At Alcon we are driven by the meaningful work we do to help people see brilliantly. We innovate boldly champion progress and act with speed as the global leader in eye care. Here youll be recognized for your commitment and contributions and see your career like never before. Together we go above and beyond to make an impact in the lives of our patients and customers.
We foster an inclusive culture and are looking for diverse talented people to join Alcon. As a Brand Manager supporting the Marketing of Alcons Vision Care products in Canada you will be trusted with planning developing and implementing clearly defined marketing strategies to optimize the brand potential maintain brand equity and generate short and long term return on investment for the assigned product portfolio. In this role a typical day will include:
- Develop executable marketing plans that drive sales share and profit improvements
- Establish marketing strategies including advertising/promotions pricing strategy distribution channel management product development tactical plan development and
- Ensure channel product positioning and competitive selling strategies
- Working with the National Accounts team strengthen consumer communications through effective creation and implementation of customer specific marketing campaigns including retailers optometric buying group customers consumers and eye care professionals
- Lead new product launch activities or brand extensions
- Work closely with agency partners to develop evaluate implement and track advertising/promotions
- Synthesize and share best practices e.g. lessons from other markets on go to market approaches application of novel launch innovation
- Conduct analysis of specific business issues and evaluate competitive activity product performance and marketing communications and proactively share findings
- Collaborate with internal and external collaborators to achieve objectives; Collaborators include National Accounts Team Field Sales Global Marketing Regulatory Affairs Operations Senior Leadership external vendors or agencies and key industry opinion leaders
WHAT YOULL BRING TO ALCON:
- University Degree in related field required; MBA preferred
- 2 years experience with Brand Management/Marketing Communication OR Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) brand management
- 2 years experience in healthcare field sales experience is an asset
- Fluent spoken and written English (mandatory); French an asset
- Exceptional project management skills
- Experience with brand management of over the counter (OTC) consumer packaged goods (CPG) strongly preferred; experience marketing to Healthcare professionals and eyecare professionals a plus
- Travel requirement: ability to travel up to 1520 of time
HOW YOU CAN THRIVE AT ALCON:
- Join Alcons mission to provide toptier innovative products and solutions to enhance sight & enhance lives.
- Grow your career in a highly collaborative and diverse environment.
- This role is an 18month contract where you will be trusted with brand management of one of Alcons core OTC products. You will have opportunity for ongoing networking and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
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