Aspen Vacancies Gauteng – Brand Manager

Job Description:

Drive sustainable, profitable growth of the product portfolios/ therapeutic categories with appropriate strategic direction, brand stewardship, tactical implementation and commercial acumen.

Job Responsibilities:

• Develop Derm, Allergy & Cough portfolio/brand strategy for sustainable business growth and profitability
• Anticipate future trends in Dermatology, Allergy & Cough usage and the market environment
• Develop promotional and advertising strategies that grow brand market shares against competitors in all channels
• Analysis of the market, shopper and consumer behaviours and development of insights that are applied to develop robust brand plans
• Provide creative direction for brand/ portfolios strategies and tactics whilst managing Agency outcomes
• Implementation, monitoring and measurement of the success of the developed strategies and to ensure that they are flexible to adapt to a dynamic environment
• Successful implementation and monitoring of the roll out of the above with the required measurements in place for successful outcomes
• Enthusiastically communicate plans and results with the business leadership and relevant teams within the business at all times
• Drive, lead and take accountability for the budgeting process, control of A&P expenditure and achievement of financial targets
• Develop and implement pricing strategies that ensure healthy profit margins and competitive advantage for the portfolio.
• Continuously communicate with and support the sales teams with high levels of integrity and urgency to help them achieve sales targets
• Ability to manage the cross functional networks and channel resources for the portfolio to drive profitable growth with the required and shared accountability to achieve business targets
• Understand, challenge and implement the regulatory requirements to develop and implement strategies and tactics that drive brand growth
• Forecasting accuracy and stock management which entails minimizing stock write-off costs and returns
• Managing wholesalers’ stock holding and backorders.

Job Requirements:

• Commercial acumen
• Digital marketing skills
• Analytical skills
• Project management
• Networking ability
• Interpersonal skills
• Ability to perform under pressure
• Self-starter and self-motivated
• Sense of urgency
• Prioritizing and planning
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Aptitude for continuous learning
• Influential and impactful presentation skills
• Adaptability and flexibility in a changing environment
• Must have a Matric
• Relevant Post matric Commercial /Health Science qualification
• 2+ years Marketing industry experience
• Minimum 3 years brand or sales management within Pharmaceutical/Health segment
• Applicable industry knowledge
• Sound financial acumen
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Word
• Ability to work on Qlikview models is advantageous

Job Details:

Company: Aspen Pharma

Vacancy Type:  Full Time

Job Location: Gauteng

Application Deadline: N/A

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