08 Oct
Avacare Health Group
Johannesburg
**Innovata Pharmaceuticals**, which is part of the Avacare Health group is looking for a **Brand Manager** to join our team in **Ormonde, Johannesburg**.
Avacare Health is an integrated healthcare group operating across 3 continents with presence in 22 countries, bringing affordable healthcare to the people through the distribution and supply of pharmaceuticals, medical consumables, consumer health and medical equipment.
A proudly South African company, Innovata is a level 1 BBBEE company that manufactures a range of carefully selected essential medicines covering all major therapeutic classes.
Since our inception in 2000,
Innovata has established a noteworthy relationship with the Public Health Sector where we hold numerous national tenders.
Not only are we committed to delivering cost-effective products timeously; our team remains committed to forging long-term relationships with customers, business partners, suppliers and employees alike.
Driven by our mission to be the benchmark for excellence in Healthcare, the credibility we have attained in the Public Health Sector and the backing of our parent company, the Avacare Health Group, Innovata is well poised and eager to extend our footprint into the South African Private Health sector.
**Purpose**:
Implementing marketing brand strategies to deliver innovative, operational brand plans to achieve business outcomes.
**Critical Experience**:
Experience of 4 years in a similar role in the pharmaceuticals industry
Marketing Degree
Software (MS Office, IMS, SSD, Repwise, Qlikview, Pastel)
Excellent trade relationships
Medical congress & CME activity management
**Technical Competencies**:
Business Alignment: Aligns the direction, products,
services, and performance of a business line with the rest of the organization.
Customer Focus: Builds and maintains customer satisfaction with the products and services offered by the organization.
Relationship Building: Builds constructive working relationships characterized by a high level of acceptance, cooperation, and mutual respect.
**Behavioural Competencies**:
Creative & Innovative Thinking: Develops fresh ideas that provide solutions to all types of workplace challenges.
Accountability & Dependability: Takes personal responsibility for the quality and timeliness of work and achieves results with little oversight.
Adaptability & Flexibility: Adapts to changing business needs, conditions, and work responsibilities.
Decision Making & Judgment: Makes timely, informed decisions that consider the facts, goals, constraints, and risks.
**Leadership Competencies**:
Team Leadership: Promotes organizational mission and goals and shows the way to achieve them.
Teamwork: Promotes cooperation and commitment within a team to achieve goals and deliverables.
**Organisational Competencies**:
Work in a fast paced and dynamic organizational environment making expeditious business decisions, adapting to rapidly changing and sometimes unpredictable business situations
Demonstrate versatility, grasp and learn new concepts, developments and technologies quickly and implement and mentor subordinates
Adapt into a culturally diverse work environment
Possess honesty, integrity,
passion for the work, compassion
**Job Functions**:
1.
Develop & implement operational/tactical plans
Develops these plans to support strategy, address customer needs and to achieve sales targets assigned.
Evaluates campaign impact vs objectives.
2.
Teamwork
Promotes cross-functional teamwork with sales, marketing, regulatory, medical, commercial to effectively implement campaigns.
3.
Market due diligence
Understands the marketplace, patient flow, leverage points & competitor environment and develops plans to capitalize on opportunities and address threats.
Searches for business growth and new product opportunities.
4.
Timeline adherence
Ensures that all projects are briefed in and materials are available at the right time & of the right quality.
Monitors outputs of external agencies and partners.
5.
Managing the budget
Manages the A&P; spend in line with budget & business requirements.
Ensuring that deviations are highlighted &
corrective action proposed.
6.
Compliance
Ensures adherence in industry-specific codes of practice, advertising codes, regulatory directives & guidelines and
company's SOP’s.
7.
Monthly reporting
Prepares reports on monthly sales, spend and account analysis Reports on competitor tracking and market trends.
Provides feedback on sales forecasting.
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▶️ Brand Manager
🖊️ Avacare Health Group
📍 Johannesburg