JOB DESCRIPTION:

Abbott Vascular is looking for a Senior Product Manager EMEA to join our EMEA Headquarter in Diegem.

Your Role and Responsibilities:

• Analyze brand positioning and consumer insights across the EMEA region
• Shape and communicate our vision, mission and strategy
• Translate the brand strategy into tactical plans and go-to-market strategies, together with and for the EMEA affiliates
• Partner with and coordinate the cross-functional team on initiatives related to the brand
• Lead creative development to motivate the target physicians to “take action”
• Establish performance indicators and targets and build short and long term sales forecasts
• Measure and report performance of all marketing campaigns, and assess ROI and KPIs
• Monitor market trends, research consumer markets and competitors’ activities to stay ahead of competition
• Execute and monitor new and ongoing marketing and advertising activities
• Monitor product supply and distribution
• Align stakeholders (Global, Regional, Local and across all functions) around the brand’s direction, choices and tactics; partner with and influence Countries/Regions to ensure optimal implementation and alignment to achieve business objectives
• Provide guidelines for financial planning, forecasting and strategic planning exercises
• Ensure compliance in performing the training as required by the training procedure
• Ensure compliance in reporting product experiences according to AV requirement

Your Profile:

• University degree (ideally in business, marketing or MBA)
• Minimum 10 years related sales and marketing experience of which a minimum of 5 years in a Product Manager / Marketing role.
• Experience with multi-country/region marketing management is required.
• Medical devices, pharmaceutical industry experience preferred
• Large Multinational companies experience
• Mature product / business life-cycle management
• Understanding of the Medical Device or Pharmaceutical industry and trends
• Proven ability to develop brand and marketing strategies, communicate recommendations to executives as well as commercial teams and managing projects related to your brands
• Experience in identifying target audiences and devising effective campaigns
• Excellent understanding of the full marketing mix
• Strong analytical skills partnered with a creative mind
• Data-driven thinking and an affinity for numbers
• Outstanding communication skills
• Experience with CRM systems and content approval processes
• Up-to-date with latest trends and marketing best practices, including multichannel campaigns
• Desire to understand and fully explore solutions meeting local market conditions
• Leading and influencing through strong marketing plans & strategy, ensuring credibility with the EMEA sales organization
• Ability to interface with key customers and opinion leaders - all stakeholders
• Communication and influencing skills
• Results and performance driven
• Creative thinking and change management

     

The base pay for this position is

N/A

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

     

JOB FAMILY:

Product Management

     

DIVISION:

AVD Vascular

        

LOCATION:

Belgium > Diegem : Building B

     

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

     

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

     

TRAVEL:

Not specified

     

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

     

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Not Applicable