Product Manager West Central Africa.
Product Manager West Central Africa
Category: Commercial Marketing
Location: Dakar, Dakar, KE

Do you want to be a part of a high performing team in Novo Nordisk that plays a critical role in driving the success of the business? If you find challenges inspiring and want to drive innovation within a multifaceted and inspiring working environment, apply now to be our Product Manager of West & Central Africa? Apply today and join us for a life-changing career. Be part of the game-changing organization!

The Position
As a Product Manager, you will be based ideally in Dakar, Senegal. You will be responsible to develop affiliate product marketing strategy, facilitate launch, sales execution as well as follow-up on the marketing programmes & strategic projects with internal stakeholders, working to achieve business objectives in accordance with internal & external quality guidelines.

Your main responsibilities will include:
• Design and execute the product marketing plan and strategies. Ensure that the launch plan is in place and develop the product campaign including sales force promotional materials. Defines and manages product marketing budget.
• Prepares product messages and communication materials and evaluates the success of promotional communication. Prepares promotional materials and evaluates the success of promotional campaigns.
• Maintain and develop relationships with target customers and external stakeholders. Maintain and execute a regular visit plan with target customers in coordination with the sales force.
• Propose the product marketing budget and manage it efficiently, ensuring effective spending investment to maximise return on investment for Novo Nordisk.
• Provides regular market updates including competitor analysis, assessment of market trends, forecasts, and prescription data. Represent Novo Nordisk in congresses and company meetings.


Qualifications
• University Degree in Science, Marketing or Biochemistry.
• Fluent French, English proficiency would be an advantage.
• At least 3 – 5 years of relevant work experience in pharma industry within pharmaceutical sales/marketing.
• Good understanding of launch process and brand promotions.
• Knowledge of NN product range and diabetes therapeutic area.
• Good communication skills.
• On a personal level you are highly creative individual, business driven, proactive, dynamic, and energetic, inspirational, ambitious, resilient, collaborative and you have high business ethics.


About the Department
Novo Nordisk Middle Africa, which the English West Africa (West & Central Africa) Business Unit is affiliated with, was formed in early 2012. Novo Nordisk has an established presence with human insulin in Africa and our focus today is to sustain the growth of the market, ensure the availability of better-quality modern insulin within the markets and support the communities living with diabetes.

Working at Novo Nordisk
We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities, and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things–from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energise us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here – to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease.


Contact
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