TePe Oral Hygiene Products founded by the Eklund family in 1965 is an international company headquartered in Malmö Sweden. TePe has around 500 employees and reported a turnover of MSEK 1407 in 2024. Based on sustainable innovation and the vision to bring healthy smiles for life TePe offers a complete range of high-quality self-care solutions developed in partnership with the dental profession. Marketed by subsidiaries sales and marketing offices in Singapore Japan and Turkey and business creators in more than 80 countries TePes oral health products are available through dental practices pharmacies e-tail and retail. All development and manufacturing take place in Malmö.

TePe is strengthening its strategic capabilities within Communication and Education and is now recruiting a Communication & Education Manager to support the companys continued growth and strengthen the position of TePe as a leading expert in the industry.

Communication & Education Manager

In this role you will lead develop and future-proof the Communication & Education team within the Marketing Department working in line with TePes global brand strategy and positioning. The focus is on transforming TePes education offer and ensuring consistent strategic communication that shapes TePes public image.

You act as a key guardian of the TePe brand turning brand strategy values and positioning into clear communication and education principles content and ways of working.

A core part of the role is to position TePe as a leading expert in the industry. You do this by combining strategic thought leadership with the development of educational programs for customers professionals and other external and internal audiences. All educational messaging reinforces TePes focus on preventive oral care and supports the recommendation-driven business model across the entire value chain.

You create insight-driven content build educational concepts and runs programs that strengthen the companys brand credibility and customer relationships through knowledge sharing and communication.

You are also responsible for communication development and initiatives such as corporate and sustainability communication collaborations & partnerships as well as public relations and media engagement.

Your team consists of one Communication Manager and 4 Education Advisers and you will be part of the Marketing Management Team. The role is based at the TePe HQ in Malmö and you will report directly to the Marketing Director who is a member of the Executive Management Team.

Examples of main tasks and responsibilities:

Develop and implement education concepts

• Identify and map competence needs with relevant stakeholders as dental professionals partners and customers
• Develop the education plan and design smart targeted learning experiences to strengthen the understanding of preventive oral care.
• Establish global ways of working for education delivery ensuring consistency across markets.
• Secure all education concepts support overall strategies and frameworks to strengthen the TePe brand credibility to take a thought leadership position.
• Ensure all communication and education initiatives are aligned with the global brand strategy brand positioning and brand frameworks.
• Translate brand strategy into clear communication and education principles guidelines and narratives.

Development of Training Programs and Learning Formats

• Design training concepts such as workshops e-learning certification programs seminars and digital courses.
• Develop pedagogical structures and learning journeys that deepen understanding of the companys solutions methods or research.
• Integrate thought leadership content into training formats to reinforce the companys expert position through recommendation.

Collaboration and CrossFunctional Coordination

• Ensure cross-functional collaboration between education communication scientific affairs and local marketing and education teams.
• Support internal specialists in translating their expertise into training formats and content building thoughtleadership.
• Establish a process for continuous knowledge packaging and publication.
• Collaborate closely with Group Brand to ensure communication and education consistently reflect brand strategy positioning and tone of voice.
• Support and guide local marketing and education teams in applying brand-aligned concepts balancing global consistency with local relevance.

FollowUp Impact Measurement and Continuous Improvement

• Define goals and KPIs for training initiatives and thoughtleadership activities (e.g. reach engagement demand customer feedback).
• Analyse data to continuously improve content and training design.

Responsible for consistent strategic communication messaging shaping TePes public image

• Responsible for securing alignment between education and communication and development within corporate and sustainability communication collaboration & partnerships as well as public relations and media engagement.

Profile

• Academic degree
• Proven leadership and management experience
• Proven experience in designing professional learning experience and educational concepts
• Proven experience in change management
• Experience within the oral care field or life science is a plus
• Proficiency in English and Swedish both verbal and written

About you

We are looking for a strategic and forwardthinking leader with strong experience in developing and driving educational and knowledgebuilding initiatives. As a person you are results-oriented with the stamina to drive change and with the ability to engage and inspire others. You balance a longterm strategic mindset with a handson approach ensuring that plans are translated into impactful execution.

Why TePe

At TePe you will join a team of skilled dedicated and supportive colleagues who thrive in a long-term growth-oriented environment. The company offers a dynamic and stimulating workplace built on the shared values of Dedication Respect Costeffectiveness and Responsibility.

Information and application

In this role we are cooperating with Ethel Executive. For more information about this job-opening please contact Emma Lindén .se or Louise Brondin Månsson

Welcome with your application! Send your CV (as soon as possible since we are reviewing applications continuously) and a few lines on what motivates you to apply for the role and why you want to join TePe.