EMEA Marketing Manager Mitek Knee Job

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EMEA Marketing Manager Mitek Knee-00000Z5KDescription"Caring for the world… one person at a time” inspires and unites the people of Johnson & Johnson. This culture of caring is the focus of our corporate philosophy, that are anchored in the internationally applicable CredoDePuy Synthes Companies of Johnson & Johnson is the largest, most comprehensive orthopedic and neurological business in the world. DePuy Synthes offer an unparalleled breadth and depth of technology, devices, services and programs in the areas of joint reconstruction, trauma, spine, sports medicine, neurological, cranio-maxillofacial, power tools and biomaterials. Building on the legacy and strengths of two great companies, we are creating one organization that will be agile and better equipped in today’s evolving health care environment. Our broad array of inspired, innovative and high-quality offerings help advance the health and wellbeing of people around the world.
For our European Head Quarter based in Zuchwil we are looking for a highly committed EMEA Marketing Manager Mitek KneeJob purposeManages and coordinates critical processes related to business planning, marketing plans, portfolio management and development, market research, new product launches, business performance tracking, and multi-channel marketing. This job is not eligible for sales incentives/sales commissions. This job reports into an EMEA Group Marketing Manager.
Responsibilities
- Marketing and sales responsibility for a product portfolio range and actively cooperate with country sales, product management, R&D, supply chain, medical affairs and marketing communications.
- Manage portfolio lifecycle and portfolio segmentation, forecasting, developing business cases for new products, support in strategic portfolio planning and coordinate supply chain challenges
- Support selected country business leaders in developing and executing national sales strategies, strategic account management, business development, annual business planning and regular business reviews
- Develop marketing campaigns and marketing materials
- Organize new product introduction
- Develop pricing strategies and monitor execution with the countries
- Support key opinion leaders management
- Support professional education and EMEA wide sales training
- Develop and promote international reference centers
- Provide input for marketing plan preparation work
- Collaborate with worldwide product directors and R&D on product pipeline and prioritization
- Support countries in tender process
- Gain deep market insight and understanding (including competitive assessments) and drive this knowledge into the marketsQualifications
- Qualifications & Experience
- University graduate preferably in a life science or business related topic
- Chartered institute of marketing diploma is an advantage but not essential
- Previous successful marketing and sales experience or successful career in product development or product management in the medical device industry is a must (5+ years minimum)
- English mandatory, German/French/Italian is a plusPrincipal Required Competencies
- Business and Financial Acumen: The ability to manage brands compliantly and with financial acumen through the application of appropriate rules, guidelines and financial principals.
- Customers Insights and Analytics: The ability to identify customer insights and market trends, including relationships with customers and influencers that enhance delivery of marketing strategy and business results
- Brand Strategy: The ability to plan and build a differentiated and clearly positioned brand that engages loyal customers and grows sales.
- Marketing Planning and Execution: The ability to develop and implement comprehensive marketing plans to effectively achieve business goals.
- Strategic Innovation and Pipeline Preparation: The ability to translate key stakeholder insights into strategies that meet category business needs to delivery long-term profitable growth.
- Launch Excellence: The ability to commercialize a product in a manner consistent with the New Product Development process that achieves peak sales in a timely manner and delivers sustained business growth.
- Marketing Communication: The ability to frame a story and align others to a business building outcome.
Other skills
- Negotiation: The capability of listening and assimilating information from others, identifying various potential outcomes and consequences, presenting persuasive arguments and winning concessions while maintaining relationships
- Supply chain knowledge: A thorough understanding of the supply chain processes of medical devices and how the marketing role can influence these to meet business goals.
Desired Leadership Traits
- Collaboration and Teaming: puts interests of enterprise above own; works well across functions and groups; connects effectively with external partners; instils a global mindset; champions best practice
- Results and Performance Driven: assumes personal ownership and accountability for business results and solutions; consistently delivers results that meet or exceed expectations; makes the customer central to all thinking; keeps the focus on driving customer value
- Big Picture Orientation with Attention to Detail: is able to operate in two “worlds” simultaneously e.g. developing and sharing a strategic vision for the portfolio, while executing on projects necessary to support daily business; sees the why as well as the what; can zoom in or out as neededIf you are a creative innovator and willing to drive the change within a dynamic and complex environment then please send us your online application (CV, Motivation Letter, Working References etc.)Primary Location:Europe/Middle East/Africa-Switzerland-Solothurn-ZuchwilOrganization: Synthes GmbH (7111)Job Function: Marketing