Our Client is a central Europe well established group that develops and integrates the country veterinary industry in a partnership-based, flexible business model. Our Client vision is that the cooperation with doctors and owners of leading animal health institutions, there is a new quality of services offered and raised standards of work in the veterinary sector.

The group has solid financing and there is a start up in progress in Romania now.

????️ Location: Centre of Bucharest office - but we can accept great candidates from every other place in Romania as this person will need to possess high mobility

⏳ Work model: if duties do not require to be in the office/clinic, hybrid (wfh) mode is also accepted.

???? Employment type: indefinite Employment contract or cooperation B2B also accepted

• Scope of the role:

This role will help in setting up and expanding a network of veterinarian clinics in Romania, aiming to hire min 200 people within next 1-2 years; 2 are already acquired

This business model is already proven in other East-Central EU countries.

• Information about the team:

• Team Dynamics:
  • Reporting to:  Head of Operations at Group Level, close cooperation with Group CEO and M&A Team
  • Department led by: TBD
• Career Growth:
  • The company values ambition and internal growth, aiming to promote from within.
  • In the future this person can be a pylon of more regional expansion and if they are willing, they can take part of international journey on other markets of CSE/CEE

• Desired skills Candidate Profile:

• Attributes:
  • An individual who is conflict-free, ambitious, and understanding.
  • Highly self-motivated and resilient to stress able to corelate various departments and functions, with proven results ideally in VET domain
  • Structured person with analytical abilities and the capacity to meet deadlines.

• Full JD:

Demands :

• Experience of at least 5 years in managerial positions, preferably in an international environment, in the veterinary or related sector (e.g. pharmacy, laboratories, petfood, etc.)
• Education in fields related to veterinary medicine and management, economics, business, finance
• Resistance to stress
• Ability to work under time pressure
• Task prioritization skills
• Innovativeness
• Very good knowledge of English
• Proactive, collaborative
• Ease in establishing relationships.

Responsibilities :

• Ongoing support for clinics managers with regards to:
  • Clinics’ day-to-day aspects ie. pricing changes, working hours, policies and other, non-medical decisions
  • Being a partner for Clincs’ managers in scope of Clincs’ development including but not limited to capital expenditures, expansion, new services etc.
  • Trainings, in a role of coordination/supervision of training budget utilization
  • PR/Marketing, in a role of consultant/advisor as those activities will be served by external contracted agencies

• Support in definition of products and services
  • Products to be used in clinics, recommendations
  • Laboratories to be used
  • External services
  • Negotiation with distributors of product discounts and terms of cooperation.
• Support in definition of price and margin policies (clients, external services, and employee discounts).
  • Client’s policies (credits, discounts) and satisfaction.
  • Helping and monitoring with the action plans for each clinic detailing the concrete measures in the different areas (operational, marketing, restructuring etc.).
  • Provide key performance indicators (KPIs) to the Managers of the clinics to continuously measure their financial and operational performance.
  • Develop and implement policies across the platform to deliver maximum value, leverage, and standardization.

• Reporting Goals:
  • Operational drive and support for the business.
  • Promote and develop initiatives to improve the performance of clinics and hospitals.
  • Member of steering committees for key projects across the platform.
  • Set up and monitor KPI's to support the Management Board in the development of the platform.
  • Establish a solid relationship with the rest of the departments: Clinical Directors, Finance, Marketing, M&A. Focus on the business.
  • Quality of service, work and services in the clinic. Customer experience

• C&B draft package:

• Salary and Benefits: range 48k – 60k Eur gross p.a. company car, KPI bonus
• Additional Highlights: The company places a strong emphasis on well-being, providing various support services such as legal aid, trainings, work-life balance, ability to get experience in other locations of the Group, and volunteer activities.

• Interview process will consist in 3 steps (2 interviews with the client):
  • Interview with Antal (telephone/Ms Teams/email)
  • 1st interview: HRM and the Ops Group Head
  • 2^nd interview: Ops Group Head (if it will not be present in the 1^st one) + Group CEO

DISCLAIMERS:

• We will accept your CVs and safely store them in our database unless otherwise required
• We are able to answer back only to the most eligible applicants. The VET operational and business development experience is a HIGH feature.
• Salary /package offer is just an approximation of a possible range and it does NOT represent an offer.  The offer will be discussed with the finalist, within customised terms case by case.