Scientific Affairs Manager, Asia

No Relocation Assistance Offered
Job Number #173750 - Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Who We Are

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specialising in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name!

Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. Guided by our core values—Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous—we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together, let's build a brighter, healthier future for all.
 

Job Summary

Scientific Affairs Manager, Asia acts as a trusted and credible voice of Hill’s nutritional science and expertise across Asia. Reporting directly to the Professional Veterinary Affairs Director Asia, this role will provide customer, student and KTL education in alignment with the regional strategy and Brand Experience Plan. This role will collaborate with Marketing to ensure the technical accuracy and relevance of customer-facing materials and programs, in alignment with BGP and BEPs and taking an omni-demand generation approach. Leveraging the Global PVA strategy and adapting for regional needs, the Scientific Affairs Manager will foster relationships with regional KTLs to build trust and advocacy. This role will ensure that Hill’s commercial team members are well trained to communicate Hill’s scientific and product superiority in a disease-centric way, creating a competitive commercial advantage. An important part of the role will be supporting the Asia region vet school strategy by providing education and top to top KTL engagement across the region to build BRUT with vet students and within veterinary teaching hospitals.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

This is not an exhaustive list of duties or functions.

Education/ Experience

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  Board certification (ACVIM, ECVCN) or PhD degree in small animal clinical nutrition strongly preferred

  
  


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  Experience working in academia is preferred

  
  


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  Doctor of Veterinary Medicine or equivalent graduate degree in veterinary medicine

  
  


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  Minimum of 3 years of experience in small animal veterinary practice

  
  


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  Experience in Pet food Business preferred

  
  


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  Experience in Hill’s/Pet food Business will be preferred

  
  


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  Experience with teaching or training in veterinary medicine

  
  

Expected Areas of Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

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  Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate at all levels of the organization with both internal and external stakeholders

  
  


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  Ability to synthesize complex information into impactful and practical messages for different types of audiences

  
  


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  Strong relationship management skills 

  
  


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  Customer focused 

  
  


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  Digital aptitude and experience with the Google suite

  
  


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  Business acumen 

  
  


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  Relationship building across countries and departments 

  
  

Leadership Competencies 

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  Ability to build trust with both internal and external stakeholders

  
  


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  Customer-Centric Focus and Results Orientation

  
  


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  Highly collaborative 

  
  

Working Relationships (Key partnerships and reporting relationships)

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  Does this position supervise:  No

  
  


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  This role reports to Professional Veterinary Affairs Director, Asia

  
  


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  PVA teams across Asia, GPVA

  
  

Travel Requirements 

Expected percentage of travel:  Up to 40%

Our Commitment to Inclusion
Our journey begins with our people—developing strong talent with diverse backgrounds and perspectives  to best serve our consumers around the world and fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels a true sense of belonging. We are dedicated to ensuring that each individual can be their authentic self, is treated with respect, and is empowered by leadership to contribute meaningfully to our business.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status (United States positions), or any other characteristic protected by law.

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