Technical Manager ISC

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Mission and main stakes 

• Regional mission:

Area Technical Manager is responsible to cover North & West region from Pune location.The Technical Manager ISC manages and coordinates technical, services & lab teams in his area.He defines and implements regional technical plans aligned with sales and marketing strategy and business goals.He coaches his team to build strong relationships with customers, with Key Opinion Leaders and represent Adisseo at industry events. He will coordinate the actions at GKA level.

Ensure effective execution of technical activities with customers, services, lab operations, and engineering projects.   

• Area Technical Manager mission

He oversees the technical support of Adisseo product & service portfolio in the assigned Area.

He works closely with sales and marketing to understand and support customer needs and drive product value.

The ATM support will consist in training Adisseo sales and marketing forces as well as partners (distributors and agents). The ATM will help the sales forces in explaining and convincing customers and prospects in the values of Adisseo products and services. Together with the ASM he elaborates the targets and actions to retain and develop Adisseo's market.

The ATM will also oversee supporting and developing the technical network in the sub-region through contacts with Key Opinion Leaders and consultants based on mutual expertise, recognition and trust.

The ATM will speak and present the technical specificities of the products to conferences, congresses, and any other professional events.

The ATM defines and implements technical action plans to provide the most appropriate technical support to customers and partners for the existing product line. The ATM will actively contribute to the achievement of sales objectives in the sub-region together with the ASM, the Specialty Technical Sales managers and the partners' sales force.

Besides, the ATM has a key role to play, being the relay of Adisseo R&D department in the field. The ATM will have the responsibility not only to carry out appropriate trials to demonstrate product features and superiority but also to adapt the technical offer to fit customer expectations. Always in contact with customers, experts, KOLs, scholar… the ATM may also be at the origin of new ideas, concepts, and services.

The ATM will be a key provider of needs for R&D departments and adapting the technical offer to fit the customer value.

The Position

• Good technical background and strong management capacities able to give a vision and build a strategy to his team
• High level of responsibility and autonomy
• Transversal position directly and strongly interacting with numerous professions and interlocutors
• Solid intercultural management capacities

Key Responsibilities

• To coordinate technically the network of Area Sales Managers, and Global/Regional Category Managers and contributes to the training of our teams & distributors and agents
• To adapt technical presentations, messages and services to the different segments of customers and countries in interaction with the Global/Regional Category Manager
• To support the sales team with GKA and in specific cases to contribute to the success of the sales
• To remain the preferred contact with the KOL & consultants of the different countries/together with the local Adisseo representative or partner
• To develop the knowledge of the area in a customer centric way
• To interact with Marketing and R&D to optimize the knowledge and consideration of customer needs in dynamic innovation
• To develop his/her external network with key opinion leaders and consultants in line with the business strategy
• To act as a guest speaker at workshops and external conferences
• To write scientific and technical articles in professional and international press
• To propose, implement, pilot and follow-up development trials for new specialties
• To ensure the reporting and the communication of the trials' results to internal and external technical sales network

 Accountability

The ATM is accountable for

• Leading and coordinating his team according to agreed action plans
• Technical training for Adisseo sales and marketing forces, and the distributor/agent representatives.
• Defining and providing technical services and support to customers, distributors and agents
• Elaborating and follow up technical action plans with both HQ and regions to develop and consolidate the products and services

 Internal/External relationships

• Internal:
  • HQ level: R&D, Regulatory affairs, Lab, BUs and Global Category Managers, global marketing, global ATM network
  • Regional level: STSM, Area Managers, Country Managers, Regional Category Managers, Technologists

 External: KOL, GKA and key customers, agents & distributors, …

Profile Requirements

• Post graduation in poultry Nutrition or poultry science, Veterinarian
• Experience:
  • Successful management experience of a highly skilled team
  • Confirmed experience in formulation as Formulator / Nutritionist / Technical Manager within an industrial firm specialized in animal feed: feed manufacturer, pre-mixer, feed additives
  • Animal Physiology and animal health strong knowledge
  • Strong poultry nutrition and husbandry knowledge
  • Strong ability to adapt to changing situations (multicultural and multi knowledge levels interlocutors)
  • Ability to define, implement and follow a nutrition trial protocol on animals
  • Good communication skills
• Team spirit
• Fluent in English (spoken and written)
• The position location will be in the assigned area
• At least 70% of the time travelling