Marketing Associate

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 Marketing Associate supporting strategic products of Vision Care Business., you will be trusted to work on developing and executing marketing plans in Midrand-Gauteng.

In this role, a typical day will include:

• Supporting the profitability of the Vision Care portfolio to optimize profitability, as well as the implementation of short and medium term product strategies, cascaded by the Sales & Marketing Manager
• Responsible for managing the profitability, growth, and marketing of the Alcon Portfolios
• Responsible for driving customer relationship management for the entire Vision Care Portfolio
• Responsible for preparing the brand overview, together with the Sales and Marketing Manager, through the use of Aspire
• EASY Online development and implementation
• Full Control of A&P Budget management; tracking and reporting. Assist the Sales and Marketing Manager with PO creation, budget tracking, and budget accruals on a monthly basis
• Briefing in artwork to creative agencies
• Loading of all promotional material onto VEEVA for internal approval
• Collation of the marketing tracker, which the Marketing Manager will use to develop distribution and promo-tional insights
• Assistance with planning all Vision Care internal and external meetings, conferences, and product launches
• Manage all POS material printing with external suppliers
• Manage distribution of all marketing POS materials to the relevant companies and Sales Representatives
• Management of all social media competitions to ensure that all prizes are packed for the relevant winners
• Working with creative agency to develop monthly Social media content
• Assist with the development of all marketing content required for Pitcher (Sales Force tool)
• Assist with the development and implementation of My Alcon website
• Assist Sales and Marketing Manager with any ad hoc queries regarding marketing activities
• Manage the Key Account tracker to ensure that all marketing material is dispatched in a timely manner

WHAT YOULL BRING TO ALCON:

• University degree or equivalent in Science (Optometry preferred), Marketing or Business qualification
• 3 years minimum experience
• Business acumen, managing & measuring work, planning, priority setting
• Energising interactions ethics & values, motivating others, customer focus, organisational agility
• Passionate ownership driver for results, perseverance

HOW YOU CAN THRIVE AT ALCON:

• A work environment with committed colleagues
• A competitive salary package
• We aspire to lead the world in innovative life-changing vision products because when people see brilliantly, they live brilliantly Alcon Careers

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See your impact at alcon.com/careers