Senior Marketing Officer at Population Services International (PSI)

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.