Veterinary supply distributor with 144,000+ SKUs and practice services across North America
Patterson Veterinary operates a large-scale distribution business serving veterinary practices, with a tech footprint heavily anchored in SAP, .NET/C#, and Windows infrastructure. The hiring mix is weighted toward sales and support roles (14 of 24 active openings), reflecting a service-centric model, while projects reveal internal friction around legacy system integration and inventory complexity—reverse engineering PIMS systems and managing pharmacy/parts inventory are active pain points alongside middleware work for payment processing.
Patterson Veterinary is a public-company distributor supplying veterinary practices across North America with equipment, consumables, and practice solutions. The company manages over 144,000 products through 18 U.S. branch offices and operates an in-house education platform. Beyond product supply, they offer facility design, installation, training, and continuing education services. Scale is substantial—10,000+ employees serving 144,000+ customers—and revenue depends on both direct sales of branded and third-party products and fee-based service delivery (design, remodeling, training).
SAP for ERP, .NET and C# for applications, Windows infrastructure. Testing/automation tools include Selenium and Playwright. Version control via Git and Subversion.
Yes. Sales roles account for 9 of 24 active openings; support roles account for 5. Both are predominantly mid-level and junior positions.
Inventory management (parts and pharmacy), on-time facility project delivery, legacy PIMS system integration, and meeting customer support response-time commitments are documented pain points.
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