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Stoma Nurse:  

• Coloplast has an opportunity for a Stoma Care Nurse to join our South African nursing team.  
• As a registered nurse, this individual provides clinical expertise in pre- and post-operative services and the day-to-day management of ostomates.

Major Areas of Accountability

• Represent Coloplast as a Clinical Expert
• Maintain professional credentials and education to maintain status as a clinical expert through board certification as a nurse.
• Act as a clinical liaison to ostomates with regards to planned surgical procedure, impact of living with a stoma and ostomy care. 
• Support in-hospital stoma clinics in collaboration with hospital employed staff.
• Set up new support centres for end users.
• Deliver education to a diverse group of internal and external customers as well as end users.
• Attend approved national and regional conferences and tradeshows as a Coloplast representative.
• Report back to senior leadership key clinical learnings and opportunities.

Essential Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with a bachelor’s degree/diploma in nursing 
• 1+ years’ experience in a clinical setting working with patients and/or end users
• Previous medical industry experience an asset
• National and domestic travel required 
• Must permanently reside in the Johannesburg region 
• Drivers license 

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Effective written and presentation skills
• Ability to read, analyse and interpret clinical publications
• Proven success with organization and time management skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Ability to tailor training and education in order to serve many audiences
• High attention to clinical outcome and follow-through
• The ability to prioritize multiple tasks in order to support internal and external customers as well as end users.
• Must be self-driven with the ability to work independently

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• As a Digital and Online Lead (Consumer), you will champion the development of core platforms like a locally relevant Coloplast Website; Social Media and create an online presence within our key consumer communities (B2C).
• You will do this whilst developing and implementing our digital marketing plan and leading the thinking around the company’s short- and medium-term online presence, so we can become more in tune with our consumers, engaging them in real time and with the convenience they expect.
• When joining Coloplast, you will enter a truly global company that offers great challenges, opportunities, and rewards. Reporting to the Head of Marketing for South Africa & Sub-Sahara, you will be situated in our new Sandton-based office, together with the local HQ team.

Your key responsibilities

 Key Responsibilities

• Define and implement strategies to leverage digital platforms for business growth, brand awareness, and consumer engagement.
• Implement the delivery of consumer marketing initiatives across Ostomy Care (OC) & Continence Care (CC) products and support new product launches.
• Develop consumer engagement programmes that drive loyalty, retention, and service uptake, while keeping users informed about our service/product offering.
• Work closely with key internal teams (Market Managers, Consumer Team, Clinical Services, Global Digital Marketing) to deliver aligned, effective campaigns.
• Collaborate with Global Marketing’s Customer Acquisition team on Search Engine Marketing (SEM, CPPC) and Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
• Champion consumer insights and analysis to understand motivations, needs, and barriers.
• Ensure consumer experience is central to everything we do, from communication to product use.
• Localise, develop & manage day-to-day relationships with new and existing Coloplast Consumer Ambassadors, ensuring they’re engaged, and their stories are effectively integrated into our marketing.
• Collaborate with internal marketing teams to shape & develop engaging content for social media, print, digital campaigns, and live/online events
• Monitor and report on competitor campaigns and ambassador activities to ensure Coloplast remains relevant and differentiated.
• Evolve with the business needs to continuously challenge and optimise the consumer digital and online setup and priorities
• Share best practices and insights with the wider marketing, global and internal teams to maximise effectiveness.

Professional qualifications

We are looking for an operationally strong, digitally inclined marketer with a proven track record of implementing local projects and working well within cross-functional teams.

• Minimum 3 years within a marketing environment (Relevant experience in Digital and Online is required)
• Digitally fluent and confident using: Content Management Systems (e.g. EpiServer, Optimizely or similar); Email Marketing Tools; CRM Tools (e.g: Salesforce or similar); Social Media Platforms (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube); Google AdWords; Google Analytics (GA4); MS Office; etc.
• You have a proven track record of delivering against KPI’s
• Strong project and stakeholder management skills across functions are key, alongside a data-driven mindset
• You’re a clear communicator and relationship builder who thrives in a collaborative environment.
• Strong ability to internalise the diversity and complexity of the South African market and to identify opportunities based on this

Personal qualifications

• Strong passion for making life easier for people with intimate healthcare needs
• Strong alignment with Coloplast Vision, Mission, and values
• Quick learner, intellectual capacity with a high degree of common sense, resourcefulness, and flexibility
• Organised and highly structured, with the ability to successfully lead multiple projects and manage deadlines as well as handle ambiguity
• Ability to balance needed attention to detail with a pragmatic view on opportunity, impact, and feasibility
• Growth mindset
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to interact with different cultures in South Africa
• Team player with a strong “customer/service” orientation