Category Manager EMA -Top 5 Pharma / Medical Device Company - Employment,career opportunity in UK

Job Title:  Category Manager EMA -Top 5 Pharma / Medical Device Company
Job Type    Permanent
Location    South England
Start Date    ASAP
Salary    £65,000 to £75,000
Ref No    137664-CMSJP


Category Manager EMA -Top 5 Pharma/Medical Device Company
The role of the EMA Category Manager is to develop the strategic business plan, complete the various functional tasks and support the implementation at a local country and customer level.
You must at all times understand the customers' needs from a category and commercial view point and understand how the decisions and actions will impact on the customer and the wider category in general.
The role is cross functional, requiring commercial breadth, multifunctional knowledge, teamwork and leadership. Success depends on exercising both the technical, analytical and personal gravitas to support the sales effort, manage through influence and build trust with external customers and internal functions. The output of the role will be linked to tangible growth for company.
 
Main Responsibilities:
* Manage A&P spend and overall budget
* Develop and implement category story and messaging : Commercial and In store
* Promo analysis and guidelines
* Identifying and sharing of TSMS
* Interface to identify the insights and messaging (marketing and Insights)
* CatMan range review delivery
* Specific category project focus
* Drive down tool kits to markets and ensure local implementation

Experience:
* Proven experience and delivery within the category function
* Experience with Healthcare Professionals
* Proven experience developing and implementing strategy
* Experience in customer facing role
* Clear ability to influence and align
* High level of computer literacy
* Fully conversant in data sources and analysis from various sources.
* Fully understand financial analysis and forecasting.
* Good understanding of sales and sales management, ideally with experience in direct sales management.
* A+P, P&L budget management experience.
* High level or written and verbal communication.
* Demonstrate personal gravitas to maintain and develop long-term internal and external relationships at board level both internally and externally.

Fantastic career prospects and benefits package available
Please call Sean Phillips on 01293 77 66 44 or email me on sphillips@barringtonjames.com



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