Brand Manager

Job Description Summary

Sandoz continues to go through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Biosimilar and Generic medicines. As we continue down this new and ambitious path, unique opportunities will present themselves, both professionally and personally. Join us, the future is ours to shape!

Job Description

Local Brand Managers OR global / regional / local sub-function specialists within a specific marketing sub-function. -Define product strategy in agreement with local management and global marketing department, and implement supporting tactical plans/projects.

Your Key Responsibilities:

Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Prepares content of Integrated Brand Teams and Launch Teams.

• Responsible for execution, monitoring and analysis of the agreed tactical plans in order to ensure the growth of the brand(s) -Lead the development of promotional activities in line with internal SOPs and Code of Conduct guidelines.

• Monitor and control brand budgets, forecasts and expenses and assess the marketing mix of the product to evaluate cost effectiveness and results.

• Identifies area market insights and opportunity via customer interactions -Executes central marketing activities as well as regional initiated marketing activities -Monitors product performance and external environment using appropriate tools and taking corrective action if required to meet business objectives -Collaborate with Marketing and Medical teams to maximize activities: -Scout centers, KOLs and OLs by disease within assigned territory -Identify specific needs for each segment of patients and the implications of the disease for each of them within assigned territory

What you’ll bring to the role:

Essential Requirements:

• Experience in marketing (product management) not less than 3-5 years;

• Experience working with media will be preferable;

• University degree, ideally Business/Marketing/Medicine;

• Be sensitive to market dynamics, regional differences, segmentation, pricing strategies and understand marketing research;

• Fluency in English, excellent presentation and communication skills for a wide variety of audience;

• Ability to build and maintain close relationship with local opinion leaders ability Analytical approach with focus on sales performance and related KPI’s is critical and competitive benchmarking;

• Demonstrate strong communication skills, provide input to field managers and representatives, report writing and presentation skills;

• Cooperation and Team-work, Innovative and Creative.

You’ll receive:
In addition to a market-competitive base salary, we offer an incentive program, limit on corporate mobile communication, lunch allowance, employee recognition scheme, learning and development options as well as worldwide career opportunities. Unleashing the potential of our people, we offer our corporate wellness program, which includes health & medical insurance, 28 days of annual leave, employee assistance program, parental or maternity leave, flexible working where possible

Why Sandoz?

Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, provided more than 900 million patient treatments across 100+ countries in 2024 and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!

With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.

Our momentum is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is supported!

Join us!

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Skills Desired

Agility, Asset Management, Commercial Excellence, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Customer Orientation, Digital Marketing, Healthcare Sector Understanding, Influencing Skills, Marketing Strategy, Negotiation Skills, Operational Excellence, Priority Disease Areas Expertise, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Product Marketing, Product Strategy, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Partnerships