Professional Business Manager

2 months ago

Oslo, Norway Colgate-Palmolive Company Full time

No Relocation Assistance Offered
# 162457 - Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Who We Are
Colgate-Palmolive Company is a caring, innovative growth company that is reimagining a healthier future for all people, their pets and our planet. Focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition, we sell our products in more than 200 countries and territories under brands such as Colgate, Palmolive, elmex, hello, meridol, Sorriso, Tom’s of Maine, EltaMD, Filorga, Irish Spring, PCA SKIN, Protex, Sanex, Softsoap, Speed Stick, Ajax, Axion, Fabuloso, Soupline and Suavitel, as well as Hill’s Pet Nutrition.

We are recognized for our leadership and innovation in promoting sustainability and community wellbeing, including our achievements in decreasing plastic waste and promoting recyclability, saving water, conserving natural resources and improving children’s oral health.

If you want to work for a company that lives by their values, then give your career a reason to smile and join our global team
 

Location: Lysaker, Oslo

Reporting to: General Manager Norway & Denmark

 

Why Work For Colgate Palmolive: 

  • The learning & development opportunities: You will refine your commercial mindset and continue to learn new skills working closely with a cross-functional team giving you exposure to all local market departments.
  • The challenge & variety: You will operate in a fast paced operational environment, directly impacting the day-to-day performance of the business, with personal accountability for your business.
  • The global experience: You will have the opportunity to work with global brands, participate in global strategies with potential to develop your career internationally.
  • The Colgate Values: We are Caring, We are Inclusive, and We are Courageous are integral to how we operate every day.

 

Job Purpose

As part of Team Norway, you will lead our professional products portfolio & our relationship with the Dental & Pharmacy Industries. You will work with our local and Northern Europe team on strategy, marketing materials, dental fairs & exhibitions, academia, and market access. You are an important link between our Consumer Experience team and CDM/KAMs; working with the local Norwegian team (including an Oral Care Consultant in the field) and with counterparts across Denmark, Finland, Sweden, UK and Ireland. 
 

What you will do:

  •  Identify & develop professional marketing strategy and brand plans across our professional product & therapeutic product portfolio.
  •  Build & develop independent relationships with dental and pharmacy and patient associations, establishing Colgate-Palmolive as the go to key partner for oral care expertise and patient wellbeing.
  •  Proactively identify commercial opportunities, including market access. Work with Customer Development & Consumer Experience teams to implement recommendations & tactics that drive growth. 
  • Develop a successful marketing approach, leading and utilising the tools built to enable Colgate-Palmolive to provide outstanding communication. Including materials that are patient facing (information leaflets, pharmacy marketing, digital marketing etc.) and industry facing (educational presentations, email comms, event stands, websites etc.) ● Share industry expertise across the wider Colgate Palmolive community to deepen understanding of the Dental & Pharmacy industries. 
  • Plan and attend events, exhibitions, seminars, academic lectures and deliver presentations to audiences ranging from healthcare professionals, to pharmacy staff, to dental students.
  • Owning and delivering against an advertising & promotion budget. Planning activities, leading POs, processing invoices & crafting vendors. 
  • Line management of an Oral Care Consultant (field representative and this will include setting targets, building development plans, delivering relevant training & providing educational assets. 

 

Who you are:

  • You are experienced within the Norwegian Dental or Pharmacy industry, with a patient focused approach. You may have worked as a pharmacy field sales manager, a brand manager on pharmaceutical products, or experience as a pharmacy KAM.
  • You are able to implement marketing plans across physical & digital channels, targeted at both healthcare professionals and consumers. You are aware and conscious of regulations regarding medicinal products and can use this information to build educational learning and drive dental / hospital recommendation as well as incremental pharmacy sales.
  • You are naturally curious – a self-starter with a natural curiosity, constantly looking for opportunities to develop solutions. You will uncover market access opportunities, build existing relationships and uncover new opportunities to partner with dental bodies, patient associations, pharmacies, educational institutes and hospital wards.
  • You are a juggler – you are tenacious & flexible in your ability to set, prioritise and lead multiple priorities. You are consistent under pressure, remain clear on your priorities and can organize your own workload.
  • You are a patient champion – you put patients at the heart of everything you do and enhance opportunities for patients to come into contact with our products to improve their quality of life.
  • You are a deliverer of results – your proven track record to deliver business plans that benefit patients, our customers and Colgate Palmolive.


What you need to have:

  • Knowledge of the Norwegian Dental & Pharmacy industry. 
  • Understanding of licences & regulations regarding medicines.
  • OTC Field Based, Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical industry, Marketing and/or KAM experience
  • Strong commercial understanding
  • Strong presentation & personable skills 
  • Proficient in written & spoken Norwegian & English Preferred 
  • Digital Marketing experience
     


Our Commitment to Sustainability
With the Colgate brand in more homes than any other, we are presented with great opportunities and new challenges as we work to integrate sustainability into all aspects of our business and create positive social impact. We are determined to position ourselves for further growth as we act on our 2025 Sustainability & Social Impact Strategy.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Achieving our purpose starts with our people — ensuring our workforce represents the people and communities we serve —and creating an environment where our people feel they belong; where we can be our authentic selves, feel treated with respect and have the support of leadership to impact the business in a meaningful way.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status (United States positions), or any other characteristic protected by law.

Reasonable accommodation during the application process is available for persons with disabilities. Please contact Application_Accommodation@colpal.com with the subject "Accommodation Request" should you require accommodation.

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