Portfolio Director, Veterinary Diagnostics

Henry Schein Animal Health - Dublin, OH

Full-time - Senior

Remote - Dublin, OH

Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods

About the position

The Portfolio Director, Veterinary Diagnostics is responsible for developing and executing the category strategy, go-to-market plan, technology roadmap, financial budget, and key performance indicators for their assigned category. This role focuses on maximizing category profitability through strategic partnerships and product innovation, while also managing a broader selection of category products and partnerships over time.

Responsibilities

• Analyzes the financial state, supplier performance, product mix, and market growth opportunities of the portfolio to feed into strategic/tactical plans.
• Develops and drives the execution of the category strategy, budget and key performance indicators.
• Leads cross-functional planning between supplier relations, technology, legal/regulatory, pricing, operations & commercial partnerships to enable effective market growth and uptake of category offerings.
• Clearly communicates category strategy/tactics within the organization to gain alignment and engagement among key internal stakeholders.
• Develops and is responsible for revenue & margin contributions, operating expenses, inventory budgets and forecasts, adjusting plans to ensure targets are met.
• In partnership with commercial & technology teams, builds and implements the go-to-market plan and promotions/campaigns to drive awareness, engagement & financial results of the category.
• Responsible for gathering market, customer, competitor & category intelligence to inform planning & decisions.
• Develops a deep partnership with internal stakeholders to translate feedback into planning and campaigns.
• Builds and maintains top-level relationships with partner(s) in the category.
• Drives new products, new partnerships and category optimization strategy in conjunction with Proprietary Brands team.
• Supports future acquisition growth initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Marketing, Operations Management or related field (or equivalent combination of education and experience)
• Minimum of ten years of experience in product management, business development, supplier management, supply chain/operations, marketing or similar role
• Human or Animal Healthcare industry experience preferred
• Veterinary Diagnostics industry experience preferred
• Strong drive to achieve results
• Demonstrated analytical ability and financial acumen
• Ability to translate strategic vision into tactical plans and influence adoption of prescribed actions
• Ability to demonstrate effective interpersonal and communication skills across a large variety of audiences
• Manage multiple projects requiring frequent communication, organization, time management, and problem solving
• Navigating in a matrix organization with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders
• Experience building strategic relationships
• Strong Microsoft Office skills