Vacancies At Maven & Oaks


Posted on: Tue 22-10-2013

The mission of this company is to make the most meaningful difference to patients' lives through great medicines with focus on Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in particular. They operate in 12 different markets in SSA and their marketing team is split between Johannesburg (HQ), Nairobi and Lagos. 
Job title: Product manager; Pharmacy 
Reporting to: Marketing Manager
Department: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) 
Job location: Lagos, Nigeria
Position Purpose: 
. To manage the promotion and positioning of Primary Care brands at Pharmacy level; including effective resource allocation, in order to optimise sales and profits across SSA markets 
. To provide Pharmacy relevant material to the Pharmacy Sales team for AstraZeneca's Primary Care brands 
. Develop professional and successful working relationship with internal and external customers 
in Nigeria and across SSA markets 
. To strategise, write and implement the Pharmacy marketing plan in relation to the Primary Care 
brands 
Key Performance Areas: 
. Responsibility for delivery of the Regional Pharmacy Sales Targets 
. A&P and personal variable cost management 
.  Acquire and maintain specific knowledge on all areas related to the success of the Primary Care portfolio 
. Close cooperation with the Brand Team and the markets in the development of promotional campaigns and the professional presentation of campaigns to sales teams involved in promotion 
. Drive rigorous market insight generation based on robust analysis of market data to ensure that well informed strategic decisions are made 
. Responsible for generating annual sales and expense budgets for centrally driven and in-market driven activities 
. Establish and maintain strong customer relationships with key stakeholders in key SSA markets 
. Personal effectiveness 
. Team effectiveness 
. Alignment of personal and company values 
We wish to employ a candidate to steer these objectives with the following: 
 
. The candidate should have a relevant tertiary qualification 
. Strong proven marketing abilities, Minimum of 1 year Marketing experience in the Pharmaceutical industry in the Pharmacy Channel 
. Experience marketing prescription brands within the Pharmacy Channel 
Solid relationships (A demonstrated ability to network, build and maintain relationships with key internal and external stakeholders and ability to work cross-functionally) 
. Proven Ability to engage and motivate internal employees 
. High energy levels 
. Financial acumen related to measurement of sales performance, forecasting and budget control 
. A strong sense of the importance of conducting business in an ethical manner 
. The successful candidate would be expected to travel both regionally and Internationally 
The successful applicant should demonstrate the following areas of competency: 
. Professionalism and industry knowledge to a level that gains the respect of external and internal customers 
. Ability to plan and implement annual brand plans and various projects 
. Management of cross functionality across the organisation 
. Maintain administrative systems 
. Personal effectiveness 
. Alignmentofpersonal and company values 
. Excellent Interpersonal and organisational skills 
. Strong presentation skills 
. Ability to analyse data to formulate business plans 
. Strong organisational skills with a quality focus on; 
a. Analysis 
b. Planning 
c. Time management 
d. Implementation 
e. Monitoring 
f. Co-ordination of Activities 
g. leadership Abilities 
. Team effectiveness 
. Sound Business knowledge of Pharmaceutical industry in SSA markets 
. Proven competency in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint 
How to apply 
Please visit our website www.mavenandoaks.com and click on "submit CV" OR mail your CV to [email protected] ensure the subject title on email is PRODUCT MANAGER-'your name
Closing date: 5TH nOVEMBER 2013. nO LATE aPPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.