Senior Marketing Officer Career Opportunity in Abuja, Nigeria - Population Services International
Job Title: Senior Marketing Officer
Responsibilities:
Under the guidance and supervision of the Social Enterprise Manager:
- Prepare brand direction and communication for all our brands.
- Create detailing aids and presentation slides for all sku's.
- Train sales staff (old and new) on the use of detailing aids and medical detailing.
- Facilitate social media and brand communications.
- Identify research needs, execute research studies and projects, and analyses research in order to identify opportunities
- Analyzing market trends and competitive activity.
- Contribute to creation, execution and management of marketing programs and campaigns.
- Implements all through-the-line marketing activities.
- Identify new business sales opportunities and builds them into marketing messages.
- Monitor marketing business environment and competitor activities and offerings.
- Gathers information on local and international market trends for relevant product set
- Provides marketing support activities to distribution channels consulting function, serving as a resource and concept generator to the team lead.
- Generating new business leads.
- Increasing brand awareness and market share.
- Support in New products development, AOB and brand Plan formulation.
Required Skills:
- Excellent communication skills (including written, oral and presentation skills)
- Attention to details and good medical detailing skills
- Strong problem solving & analytical skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Good knowledge of Microsoft packages (Word, Excel & PowerPoint)
- Extensive knowledge of marketing strategies, channels, and branding
Requirements:
- Hold a bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy/Pharmacology/Biological Sciences
- 3 - 6 years experience in a brand management, marketing, or product management in the pharmaceutical industry.
- MBA or CIM will be an added advantage.
- Should have good understanding of FCT/ and or reside in Abuja.
The candidate we hire will embody PSI’s corporate values:
- Measurement: You use hard evidence to make decisions and guide your work. You set clear goalposts in advance and explain clearly if you need to move them.
- Pragmatism: You will strive to deliver the best possible result with the resources available. You will not be paralyzed by a need to make things perfect.
- Honesty: You own your mistakes and are open about your shortcomings – it is the only way you will learn and improve.
- Collaboration: You will quickly establish a mental map of whom you can rely on for what, on your team, at headquarters, and in our country offices – if you try to do it all yourself, you will not succeed.
- Trust: You accept limits to your sphere of control and give colleagues the benefit of the doubt.
- Commitment: You are in it for the long-haul and want to grow with the organization, just like PSI serves its consumers and partners with host-country governments through thick and thin.
How to apply
*Applications shall be reviewed on rolling bases.
* Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply
All interested and qualified candidates should send their comprehensive resume with a cover letter as ONE PDF/Word document to the e-mail addresses careers@psinigeria.org.ng and using the position title as the subject of the e-mail.