Vacancies At Maven &amp; Oaks

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.

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