Commercial Veterinary Advisor

Description

Location: Macquarie Park, NSW

Help shape the future of veterinary care through clinical expertise and commercial influence

Are you an experienced veterinarian looking to broaden your impact beyond the consult room?

This is an opportunity to combine your clinical knowledge with commercial strategy, helping shape the products, services, and innovations that support exceptional veterinary care across our national clinic network and broader business.

As a Commercial Veterinary Advisor, you will be a trusted clinical voice across key veterinary portfolios including pharmaceuticals, nutrition, diagnostics, equipment, consumables, and emerging technologies. Working closely with veterinary leaders, strategic suppliers, and cross-functional teams across Clinical Governance, Operations, Finance, and Marketing, you will help drive better clinical outcomes, operational efficiencies, and commercial value.

What you’ll be doing

Lead and optimise our Group Buy List

• Support the ongoing development and optimisation of the Group Buy List, ensuring alignment with clinical standards, operational needs, and commercial priorities

• Provide clinical guidance on product selection, support clinic queries, and identify opportunities to improve value, consistency, and performance across the network

Clinical lead for product optimisation initiatives

• As a veterinary product subject matter expert, provide product advice across a range of clinical portfolios (incl. pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, nutrition, equipment, consumables, and new technologies) to support clinical and business improvement initiatives

• Assess emerging products and innovations, translating clinical evidence and frontline insights into practical recommendations

• present both technical veterinary information and strategic procurement insights to clinical and non-clinical audiences, including key stakeholders, enabling informed decision-making across the business

• Partner with clinics to understand challenges, opportunities, and future needs

Build strategic supply partnerships

• Develop strong relationships with key supply partners to drive innovation, quality, service, and value

• Support supplier performance reviews, contract management, product evaluations, and initiatives that strengthen supply continuity and clinical effectiveness

Drive innovation and commercial initiatives

• Lead the New Product Assessment process, ensuring products meet clinical, quality, safety, operational, and commercial requirements

• Provide clinical input into sourcing strategies, product standardisation, and continuous improvement initiatives

• Stay connected to industry trends and emerging opportunities that enhance veterinary care

About you

You are a veterinarian who enjoys thinking strategically and influencing outcomes beyond individual patient care. You bring strong clinical judgement, commercial curiosity, and the ability to build trusted relationships across a diverse stakeholder group.

You will bring:

• Veterinary qualifications and current registration, with 5+ years’ clinical experience in companion animal, mixed practice, or a related veterinary environment

• Experience assessing veterinary products, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, equipment, consumables, or clinical services

• Commercial awareness and an understanding of procurement, supplier partnerships, and value-based decision-making

• Strong communication, influencing, and analytical skills, with the ability to turn clinical insights into clear business recommendations

• Experience working within a multi-site veterinary, healthcare, pharmaceutical, or complex supply environment will be highly regarded

Why join VetPartners?

• Make a meaningful impact: Influence the products, services, and innovations that support better care for pets and their families

• Strategic influence: Play a key role in shaping national clinical and commercial initiatives across a growing veterinary network

• Collaborative environment: Work alongside passionate veterinary, operational, and commercial teams who value expertise and innovation

• Career growth: Build your commercial capability while continuing to leverage your veterinary experience in a broader leadership role

With more than 270 veterinary clinics across Australia and New Zealand, VetPartners is committed to delivering exceptional care through our people, partnerships, and clinical excellence.

This is an opportunity to take your veterinary career in a new direction - influencing decisions, driving innovation, and helping shape the future of veterinary care.

Ready to make an impact beyond the consult room? Apply now and join VetPartners.

VetPartners is committed to Equal Employment Opportunities and creating an inclusive, diverse, and flexible workplace. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, experiences, and abilities.