Abbott

Senior Brand Manager

China - Shanghai Full time

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Major Responsibilities/Activities:

Marketing Planning

  • Conduct joint field calls with sales team to provide assistance, analyze customer needs, market trends and competitive information
  • Create and develop marketing words, programs, and tools that are targeted to the achievement of plan sales and margin goals
  • Complete preliminary and final marketing portfolio planning and budget, consult and coordinate to ensure the effective execution regionally
  • Work with Medical team and other cross functions to create and develop the marketing materials including evidence-based messages, clinical tools, product slides, handbook, etc
  • Prepare realistic & achievable objectives, strategies, tactics plan and sales forecast for the responsible product

Product/Project Management

  • Understand and Implement the brand strategies of the assigned products based on market size, opportunities and competition shares in the industry, build the brand image
  • Direct the product promotion and growth initiatives to attain increasing of market share
  • Work with other function management team to ensure the cross functional alignment of product strategies
  • Have multi-channel insights both on broader market and customer ends;  design project according to Product’s position and life cycle status, have collaboration capability to design Win-win project with internal and external partners.
  • Design training programs target to consistently upgrade sales team’s professionalism in personal and group selling of focused products

Professional Relationship

  • Identify the opinion leaders in related area.
  • Lead to build and maintain professional relationship with KOLs
  • Establish and develop the national expert network to ensure the strong expertise for assigned products
  • Develop the loyalty speakers from KOLs

Cost Control & Monitoring

  • Determine the financial planning process related to product marketing campaign, customer satisfaction, scientific leadership and new business
  • Monitor and control marketing expenses in line with budget on monthly basis
  • Modify and manage expenses allocation to regions

Requirements:

  • Minimum of 2 years in brand marketing within the pharmaceutical industry at BM/SBM level; prior experience as a brand owner is a plus.
  • Therapeutic Area: Prefer candidates with experience in surgical products or a combined background in both surgical and internal medicine fields.
  • Language Skills: Fluent in English both oral and written
  • Strong data acumen with strategic thinking capabilities; excellent cross-functional collaboration skills.
  • Good understanding of business and product knowledge with marketing sense
  • Should be self-motivated, creative and well organized

The base pay for this position is

N/A

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

     

JOB FAMILY:

Product Management

DIVISION:

EPD Established Pharma

LOCATION:

China > Shanghai : 388 W. Nanjing Road, Ciros Plaza

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

Not specified

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Not Applicable