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Virbac

Develops animal health care products worldwide

Key Account Manager - Key Account Manager, Santé Animale & Élevage

Account ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNice, FranceIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A minimum Bac+2 qualification compliant with decree 2016-624; a background in animal production, agronomy, or agriculture is preferred.
  • At least three years of sales or key account management experience in livestock or animal health.
  • Mastery of sales techniques, complex negotiation with key accounts, and cross-functional project management.
  • Strong understanding of financial indicators, including gross and net revenue, net margin, EBIT, and average selling price, plus in-depth knowledge of the livestock market.
  • Strategic creativity and proactivity to anticipate trends, overcome obstacles, and propose new solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze each key account's business model, ecosystem, organization, and strategic issues, including mergers, acquisitions, and emerging needs, and maintain the reference key-account database.
  • Develop and negotiate comprehensive quantitative offers covering prices, discounts, net margin, and profit-and-loss considerations, as well as qualitative offers involving tailored services and incentives.
  • Build, deploy, and manage key-account business plans to grow revenue and secure sustainable profitability.
  • Develop trusted relationships with decision-makers and coordinate internal Marketing France/Europe, Technical, Sales, and Network Management teams to deliver mutually valuable projects.
  • Ensure compliance with veterinary-medicine pharmacovigilance and quality regulations.
  • Travel frequently within the assigned territory and to key accounts.

Desired Qualifications

  • Background in animal production, agronomy, or agriculture.

About the Company

Virbac

Develops animal health care products worldwide

Virbac provides care, hygiene and nutrition products to prevent, diagnose and treat animal diseases. Its offerings are designed for veterinarians, farmers and pet owners worldwide, delivering complete animal-health solutions through a global network of production sites, sales subsidiaries and R&D centers across five continents. The product approach combines prevention, diagnosis and treatment in veterinary medicine, not limited to a single animal type. What sets Virbac apart is its scale and mix: a broad international footprint (production sites in 12 countries, sales subsidiaries in 36) and a substantial share of sales outside Europe, with a clear focus on both companion animals (roughly 61% of 2025 sales) and farm animals (39%). The company aims to advance animal health by empowering those who care for animals daily, helping people and animals live better together.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Carros, France
Founded
1968

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