Technical and Marketing Lead, Pets

The Position

The Technical and Marketing Lead is responsible for leading the technical and marketing team of the Pets business segment in achieving its objectives, in alignment with global and ROPU strategies.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Lead the team to ensure short- and long-term objectives for the business segment are achieved with the collaboration from other functions.
• Ensure marketing plans and campaigns are executed in alignment with strategies, compliance, business needs, commercial excellence programs, tools and processes, etc.
• Ensure technical activities are aligned with strategies, compliance, business needs, commercial excellence programs, tools and processes, etc.
• Ensure implementation of species technical and marketing strategies and plans in close collaboration with different stakeholders.
• Define and clarify roles, goals, and expectations of the team.
  • Ensure ambitious and achievable business goals are set and owned by individuals
  • Address non-performance
  • Demonstrate and support Boehringer behaviors and compliance policies
  • Practice and support BI values
• Talent Management:
  • Lead, coach and develop team members to ensure optimal individual/team performance.
• Communication & Network:
  • Maintain interaction with key customers, business and government relationships within the OPU to the mutual benefit of the business and local community.
  • Responsible for an efficient information transfer and communication with relevant internal stakeholders of the corporation, relevant to the team.
  • Responsible for maximizing impact of all available resources in line with technical and marketing strategies
  • Maintain close collaboration with different stakeholders
• Compliance & Policies:
  • Comply with local regulations, industry and company Code of Conduct
  • Comply with all regulations regarding interactions with healthcare professionals and follow company Code of Conduct
  • Take necessary action on issues of compliance
  • Be a role model in compliance with local regulations, industry and company code of conduct and maintain integrity
  • Lead by example

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in veterinary medicine, Life Sciences and or Business Management. Preferably with an MBA.
• Leadership Experience for more than 4 years in an animal health or FMCG industry setting
• Strong written & verbal communication skills along with excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to develop stakeholder relationships.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and coordinate medium/large and diverse groups of professionals
• Demonstrated solid decision making and negotiation skills
• Demonstrated strategic thinking, initiative, creativity and proven track record for innovation
• Demonstrated ability to lead, collaborate and deliver results in a highly matrix organization.