GSK is one of the world’s
leading research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies.
We research, develop, produce and market vaccines and medicines to target unmet medical needs.
We have medicines
available or in development in a wide range of areas including:
Anti–Infectives, Respiratory, Vaccines, ARV medicines, Anesthesia, Critical
care medicines and Dermatology.
Career Opportunity: Medical Representatives
An exciting career
opportunity has arisen for highly motivated and enterprising individuals to
join the organization as Medical Representatives based in Kenya in the
Pharmaceutical Division.
The successful
candidates’ principal purpose will be to ensure detailing of pharmaceutical
products and sharing of technical knowledge with healthcare professionals.
Essential Job Responsibilities
- Promoting
and detailing assigned company products to various Medical professionals
in order to generate prescriptions;
- Organizing
and conducting value- adding Continuing Medical Education to various
groups to enhance customer understanding of key brand messages;
- Managing
assigned territory to ensure efficiency and effectiveness;
- Ability
to engage with experts in the medical field through excellent product
knowledge;
- Relationship
building and representing GSK at various forums.
Qualification & Knowledge
The prospective
candidate will have a minimum of an a Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy, Chemistry
or Biochemistry with at least two years pharmaceutical sales experience within
the healthcare industry with consistent high performance demonstrated within
this period.
The candidate will have good interpersonal skills, excellent selling capability and good communication skills.
They will have
impeccable integrity and hold a valid driving licence.
Group Product Manager
4 Posts
Essential Job Responsibilities
The job responsibilities include but
are not limited to:
- Drawing up and implementing marketing
strategies and plans for assigned range of products;
- Providing strategic focusing and indication
positioning of products within portfolio;
- Achieving sales and profit targets by
resourcing and complementing the activities of the East Africa commercial
sales team;
- Providing strategic direction on new product
introduction and development of new markets;
- Forecasting for assigned products;
- Lobbying and networking with the relevant
stakeholders;
- Ensuring that all marketing activities adhere
to promotion and marketing code to achieve performance with integrity;
- Working with respective country managers and
contribute to the growth of the individual East Africa cluster markets.
Candidate Profile
The successful candidate will have a
minimum of a degree in Pharmacy, Medicine or Biological Sciences and least 2-3
years marketing, medical or sales management experience in the pharmaceutical
industry across a wide geographical region(s).
Post-graduate qualifications (e.g. MBA, CIM) would be an added advantage.
The candidate will have strong interpersonal skills, high business acumen, excellent communication
skills and ability to network with key opinion leaders.
Marketing Director
Essential Job Responsibilities
The job responsibilities include but
are not limited to:
- Developing the marketing strategy in liaison
with the sales team and ensuring delivery on the same;
- Developing and maintaining a robust pricing
policy that supports the GSK access agenda;
- Providing leadership to the marketing team;
- Coordinating new market developments plans to
harness business opportunity;
- Ensuring implementation of the international
GSK plans in the cluster markets;
- Managing cross-functional teams that play a
key role in delivery of the marketing strategy;
- Monitoring and ensuring strict compliance to
medical governance and quality management issues relating to marketing
- Developing and maintaining relationships with
key internal customers as well as external experts within the healthcare
profession to ensure the business is abreast of industry developments;
- Working with respective country managers and
contribute to the growth of the individual East Africa cluster markets.
Candidate Profile
The successful candidate will have a
degree in Pharmacy, Medicine or Biological Sciences and at least 8 years
experience in sales or marketing management capacity preferably in the
pharmaceutical industry.
MBA and/or post marketing
certification form a recognized institution are highly desirable.
The candidate will have strong strategic marketing and management skills, excellent communication and presentation skills and strong interpersonal skills.
Vaccines Director
Essential Job Responsibilities
The job responsibilities include but
are not limited to:
- Managing the East Africa cluster vaccines
business in line with the set strategic objectives;
- Ensuring successful implementation of vaccine
strategy for the East Africa cluster market;
- Engaging on key vaccine policy related issues
with relevant stakeholders;
- Establishing and managing functional plans and
budget;
- Identifying, managing and maintaining good
relationships with key stakeholder groups;
- Developing business initiatives designed to
deliver added value to customers;
- Ensuring optimum resourcing and appropriate
organizational structure drive execution of brand plans and delivery of
strategic objectives;
- Working with respective country managers and
contribute to the growth of the individual East Africa cluster markets.
Candidate Profile
The successful candidate will have a
minimum of a degree in Pharmacy, Medicine or Biological Sciences and at least 8
years marketing, medical or sales management experience in the pharmaceutical
industry across a wide geographical region(s).
An MBA would be an added advantage.
The candidate will have good people management skills, high business acumen, excellent communication skills and ability to network with key opinion leaders
Medical Director
Essential Job Responsibilities
The job responsibilities include but
are not limited to:
- Accounting for the governance oversight and
implementation of scientific engagement principles and operating
practices;
- Securing clinical research and development for
East Africa by ongoing interactions with central GSK research divisions,
regulatory authorities, key opinion leaders and investigators to ensure
continued involvement in international multicentre clinical trials;
- Providing support to the commercial
organization to ensure successful commercialization of products throughout
their life cycles;
- Reviewing and approving promotional materials
to ensure that they adhere to agreed standard operating procedures taking
into account latest codes of conduct;
- Providing a robust medical information service
to both internal and external customers;
- Managing the medical department;
- Discussing with and representing
GlaxoSmithKline to policy makers and regulatory bodies;
- Supplying and maintaining a compassionate use
programme of unregistered products in accordance with legislation and
clinical need;
- Working with respective country managers and
contribute to the growth of the individual East Africa cluster market.
Candidate profile
The successful candidate will have a
minimum of a degree in Medicine, must be registered with the Medical and
Dentists Practitioners Board and have a current Practicing License.
The candidate will have a post graduate management or business qualification and over 8 years experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
The candidate will have excellent communication skills, ability to network with key opinion leaders, experience in management of medical governance, maturity and sensitive information/crisis management.
How to Apply
Interested candidates should apply stating their overall suitability for the position together with a detailed CV that clearly addresses the ability to perform the key responsibilities to:
ea-hr.recruitment@gsk.com
Kindly note that only short listed candidates will be contacted
GSK is an equal opportunity employer
The closing date is 20th August 2014
