account managers.
• Communicate proactively and regularly on vaccination service products/concepts in order to ensure awareness of innovations and understand the requirements of the teams in each market.
• Participate in meetings with technical presentations according to requirements made by Avian TMVS, ABMs, Marketing & Tech manager and distributors.
• Elaborate and update a practical manual for commercial training.
• Secure PV procedure.

Lead Vaccination Service activities done by VTS local Team :

• In coordination with META VTS Manager and Avian MK&TECH manager  support the training of the VTS team on  product handling  (vaccination equipment, biological, nitrogen containers)  and for the different vaccination methods (drinking water, spray, injection).
• Ensure and contribute to a high standard of technical expertise and knowledge of all specialized vaccination service staff (BI and partners).
• Develop and provide tools for vaccination control and evaluation on quality vaccine application at hatchery level.
• Check the vaccination equipment situation.
• Coordinate the maintenance on the equipment and train the poultry farm staff on the job.
• Ensure proper installation of new equipment in customers’ facility and arrange the necessary training session.
• Coordinate and support technical training for Broiler teams, Breeder teams, Hatchery teams, Layer farmers done by VTS team.
• Support vaccination audit-monitoring done by VTS Team.

Budget Management:

• Secure Avian Tech budget achievement.

HSE:

• Observe and contribute to BI Safety Objectives.

Requirements

• Veterinary degree with solid field experience in the poultry area.
• Field experience (min. 5 years) in the poultry industry, poultry diseases, pathology and diagnostics.
• Good communication and presentation skills and the ability to adapt readily to different cultural environments.
• Preparedness to work in a team and to travel international (40-50% of the time).
• Language skills: Fluency in English
• Computer skills: Good knowledge, particularly of Word, Power Point, Excel.
• Basic practical mechanical skills are also desirable.