Territory Manager (Helsinki, FI)

No Relocation Assistance Offered Job Number #175381 - Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland

Who We Are

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specializing in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name!

Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. Guided by our core values—Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous—we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together, let's build a brighter, healthier future for all.

Location: Central Finland

Salary: EUR 46800 - 52000

Reporting to: Field Sales Manager

We are looking for a veterinary consultant to visit and work with the district's veterinary clinics and possibly also with some pet stores. The service is a full-time permanent position.

Hill's Pet Nutrition is looking for a Territory Manager who needs to be based in central Finland. The sales district will be defined based on the selected candidate’s location. The position involves responsibility for business development of Hill's Prescription Diet, Science Plan, Vet Essentials brands. This involves technical training and presentation of products to veterinarians, veterinary nurses and other animal care providers. You will also prepare commercial business development plans and programs for your customers. In addition, you will represent Hill's at various events such as congresses and exhibitions.

The main responsibilities for this position are

• Work in close partnership with veterinary professionals, providing education and helping customers to improve their nutritional knowledge in order to drive recommendation and endorsement of Hill’s brands

• Development of Hill’s brands presence in clinics to enhance loyalty between Hill’s, veterinary clinics and consumers

• Effective implementation of business and category development initiatives to achieve sales objectives

• Implementation of plans that optimise coverage of the territory and efficient visits in order to deliver the very best service to the clinics and partners

What you will bring

We are looking for a person who is ideally trained in animal care, and preferably to have sales experience in the veterinary industry, the pharmaceutical industry or in functional foods. Travel required 60-80 % of the week, otherwise remotely from home.

• Goal and result oriented with excellent communication skills

• Willingness to travel to clinic locations

• Fluent in Finnish and English, good Swedish skills is a plus

• Good organisational and planning skills

• Driving licence mandatory

• Relevant experience in customer and business development

• Relevant digital marketing experience is a plus

We expect you to have strong drive and are looking for a challenging job in a well-known international company. In the long run, for the right person there are good opportunities to move forward in our international organisation.

We offer you

An exciting and outgoing position with lots of responsibility and great contact area within a customer group in strong development. You will be an important employee in a successful team with an open and informal atmosphere. We offer competitive terms of employment in accordance with the applicant's qualifications.

More information about Hill’s and the products can be found at www.hillspet.fi

Our Commitment to Inclusion Our journey begins with our people—developing strong talent with diverse backgrounds and perspectives to best serve our consumers around the world and fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels a true sense of belonging. We are dedicated to ensuring that each individual can be their authentic self, is treated with respect, and is empowered by leadership to contribute meaningfully to our business.

Equal Opportunity Employer Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status (United States positions), or any other characteristic protected by law.

Reasonable accommodation during the application process is available for persons with disabilities. Please complete this request form should you require accommodation.

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