Veterinary Sales Associate - Ottawa, ON

We are looking for a driven, reliable, extremely organized, pet passionate individual with a minimum of 3 years’ experience in a veterinary hospital environment, or a minimum of 3 years’ experience in a sales role, to help build, maintain, and strengthen relationships with veterinary practices in the Ottawa area!

This position would require the individual to visit veterinary practices, build relationships and educate hospital staff on the advantages of having insured clients and how to incorporate this into their workflow. Do you want to see more pets live longer, happier, and better lives with their owners? Does working shoulder to shoulder with veterinary professionals, ensuring they can practice the best medicine and save the lives of pets excite you? Then this is the role for you!

The ideal candidate will be comfortable with a Full time, 40 hour per week commitment, a high level of activity to assist in maintaining and building our success and be open to growth. In this role you will earn a base salary plus commission, with no cap or limit. Also provided in this role are medical benefits, and mileage paid, with a budget to spend within the territory for business operations.

This job requires physically visiting animal hospitals and all team members visiting animal hospitals are required to be vaccinated

Requirements:

• Minimum 3 years experience in a veterinary hospital OR 3 years experience in a sales role
• Passion for helping eliminate economic euthanasia in dogs & cats
• Must have the personality to build relationships with our partnering veterinarian practices throughout the market/territory
• Ability to present to hospital owners and staff with confidence
• Must be pet passionate and possess a strong belief in our mission to give responsible pet owners the ability to provide the best care for their pet when it becomes sick or injured
• Able to establish and maintain good relations with customers by providing courteous, efficient, and professional service
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• An innate entrepreneurial drive, embodying an attitude of persistence and patience
• Outstanding communication, listening skills, and a professional appearance
• Sales & Marketing background a plus
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products (primarily Outlook, Excel, and Word)
• Must possess valid and clean driver’s license record and reliable car

Location Requirements

• Must live within the Ottawa area and be willing to be on the road visiting hospitals 40 hours a week in addition to some administrative work from home

Additional Requirements:

• This job requires physically visiting animal hospitals and all team members visiting animal hospitals are required to be vaccinated
• Occasional weekends for Veterinary Conferences

Not required, but an asset:

• Bilingual in French

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Trupanion Team DNA:

At Trupanion, we achieve great things together when we are:

• Caring: We are kind to each other and assume positive intent.
• Collaborative: We work together to achieve company goals (we not me).
• Courageous: We are determined, take risks, and make bold moves.
• Curious: We seek new information to continually better ourselves and our work.
• Honest: We believe candid communication leads to successful teamwork.
• Inclusive: We welcome and value all people and perspectives.
• Nimble: We readily adapt and evolve in pursuit of progress and innovation.

About Trupanion:

We’re more than insurance – we’re a tech company too! Learn more about how you can use Trupanion to pay your vet directly here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdWZ4KHiPTQ 

For more information about Trupanion, visit https://trupanion.com/about