Pet Specialty Director
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Pet Specialty Independent Director responsible for the full commercial performance and strategic evolution at Royal Canin. Leading transformations to deliver accelerated growth in the Independent Retail business.
Responsibilities:
- Act as a core member of the Pet Specialty Retail Omnichannel Leadership Team
- Own and evolve the Independent Retail vision and multi-year strategy
- Lead transformation of the field sales operating model
- Drive Farm & Feed Strategy deployment
- Own volume, trade, and profitability forecasts for the Independent Retail channel
- Lead rigorous resource allocation decisions across people and trade investment
- Lead, coach, and develop a geographically dispersed sales organization
- Build bench strength for future leadership roles
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree required
- 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in sales, commercial strategy, or general management within complex, multi-channel businesses
- Experience leading leaders and geographically dispersed teams
- Demonstrated success owning and influencing P&L outcomes, including trade-offs between growth, margin, and investment
- Proven experience leading business or operating model transformation at scale
- Strong thought leadership, financial acumen, and systems thinking capability
- Evidence of enterprise leadership readiness and potential to assume broader Senior level sales leadership
Benefits:
- Company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance plans for the employee and the employee’s eligible dependents
- 401(k) plan
- Paid parental leave of up to 18 weeks
- 120 hours of vacation per year
- Paid sick time of 100% pay continuation for a maximum of 40 hours per calendar year
- 12 paid holidays throughout the calendar year that include both fixed and flexible holidays
- Access to our in-house Mars University for learning and development support



















