Marketing & Sales Lead - Pets

The Position

Boehringer Ingelheim is seeking a Marketing & Sales Lead for our Animal Health – Pets division, Southern Africa Region. As the Lead based in Johannesburg, South Africa, you will be reporting to the Head of Animal Health and be an active member of the leadership team.

Tasks & responsibilities

• Strategic execution and development of launch and commercial plans aligned with business plans.
• Identify growth potential for business with long term forecast process.
• Execute operational plan including customer engagement plan.
• Analyze local product performance and identify levers for performance improvement in alignment with the agreed plans, and optimum budget allocation.
• Represent Boehringer Ingelheim in medical/scientific TA societies, opinion leaders and external experts.
• Collaborate with various internal functional areas, like, regulatory, market access, etc.
• Lead and develop an effective team to achieve business objectives and provide direction to set objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in veterinary, or business administration, or Animal Science
• Minimum 8 years of experience in Marketing and/or Sales.
• At least 2-5 years of experience in People Management.
• Launch experience.

Skills and Competencies

• Effective, result oriented leader, with ability to work with cross functional teams.
• Build Effective Collaboration with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong Analytics and Decision-making skills
• Strong Business and Financial Acumen
• Execution Excellence

Make millions of lives better. If you're motivated to make life better for millions, Boehringer Ingelheim is the place for you.

What’s Next?

We are looking forward to receiving your application! We will then have a look at your profile. If we see a match, we will invite you for a screening interview.

Screening:

In order to comply with applicable export control laws, Boehringer Ingelheim periodically screens business relations (including job applicants) against sanctioned party lists (“SPL”). These checks may be performed by Boehringer Ingelheim or by any of its Affiliates. You acknowledge that Boehringer Ingelheim and/or its Affiliates will screen you against SPL and that for this purpose your personal data may be processed in relevant databases, including databases of third-party vendors that perform SPL screening for or on behalf of Boehringer Ingelheim or its Affiliates which may be located or accessible outside the EU. Boehringer Ingelheim is committed to ensuring an adequate level of protection of your personal data.

Boehringer Ingelheim is an equal opportunities employer. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief. We are required by law to verify your ability to work lawfully in South Africa. Boehringer Ingelheim requires that you submit a copy of either your identity document or your passport and any applicable work permit if you are a foreign national, along with an updated curriculum vitae. Boehringer Ingelheim South Africa (Pty) is strongly committed to diversity within its community and Employment Equity within the workplace, and the further diversification of ideas. In this regard, the relevant laws and principles associated with Employment Equity will be considered when appointing potential candidates.