Job Description Summary
The role of the Product Manager is to manage and market the company's portfolio of products through the developing, planning, implementing, measuring and being accountable for product marketing plans which optimize profitability, market share and revenue growth in the short and long-term.Job Description
The role of the Product Manager is to manage and market the company's portfolio of products through the developing, planning, implementing, measuring and being accountable for product marketing plans which optimize profitability, market share and revenue growth in the short and long-term.
Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Develop franchise and product strategy in combination with commercial and medical teams to drive portfolio ambition (current and future launches)
- Manage and maintain KOL relationships & interactions
- Implement forecasting accuracy and communicate supply updates with FF
- Develop omni-channel promotional material and manage promotional budget within P&L
- Fulfil overall company compliance and control requirements in time.
You’ll receive:
- Competitive market related salary
- Learning & development opportunities
- Substantial medical aid subsidy
- Group Life benefits, including dread disease cover
- Company paid medical aid gap cover
- Generous leave policy, including parental leave
Why consider Sandoz?
Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, touched the lives of almost 500 million patients last year and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!
With investments in new development capabilities, state-of-the-art 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 and entrepreneurial spirit 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 encouraged!
The future is ours to shape!
#Sandoz
Role Requirements :
Education:
- Tertiary Qualification in Science or Business
- Degree in marketing would be advantageous
Languages:
- Proficiency in English (written & spoken)
- Excellent communication & presentation skills
Experience:
- Proven, successful track-record within the Pharmaceutical Industry (minimum 5 years)
- Solid understanding of the dynamics of the evolving Pharmaceutical Industry
- Project management skills
- Good working knowledge of the local & global pharmaceutical industry and local pharmaceutical industry legislation
- Broad experience across a variety of therapeutic areas, with both originator and generic business model expertise, would be advantageous
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Sandoz embraces diversity, equal opportunity and inclusion. We are committed to building diverse teams, representative of the patients and communities we serve, and we strive to create an inclusive workplace that cultivates bold innovation through collaboration, and empowers our people to unleash their full potential.
The Company’s Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process
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 PartnershipsTop Skills
What We Do
Sandoz is the global leader in generic and biosimilar medicines.
Our Purpose is to pioneer access to medicines for patients globally. We are on a mission to drive innovation in the healthcare industry by freeing up resources sustainably and responsibly while continuing to address global health challenges such as antimicrobial resistance.
We are present in more than 100 countries and our medicines serve some 500 million people every year. We have two main global businesses: Generics - divided between standard generics and complex generics - and Biosimilars.
