Farm Regional Business Manager (The Midlands & Wales) - Cheshire Farm Vets

We have a rare and exciting opportunity for a Regional Business Manager to join our Farm Division. This role will oversee the Midlands and Wales regions; covering Severn Edge Farm, Cheshire Farm Vets, Dyfed Farm Vets and Pembroke Farm Vets. This is a newly created role with the intention of overhaulling historical practice ways of working, putting in place new structures and businesses processes to establish the most efficient means of servicing the practice client base. Our Farm division has over 120 vets in 15 modern farm specific practices nationwide. Our practices offer a comprehensive range of services, with a focus on helping our clients prevent disease and maximise efficiency of production on their farms. Our collective buying power enables us to assist our clients with the most cost effective solutions to all their animal medicine requirements. The overall aims of this role are to:

• Identify new business opportunities which includes but is not limited to new markets, new clients/ farms/ buying groups, new products and clinical services which your region can offer
• Build relationships with current clients, plus potential new clients or buying groups- with a focus on expanding our sales and client base through Wales
• Explore opportunities for new practice sites to enable geographical expansion, with the practice at Severn Edge looking to open at least one new branch within the next 12 months
• Create sales and profit forecasts and actively work towards reaching them, communicating this to the team and key stakeholders within each region
We are keen to hear from you if you:
• Have a passion for Agriculture and understand the challenges that our clients face
• Possess a strong understanding of the company's products and services, the competition in the industry and positioning
• Have the energy to grow the practices and their services, looking to not only offer cleading clinical care but be the go to farm vets within their region
• Are able to build a program of engaging client meetings and events across the region, building strong relationships between the different practice teams and the local farming industry
• Would like to attend conferences and events where you will be required to build relationships as well as look at new clinical service, products and meet clients
• Can identify and attend key shows in the region and manage the marketing budgets to maximize each practices exposure in a region
• Are able to collaborate with the rest of Regional Business team to design and produce social media, website and flyers as required as well as offers and adverts based on products seasonality and competitor activity