Country Marketing Specialist

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Job Description:

3M Health Care is now Solventum

At Solventum, we enable better, smarter, safer healthcare to improve lives. As a new company with a long legacy of creating breakthrough solutions for our customers’ toughest challenges, we pioneer game-changing innovations at the intersection of health, material and data science that change patients' lives for the better while enabling healthcare professionals to perform at their best. Because people, and their wellbeing, are at the heart of every scientific advancement
we pursue.

We partner closely with the brightest minds in healthcare to ensure that every solution we create melds the latest technology with compassion and empathy. Because at Solventum, we never stop solving for you.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As our South Africa Country Marketing Specialist , you will support the development and execution of integrated marketing strategies, driving portfolio growth through customer insights, pricing optimization, cross-functional collaboration, channel performance management, and effective budget stewardship while ensuring compliance and operational excellence.

You will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate
with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make animpact by:

• Developing and executing country marketing plans, programs, and tactics that align with business objectives, leveraging customer, competitor, and market insights to drive growth and optimize performance.
• Leading cross-functional coordination across product, sales, digital, pricing, CRM, and channel teams to deliver integrated marketing campaigns, promotional activities, customer engagement initiatives, and commercial programs.
• Driving effective execution of brand, product, and channel marketing activities, including digital marketing, CRM programs, promotional pricing, sales enablement materials, and customer-focused campaigns.
• Utilizing data and analytics to identify target market segments, evaluate market coverage, track channel performance, uncover customer opportunities, and generate actionable insights that support business decision-making and sales effectiveness.
• Conducting competitive and pricing analyses, recommending pricing strategies and promotional approaches that enhance market competitiveness and commercial outcomes.
• Providing leadership within projects and change initiatives by establishing priorities, coordinating resources, supporting capability development, and fostering collaboration across teams and stakeholders.
• Managing marketing budgets and project-related financial processes, including purchase order creation, budget allocation, vendor management, service confirmations, and payment tracking to ensure efficient and compliant use of
  resources.
• Ensuring all marketing, branding, promotional, pricing, and merchandising
  activities comply with applicable company policies, legal requirements, and
  industry regulations.
• Generating and communicating customer and end-user insights through
  research, CRM data analysis, market feedback, and stakeholder engagement to influence strategy, improve customer experience, and accelerate business
  growth.
• Continuously monitoring marketing performance metrics and recommending
  adjustments to programs, campaigns, and investments to maximize return on
  investment and achieve marketing objectives.

Your Skills and Expertise

To set you up for success in this role from day one, Solventum requires the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing
• Intermediate to advanced experience in portfolio marketing, product marketing, and/or product management within the medical devices industry
• Ability to communicate effectively across the organization and collaborate with international colleagues based in the Middle East and Gulf region
• Current, valid Driver’s License.

Work location:

• Hybrid Eligible (Job Duties allow for some remote work but require travel to our office on Leslie avenue, Design Qtr, Fourways, Gauteng, South Africa at least 2-3 days per week)
Travel: May include up to 40%

Supporting Your Well-being
Solventum offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially.To ensure competitive pay and benefits, Solventum regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.

Diversity & Inclusion
(*) We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender,
sexual orientation, age, civil status, disability, family status, or membership of the travelling community.

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