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Zoetis Canada is passionate about animal health
F
or potential recruits and
long-standing employees
alike, working for Zoetis
Canada comes with a
clearly stated, common
purpose: “To nurture our world
and humankind by advancing care
for animals.”
As the world’s largest animal
health company, Zoetis discovers,
develops, manufactures and commercializes vaccines, medicines,
diagnostics and other technologies for companion animals and
livestock. Zoetis operates in more
than 100 countries.
Jair Garcia, a Brazilian-born veterinarian by training, has worked
for Zoetis for 30 years, across
Brazil, the United States, Latin
America and Canada. For the past
15 years, Garcia has been based
in Montréal, where he currently
serves as senior vice-president
and country manager for Zoetis
Canada.
“Our core purpose is what really
unites colleagues,” says Garcia.
“It’s also what attracts people
from diverse backgrounds to
seek employment with us. We’re
passionate about helping veterinarians to provide the best care for
animals, farmers to raise livestock
and support a healthy food chain,
and help pets to live stronger and
longer lives.”
The Zoetis workplace culture
is also united around five core
beliefs: Our colleagues make the
difference; Always do the right
thing; Customer-obsessed; Run
it like you own it; and We are one
Zoetis.
“These are more than just
statements on a wall,” says Garcia.
“These are the guiding principles
for all our daily work and we
celebrate them with an annual
peer recognition gala in which
colleagues nominate colleagues
who best represent each of these
values.”
Neha Shrivastava, a Zoetis
Canada colleague with 20 years
of service, is currently senior
manager of analytics. In her field,
Neha Shrivastava, senior manager, analytics (left), and Jair Garcia, senior vice-president and country manager
(right), at Zoetis Canada.
Shrivastava is at the forefront of
introducing new AI initiatives,
including a next-generation
predictive customer sales analysis
tool. She is also a past recipient
of a core belief peer recognition
award, in her case for embodying
the value, “Run it like you own it.”
Everyone feels empowered
and people stay with a
company when they are
having that kind of impact.
— Neha Shrivastava
Senior Manager, Analytics
Shrivastava says this value
is about encouraging people
to “come forward with your
innovative ideas and solutions and
let’s try them out. Everyone feels
empowered and people stay with
a company when they are having
that kind of impact.”
Another value Shrivastava
closely identifies with is being
customer-obsessed.
“Whether it’s a companion
animal or livestock veterinarian or
a producer, we want to make sure
our customers feel well-supported
and that we are giving them the
state-of-the-art tools to be successful in their respective fields.”
Garcia points to other recent
Zoetis innovations that are
helping transform animal health,
including in areas of dermatology
and new products to better manage pain care for millions of dogs
and cats around the world.
The commitment to innovative
animal care is reflected in a
highly-engaged workforce.
