An exciting career opportunity has arisen for highly motivated and enterprising individuals to join our Pharmaceutical Division as a Group Product Manager.
The successful candidate’s principal responsibility will be to achieve strategic plan objectives in East African markets by providing marketing leadership for assigned therapeutic categories.
Essential Job Responsibilities:
The successful candidate’s principal responsibility will be to achieve strategic plan objectives in East African markets by providing marketing leadership for assigned therapeutic categories.
Essential Job Responsibilities:
- To formulate and implement marketing strategies and plans for assigned range of products so as to maximize profitability and achieve sales and profit targets for East Africa.
- Identifying new business opportunities for existing and new therapeutic area
- Managing the portfolio P& L through judicious use of the A&P and expense budget
- Forecasting for assigned products to ensure product is available for sale and to achieve targeted forecast accuracies.
- Market research to uncover potential business opportunities in the market, to determine economic viability and launch new products where appropriate to maximize profitability of portfolio.
- Training of sales team on disease/pathology, product and positioning of brands in portfolio
- Developing compelling communication with distribution channel members & with HCPs
- Setting and managing profitable and competitive pricing policies which are approved by marketing director
- Monitor sales performance vs. budgets/forecasts and recommend tactical marketing action
- To ensure that all marketing activities adhere to promotion and marketing code to achieve performance with integrity
- Work contact with sales force to ensure clear, concise dissemination of key messages and correct use of promo materials
Qualifications & Knowledge:
- Undergraduate degree Pharmacy, Medicine or Biological Sciences
- Post-graduate qualifications (e.g. MBA, CIM) and/or previous relevant job experience.
- Extensive knowledge & deep understanding of pathology / disease areas
- At least 2-3 years experience in a medical representative role.
- Sound understanding of marketing related processes, procedures and tools.
- Strategic and analytical thinking
- Ability to manage and contribute to brand P&L
- Strong interpersonal skills & ability to build and maintain relationships with diverse groups of people
Please note that Pharmaceutical Industry experience is a prerequisite for this role
The application deadline is 26 November, 2010.
Kindly note that only short listed candidates will be contacted.
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