Product Manager Pharma (80% - 100%)

Permanent employee, Full or part-time · Hedingen

Your mission

Your focus will be the introduction of new products into the pharmaceutical excipient market. This includes the process of introducing those products, in close collaboration with sales, business development and R&D, innovation, and production.
Ensure regular knowledge transfer between R&D and sales on your portfolio and manage legal, regulatory, and toxicological data, functionality, literature, and patent research with relevant functions (e.g., QA and regulatory affairs).
Provide on-going business decision support in organic growth and investment within current and future product portfolio.
Manage the whole product life cycle of those products, including target group analysis, competitor analysis, trend analysis, pricing policies (e.g., value-based pricing), product marketing and sales support.
Periodical portfolio evaluation, check plan-actual comparison, and take corrective actions if necessary to assure sustainable and profitable growth of the portfolio.
Provide technical input and assist in creating marketing documentation such as posters, brochures, flyers, presentation, and trade fair material; conduct training sessions and deliver technical presentations at trade fairs and events.
Assure in day-to-day operations that introduced products have adequate technical complaint handling within the departments and participate in quality-related product topics for continuous improvement (incl. CAPAs, change management, audits, and customer questionnaires).
Support new customer acquisitions including lead generation in Pharma, Veterinary and Diagnostics
Attend seminars, conventions and trade fairs including booth supervision, if requested
Accompany sales managers on business trips and provide technical support.

Your profile

Degree from University of Applied Science (FH) or University/ETH qualified in a natural science discipline (Pharmaceutical Science, Biotechnology, Chemistry etc.) with prior knowledge working in the pharmaceutical industry.
Experience in marketing or another customer-related activity, ideally in the field of surfactants for pharmaceutical and biotechnological excipients as well as diagnostic applications.
Excellent people skills with a confident demeanor.
Strong commercial acumen and a passion marketing related topics.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to build strategic relationships and lead cross functional internal teams to ensure customer expectations are met.
Self-organized with high team competences to achieve optimal results for our customers in cooperation with other internal departments.
Connected thinking, able to grasp complex information and communicate in a concise manner.
Fluency in English and German, other languages are a plus.
Willingness to travel in Europe (case-by-case)

Our offer

A challenging, versatile, and responsible job in a rapidly growing international company.
Working place/employment can be Hedingen/Switzerland or remote in France or Germany.
A professional, established organization with an open, international, and creative working environment.
Personal and professional development opportunities.
Attractive employment conditions.

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About us

With approximately 480 employees, KLK Kolb is one of the leading alkoxylation companies in Europe and offers a wide range of surfactants, chemical specialties, paper process chemicals and customer-specific products for various industries. KLK Kolb is a member of the global KLK OLEO Group. We sell our products worldwide and currently have three manufacturing sites in the heart of Europe (Hedingen/CH, Moerdijk/NL and Delden/NL).

Ihre Aufgaben

Your focus will be the introduction of new products into the pharmaceutical excipient market. This includes the process of introducing those products, in close collaboration with sales, business development and R&D, innovation, and production.
Ensure regular knowledge transfer between R&D and sales on your portfolio and manage legal, regulatory, and toxicological data, functionality, literature, and patent research with relevant functions (e.g., QA and regulatory affairs.
Provide on-going business decision support in organic growth and investment within current and future product portfolio.
Manage the whole product life cycle of those products, including target group analysis, competitor analysis, trend analysis, pricing policies (e.g., value-based pricing), product marketing and sales support.
Periodical portfolio evaluation, check plan-actual comparison, and take corrective actions if necessary to assure sustainable and profitable growth of the portfolio.
Provide technical input and assist in creating marketing documentation such as posters, brochures, flyers, presentation, and trade fair material; conduct training sessions and deliver technical presentations at trade fairs and events.
Assure in day-to-day operations that introduced products have adequate technical complaint handling within the departments and participate in quality-related product topics for continuous improvement (incl. CAPAs, change management, audits, and customer questionnaires.
Support new customer acquisitions including lead generation in Pharma, Veterinary and Diagnostics
Attend seminars, conventions and trade fairs including booth supervision, if requested
Accompany sales managers on business trips and provide technical support.

Ihr Wissen, Ihr Können, Ihre Erfahrung

Degree from University of Applied Science (FH) or University/ETH qualified in a natural science discipline (Pharmaceutical Science, Biotechnology, Chemistry etc.) with prior knowledge working in the pharmaceutical industry.
Experience in marketing or another customer-related activity, ideally in the field of surfactants for pharmaceutical and biotechnological excipients as well as diagnostic applications.
Excellent people skills with a confident demeanor.
Strong commercial acumen and a passion marketing related topics.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to build strategic relationships and lead cross functional internal teams to ensure customer expectations are met.
Self-organized with high team competences to achieve optimal results for our customers in cooperation with other internal departments.
Connected thinking, able to grasp complex information and communicate in a concise manner.
Fluency in English and German, other languages are a plus.
Willingness to travel in Europe (case-by-case)

Unser Angebot

A challenging, versatile, and responsible job in a rapidly growing international company.
Working place/employment can be Hedingen/Switzerland or remote in France or Germany.
A professional, established organization with an open, international, and creative working environment.
Personal and professional development opportunities.
Attractive employment conditions.

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Über uns

KLK Kolb ist mit rund 480 Mitarbeitenden einer der führenden Alkoxylierer Europas und bietet eine breite Palette an Tensiden, sowie weitere chemische Spezialitäten, Papierprozesschemikalien und kunden-spezifische Fertigungen für verschiedene Industriesparten. KLK Kolb gehört zur globalen KLK OLEO Gruppe. Unsere Produkte vertreiben wir weltweit und produzieren zurzeit an drei Standorten im Zentrum Europas (Hedingen/CH, Moerdijk/NL und Delden/NL).

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