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OBJECTIVE: Drive sustainable, profitable growth of the product portfolios/ therapeutic categories with appropriate strategic direction, brand stewardship and commercial acumen.

MAIN DUTIES:

• Develop across various portfolios/brands strategies for sustainable business growth and profitability, consisting of mainly OTC cough and cold products.
• Anticipate future trends in disease management and the market environment
• Develop promotional and advertising strategies that grow brand market shares against competitors in all channels (pharmacy, retail, wholesale and informal trade)
• Analysis of the market, channel and patient and development of insights that are applied to develop robust brand plans
• Provide creative direction for brand/ portfolios strategies and manage Agency outcomes
• Implementation, monitoring and measurement of the success of the developed strategies and to ensure that they are flexible to adapt to a dynamic environment
• Successful implementation and monitoring of the roll out of the above with the required measurements in place for successful outcomes
• Enthusiastically communicate plans and results with the business leadership and relevant teams within the business at all times
• Drive, lead and take accountability for the budgeting process, control of A&P expenditure and achievement of financial targets
• Develop and implement pricing strategies that ensure healthy profit margins and competitive advantage for the Portfolio
• Continuously communicate with and support the sales teams with high levels of integrity and urgency to help them achieve sales targets
• Ability to manage the cross functional networks and channel resources for the portfolio to drive profitable growth with the required and shared accountability to achieve business targets
• Understand, challenge and implement the regulatory requirements to develop and implement strategies and tactics that drive brand growth
• Forecasting accuracy and stock management which entails minimizing stock write-off costs and returns
• Support Key Accounts in managing wholesalers’ stock holding and backorders, where required
• Using insights acquired both internally and externally to accurately assess market potential for new product introductions and/or renovations of existing products
• Managing and taking the lead/accountability in driving the New Product Launch process together with the relevant stakeholders like NPL, Demand Planning, Regulatory Affairs, Medical and others
• Lead and utilise both internal and external conferences, congresses to position the brands as foremost in the target audience’s minds
• Sense of urgency in resolution of customer queries

Requirements

SKILLS & COMPETENCIES:

ENTHUSIASM, PASSION AND HIGH ENERGY ARE KEY REQUISITES

• Commercial acumen
• Analytical skills
• Project management
• Networking ability
• Interpersonal skills
• Ability to perform under pressure
• Self-starter and self -motivated
• Sense of urgency
• Prioritizing and planning
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Aptitude for continuous learning
• Influential and impactful presentation skills
• Adaptability and flexibility in a changing environment

QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE:

• Matric
• Relevant Post matric Marketing/Health Science qualification
• 2-3 years Brand Management experience; Cough and Cold portfolio (advantage)
• 2-3 years OTC Marketing experience
• 2 years Pharmacy sales experience.
• Applicable industry knowledge.
• Financial literacy
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Word
• Ability to work on Qlikview models is advantageous

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Description

• Monitor manufacturing compliance to GMP and statutory requirements.
• Monitor adherence to guidelines, procedures, and document controls.
• Deliver expected productivity targets as per business requirements.
• Related administrative tasks.
• Serve as back up to Team Leader on shift.

Requirements

Planning and Procedures

• Plan and prioritize daily, weekly, and monthly activities.
• Determine, request, and use resources/ assets optimally.

Inspections and Verifications

• Verify schedule 5 products.
• Verify certified clean status of rooms and equipment.
• Verify, review, and approve verification of measuring equipment performance, calibrations and sampling, and dispensing of materials.

Line & Production processing

• Perform, review, and approve line sign on’s, closures and clearance authorizations
• Perform, review, and approve batch reconciliations to product specifications and quality.
• Ensure production process adherence to standards and specifications.

Process and system improvements

• Manage, review, and approve change control programs and deviations / concessions comply to standards and specifications.
• Manage and resolve customer complaints.
• Optimize processes and identify gaps in policies/ procedures.
• Drive CAPA investigations in area of focus.

Compliance & Auditing

• Perform and review shift GMP checks, environmental checks, and agent expiry dates, and ensure continued compliance.
• Verify good document practice as per SOP and regulation.
• Verify the identity of bulk product and printed packaging materials, and conduct intermix checks to assess uniformity.
• Verify IPCs are in line with product quality and specifications.
• Review and approve preliminary batch records.
• Audit logbooks and systems.

Troubleshooting

• Investigate deviations and concessions and assess risk.
• Raise deviations and implement corrective action.
• Raise maintenance notifications as and when required.

Training and technical expertise

• Train new Pharmacists and PMAs on SOPs in transition period.
• Identify refresher or awareness training needs.

Administration & Record keeping

• Complete batch records and labels
• Complete deviation forms as required.
• Query documents and sign off declarations.
• Perform and verify calculations in BMR.
• Maintain and update records and systems as required.
• Retrieve supporting documentation and records to facilitate and support query resolution.

Skills Required

Background/experience

• BPharm Degree
• 1-3 years’ related work experience
• Pharmaceutical manufacturing experience

Specific job skills

• Comprehensive knowledge of pharmaceutical manufacturing, standards, and compliance requirements
• Ability to interpret and implement policies, processes, and objectives.

Competencies

• Information gathering
• Interrogating information
• Meeting deadlines
• Finalising output
• Taking action