Job Information
Boehringer Ingelheim Product Manager in Bangkok, Thailand
The Position
The Product Manager is responsible for driving the implementation of the brand strategy with a focus on maximizing customer engagement. The major areas of accountability include:
Development and execution of OPU operational plan for the defined brands
Drive brand performance with a strong focus on driving sales growth and market share gain of assigned brands within the OPU
Cross functional alignment with Medical Affairs, Sales, Market Access, Finance & Accountant and COM-OP
Continuously updates and educates the organization on topics relevant to the defined brand supporting the sales functions with updates and training materials for the defined brands
Works closely with the ROPU brand team to provide continuous input and feedback
Influences the development of ROPU brand strategies by providing local input in relation to market, competitor and customer insight.
Execute medico-marketing initiatives to maximize customer engagement (to include Expert Engagement initiatives, CME, multichannel)
Ensures the preparation and implementation of activities for new product launches
Duties & Responsibilities
STRATEGY:
The Product Manager is responsible for the tactical execution of the brand strategy to maximize business performance, which includes:
Driving performance in line with OPU objectives
Ensuring achievement of OPU sales, market share, and profitability objectives
DRIVING BUSINESS RESULTS/ PROCESS/ CROSS-FUNCTIONAL COLLABORATION:
The Product Manager is responsible for providing input to business planning cycle (Outlook and Long-term forecast {LTF} process), which includes:
Contributing to the LTF/Outlook preparation by providing sales and investment planning for the defined brand
Developing LTFs proposals for Sales, Direct Promotion and Field Force FTEs
The Product Manager is responsible for Operational Plan development, which includes:
Providing input to the ROPU brand teams on local market, customer, and competitor information as part of the development of the IBP
Validating ROPU brand CSFs
Providing input to the brand KPI development
Developing OPU ICP/Operation plan.
The Product Manager is responsible for ICP/Operational plan implementation, which includes:
Working within the brand team to implement OPU ICP/ operational plan including OPU customer engagement plan
Driving performance through high-quality brand reviews, issue identification, brainstorming to offer/ share medical-marketing solutions.
The Product Manager is responsible for ensuring Launch readiness, which includes:
Leading/ driving local launch readiness process to achieve readiness milestones
Working closely with Medical Affairs, Sales, COM-OP and Market Access to prepare for successful launch.
The Product Manager is responsible for fostering and encouraging teamwork and cross-functional alignment in the local brand team and with the ROPU brand team, which includes:
Collaborating with the ROPU Marketing Lead
Organizing and leading cross-functional team interactions
Maintaining strong interface with ROPU brand teams to facilitate growth of sales and market share
Providing regular feedback and input to ROPU marketing teams (marketing/competitor/customer insights) to develop brand strategies and ROPU operational plans
Ensuring local operational plan is aligned with key strategic direction
The Product Manager is responsible for monitoring and reporting, which includes:
Managing allocated brand DP budget
Collaborating with Commercial Operations to deliver monthly performance update and KPI reporting, with close monitoring of OPU market shares, immediately highlighting potential issues to local marketing management and proposing solutions and counter measures
Regularly communicating key summaries/updates to local marketing management in a clear and precise way to facilitate information sharing, consultation and efficient decision making,
e.g. product knowledge, market/customer/competitor insights, M/S trends vs. other areas/markets
The Product Manager is responsible for customer engagement, which includes:
Proactively engaging with and managing multiple customers’ needs and represents these in BI decision making and planning processes
Support/drive GTM transformation and adoption of Platforms and Process to enable excellent customer centric engagement.
The Product Manager is responsible for demand forecasting, which includes:
Proactively engaging with Sales and Supply Chain team to input demand forecast in Futurcast system.
PEOPLE:
The Product Manager supports knowledge and skill sharing within the HP organization
The Product Manager builds relationships with respective functions within OPU assigned.
Requirements
Bachelor Degree in Pharmacy or science related field
Minimum 3 years marketing and sales experience in pharmaceutical companies
Experience in digital marketing is a plus.
Good communication skills both written and spoken, with the ability to convince and engage at all levels both internally and externally.
Ability to multi-task - organise, plan, and solve problems effectively.
Strong business acumen, coupled with good balance of strategic thinking and operational rigor
Strong analytical and planning ability.
Strategic leadership - ability to drive both short and long-term brand growth and profitability
Good English language skills
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to a person’s actual or perceived race, including natural hairstyles, hair texture and protective hairstyles; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; citizenship status, marital status; gender, gender identity or expression; sexual orientation, mental, physical or intellectual disability, veteran status; pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other class or characteristic protected by applicable law.