Communications Manager NEW Africa - Egypt

We are IMETA

ROPU IMETA is a Regional Operating Unit consisting of 6 midsized Operating Units: India Turkey Southern Africa (South Africa & Sub Sahar Africa) North East & West Africa Near East & UAE Saudi Arabia Gulf & East Africa (SAGEA).
IMETA is home to more than 47 nationalities. We are a myriad of color and culture and embracing this diversity is one of our greatest opportunities.
We are a powerhouse of talent and we work together to ensure that we grow nurture and retain our talent. Uniting and working together is the key to our success.

The Opportunity

We are looking to hire an OPU (Operating Unit) Communications Manager who will create a communications and marcom strategy for NEW Africa (Nort East & West Africa) based on the ROPUs (Regional Operating Units) strategy and priorities.
He/she will plan manage and execute all corporate communications campaigns marketing campaigns and activities across the OPU covering brand and corporate communications Human Pharma and Animal Health businesses.
The position holder will localize announcements and regional marketing campaigns in their local markets across the OPU as relevant and according to each local market specifics and cultures.
The OPU Corporate Communications Manager will partner with the GM and the business units in the OPU to support the business plan help address challenges and capitalize on opportunities through communications activities including media relations internal and external communications and crisis communications.
This position is based at Cairo Egypt.

Roles and Responsibilities:

External Communications and Media relations:

• Create newsworthy announcements that support the OPUs business objectives and outreach to the companys stakeholders
• Generate positive press news about BI and BI products and CSR program and initiatives in the media across the OPU
• Localize corporate and regional press announcements in each local market within the OPU and manage subsequent media interest and relations e.g. follow up questions media interviews and others
• Manage PR agencies according to predefined performance standards deliverables and KPIs
• Update the regional communications assets (key messages Q&As) regularly with local data and news
• Manage the budget allocated by the regional Communications team

Marketing Campaigns to support Therapeutic Area Teams objectives and activities:

• Localize and rollout regional multiplatform marketing campaigns according to market relevance product availability market access specifics local culture and language relevance utilizing traditional social and digital media as well as other direct marketing platforms
• Develop local marketing campaigns around local events such as product launches and employee events
• Define KPIs for each campaign and measure and report on performance

Employee Communications:

• Support OPU with internal employee communications including local Leadership communication
• Regular flow of news and information to employees through different channels to keep them engaged motivated satisfied and informed
• Organize internal events and activities including but not limited to VTI Townhalls and employee information sessions

Requirements

• Masters / Bachelor Degree in Business Administrations and/or Journalism and Mass Communications.
• Experience in communications preferable healthcare experience or experience in highly regulated industries.
• Experience in working inhouse as a communications professional or in a communications agency in the relevant region;
• Experience in pharma communications and marketing is highly preferred.
• English Arabic French language skills is an absolute requirement.

What happens next

We are looking forward to receiving your application! We will then have a look at your CV. If we see a match we will invite you for a screening interview.

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