Job Purpose:
The Oncology Brand Manager performs a critical role in the Oncology cross-functional team with primary responsibility of the marketing and promotional efforts supporting selected Oncology Portfolio. The Brand Manager drives collaborative efforts with the sales team and market access function, as well as working closely with the Medical team to provide critical customer insight and a coordinated approach to the implementation of promotional and non-promotional field based activities. The Brand Manager is responsible for all product activities, within the defined region, relating to the development and implementation of the Oncology Business Unit Strategy. The position will develop and oversee the commercial and brand strategy for the Oncology Franchise and assume responsibility for new product launches. The role will be responsible for developing and implementing digital strategies and providing the necessary digital tools and / or content.

Key Responsibilities:

• Accountable for the successful delivery of the marketing strategy and tactics to deliver performance across the oncology portfolio
• Analyze local market and identify commercial opportunities; allocate resources and manage budgets
• Develop strategies for major accounts; track, monitor progress and adjust activities accordingly
• Lead alignment between different cross functional teams
• Ensure cross functional team Plans (Sales, Medical, CDx, Market Access, Communication and Regulatory are in line with brand / franchise local strategic priorities
• Understand and articulate the Customer Buying Process and execute Customer segmentation and targeting
• Lead local customer teams for Brand and align around local brand / franchise Strategy
• Implement Regional & Global Marketing Strategy for the Brand locally
• Develop country PP – marketing Tactics, Channel Mix, PA, resources sections
• Provide forecasting and track local initiatives and utilization of local promotion budgets (oversight)
• Utilize materials developed by the global teams and customize it to local market
• Search for new and innovative ways of interacting with the Customer with a particular focus on digital solutions.
• Understand the Customers channel preferences and develop and deliver innovative programs and services in line with Customer needs

The position will have primary responsibility for the following:

• Accountable for the growth and performance of Oncology brand
• Lead the formulation and execution on brand strategy for Oncology brands
• Oversee and co-ordinate the implementation of such strategies by the Sales Force
• Drive market preparation and launch excellence for new product introductions
• P&L responsibility which include forecasting, product promotion spend that will drive positive ROI, resource allocation that will deliver financial strength of the brands
• Develop and implement robust Scientific leader engagement plans

Other Activities:

• Be able to meet deadlines, work within a team, and have the ability to collaborate and communicate with all internal and cross-functional stakeholders (including Sales Team, Medical department, our Manufacturing Division, Finance Department, HR Department, External Affairs Department, Market Access)
• Demonstrate the ability to liaise with relevant external customers on a professional basis is critical (including Oncologists, Network groups, funders)
• Immediately implement existing strategies and develop new promotional strategies and material for the brands within Oncology portfolio
• Have the ability to liaise with key SL’s on a professional basis
• Be able to meet deadlines, work autonomously, analyze, plan and implement strategies
• Rapidly acquire an understanding and knowledge of the clinical information relevant to the therapeutic area associated with his/her promoted brand(s).
• Rapidly acquire an understanding and knowledge of the reporting systems and Business Information systems and processes relevant to his/her team.
• Travel within the country and internationally, weekend and evening work when necessary is required.
• Apply strong leadership skills in line with the company's Leadership Principles and the ability to influence others.
• Display strong interpersonal and negotiation skills

Qualifications

• A relevant commercial or health sciences qualification
• At least 5 years of experience in the pharmaceutical market
• Multinational pharmaceutical company experience as a must
• South African Market Experience is a must
• Oncology sales or marketing background is a plus
• Digital marketing or similar qualification will be an advantage

Key competencies:
Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
• Understands and effectively communicates with internal cross functional team as well as external customers
• Strong understanding of the business and regulatory environment in which the company competes and communicates
• Demonstrates initiative, strategic thinking and creative problem solving skills
• Must have a demonstrated ability to brand, promote and market products and concepts
• Digital marketing
• Demonstrated effective organizational and communication skills are required
• Self-motivated driver, able to work autonomously

Behavioral

• Drive results
• Foster collaboration
• Planning and organizational skills
• High-end interpersonal skills and customer centricity
• Focus on customer and patients

Candidates that meet the criteria may submit their applications via this portal or via vacancy link on www.mnarecruitment.com

Should you receive no feedback within 7 days, please accept your application as unsuccessful.

Key Responsibilities of This Role:

Manage finance department:

• Manage finance team to deliver all financial responsibilities
• Support performance management
• Facilitate of human resources development
• Facilitate career development
• Ensure effective succession planning
• Manage relationships and interfaces
• Provide employee support
• Develop infrastructures for business relationships

Maintain sound corporate governance within the organisation:

• Ensure justifiable decision-making
• Reflect corporate values
• Ensure transparency

Ensuring financial discipline:

• Provide budgetary resources
• Monitor budget management

Support strategic business plan:

• Ascertain departmental requirements
• Give input into business planning process
• Align departmental plan to business plan
• Cascade plan to staff in meaningful way
• Delegate appropriate authority levels to key managers
• Review plan quarterly to ensure currency and appropriateness
• Proactively assess future business needs
• Communicate big picture to staff

Manage finance operations

• Prepare/review monthly management accounts & all related functions
• Hold formal and informal discussions with staff
• Provide problem solving assistance
• Review reconciliations for all transactions
• Ensure adequate explanations for all over/under expenditure
• Manage fixed asset process
• Manage all tax processes
• Manage internal & external audit process
• Ensure ethical and professional conduct by all staff, at all times
• Co-ordinate administration service

Effective People Management:

• Ensure job descriptions and performance contracts are in place for all staff
• Conduct and record quarterly performance reviews
• Investigate and resolve non-performance issues timeously
• Ensure the recruitment strategy aligns to the business plan
• Ensure timeous and accurate succession planning
• Ensure organisational focus on Employment Equity and Diversity issues
• Foster a spirit of committed teamwork
• Ensure a disciplinary code is in place, and in use
• Undertake skills assessments to ascertain corporate skills value
• Actively encourage and support training
• Assess career development needs against organisational needs
• Proactively identify opportunities for individual development
• Identify a clear line of succession and develop action plans
• Develop contingency plans to ensure organisational sustainability

Manage relationships and interfaces:

• Maintain an open door policy
• Remove operational obstacles
• Provide problem-solving assistance
• Delegate appropriate authority
• Implement and monitor effective business communication process
• Encourage team-based decision making
• Build relationships to ensure enduring business affiliations
• Solve critical issues

Maintain sound corporate governance

• Decision-making only after appropriate consultation
• Consider the position of related stakeholders
• Justification for decisions
• Decision-making for the organisational
• Lead by example in organisational ethics and morals
• Take strong action against non-adherence to values, ethics and codes
• Full accountability - with relevant explanations
• Facilitate access to information

Leadership

• Plan, select, develop and maintain suitable manpower capabilities for the  department
• Develop and maintain a high performance team
• Establish and maintain relationships with stakeholders

Direct Reports:

• Management Accountant, Senior Financial Accountants, Financial Accountants

Qualifications:

• CA Qualification or equivalent
• SAICA (South African Institute of Chartered Accountants)
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience at a similar level
• In-depth knowledge of financial principles and processes
• Good understanding of relevant legislation
• Good understanding of core business principles and processes
• Good knowledge of manufacturing environment

Skills:

• Analytical skills
• Problem solving skills
• Leadership skills
• Team leadership skills
• Communication skills
• Conflict management skills

Competencies:

• Dedicated
• Honest
• Good delegator
• Highly principled
• Detail-oriented
• Good blend of people/task orientation
• Multi-task focus
• Strong ethics
• Results-driven
• Influential

Leadership competencies:

• Driving accountability
• Drive and energy
• Initiating action
• Cross-cultural awareness
• Impact and influence
• Business understanding
• Facilitating and managing performance
• Attracting, developing and retaining talent

Candidates that meet the criteria may submit their applications via this portal or via vacancy link on www.mnarecruitment.com

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Key Responsibilities:

• Analyse business information requirements
• Ensure data integrity
• Evaluate and enhance current systems
• Improve integrated business processes
• Evaluate and test new proposed solutions
• Create business and functional specifications
• Implement business information solutions
• Project management
• Develop and maintain system and business documentation
• Deliver against SLA’s
• Deliver innovation
• Design and develop custom application solutions

Requirements:

• Relevant qualification related to Information Technology or B Ind (Eng)
• At least 5 years’ experience as an Oracle EBS Developer
• Oracle Developer (Reports, Forms, PL/SQL, SQL)
• Oracle APEX
• Oracle JDeveloper
• OAF – Oracle Application Framework
• ADF – Oracle Application Development Framework
• Oracle Workflow
• XML Publisher
• XML Developer
• Oracle SOA suite (Analytics, Orchestration, Mediation, B2B, Connectivity)

Core Competencies:

• Strong Analytical Skills
• Strong Problem Solving
• Organisation and Planning Ability
• Leadership Ability
• Innovation
• Analytical skills, oral and written communication skills
• Team Player
• Strategic thinker
• Numerical reasoning skills at a complex level
• Understanding written meaning and reasoning logically with data is essential at a moderate complexity level
• Aptitude for technology and IT
• Decision making based on supporting data
• Critically evaluates information
• Action and results orientated
• Detail orientated

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Job Purpose:
This position will be performing the administrative duties of the Finance Department. The Finance department administrator must be a dynamic individual who can manage various administrative duties and assist team members as and when needed.

Key Responsibilities:

• Processing of transactions through journals and performing any correction journals required
• Responsible for ensuring that accounts for all suppliers are reconciled so to exercise the necessary controls, assurance that actual payments are in line with the invoiced amounts.
• Responsible for examining listings, detecting long outstanding amounts, and"cleaning - up" listings to eliminate such listings.
• To gather details of monthly payments in relation to historical data in order to produce weekly and monthly cash forecasts of amounts to be paid out.

Requirements:

• Matric
• Bookkeepers Certificate (Advantage)
• 1 - 2 years experience in a similar role

Competencies:

• Proficiency in MS Office Suite (Excel is a must).
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English. Afrikaans would be advantage.
• Strong administration skills coupled with meticulous attention to detail.
• Effective time management skills
• Ability to work effectively under pressure
• Responsibility and accountability.

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Qualifications and requirements:

• CIMA / CA or equivalent
• MS Office
• ERP System in a manufacturing environment
• QADQlikview
• TM1 Experience

Experience: 

• 3-5 years costing and financial accounting experience in a manufacturing environment
• Standard costing knowledge

Duties:

• Ensure the efficient functioning of the costing department.
• Manage the process of effective stock management, pricing and variance analysis.
• Manage the process of stock valuation and reporting that provides useful information to management to assist in planning, organizing and controlling the efficient running of the organization.
• Provide assistance to business units in improving and optimizing their businesses processes.
• Review progress of month-end stock takes.
• Physically attend month-end stock takes.
• Review the aging of goods in transit.
• Review monthly stock reports and reconciliations and review goods received not invoiced, including reconciliation.
• Review “Analysis of Stock” for all relevant types of stock and valuations of stock.
• Prepare stock valuation for monthly standard costs.
• Present monthly standard costs at Pricing Meeting.
• Review cost of sales pricelist.
• Prepare import pricing per shipment.
• Manage and prepare Transfer Pricing for inter companies.
• Perform sub-system balancing for inventory between Fertilizer Operating System (FOS) and general ledger.
• Process month-end re-evaluation of inventory.
• Prepare stock valuation for actual costs of month-end valuation.
• Prepare calculation of labour and overheads for annual update.
• Agree annual update of labour and overheads with relevant stakeholders.
• Review purchase price variance reports.
• Review usage variance reports.
• Monitor stock gains and losses.
• Analyze BOM’s within production processes.
• Prepare all calculations for month-end provisions required for management accounting purposes.
• Responsible for all statistical information.

Job Competencies:

• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Analytical
• Accountability
• Attention to detail
• Teamwork
• Delegation

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JOB PURPOSE:

• Develop and conduct medical activities within scientific premise and provide cross-departmental strategic guidance in line with company strategies and goals.
• External Relations: Opinion Leaders, Healthcare Professionals, Clinical Trial Personnel, Organization Providers, Advertising Agencies, Health Authorities, Patient Organizations and Specialty Associations.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Is the member of the country value team. Works actively to develop new strategies and improve existing ones for the Therapy Area of responsibility. For this purpose, collects and consolidates the necessary medical data and provides input to team meetings by providing scientific data to top ethical standards. Keeps scientific data up-to-date.
• Works cross-departmentally to consolidate strategy for the Therapeutic Area of responsibility.
• Provides scientific input to preparatory work for market research, planned for conducting marketing strategies.
• Ensures medical aspects of company strategies and practices are compliant with HCBI, national and global ethical procedures.
• Organizes medical training events and ensures these are compliant with HCBI, national and international ethical procedures, as well as company and marketing strategies.
• Plays an active role in determining and organizing medical programs (e.g. training programs, international / national congress participation, advisory board meetings, courses, disease awareness programs), follows up on them and assesses their results. Records data into iConnect and compiles of monthly reports, in line with the applicable procedures.
• Participates in medical training activities, contributing to achievement of product plans
• Develops and executes, follows up on and assesses the results of training for field force to equip them with sufficient and essential medical information.
• Plans and executes training, to ensure continuity of training programs.
• Collects and evaluates scientific data on competitive products/product groups, and updates own product groups to effectively guide marketing strategies and activities.
• Maintains continuous contact with opinion leaders through scientific platforms like national/international congresses and medical education activities. Coordinates with opinion leaders, associations and health authorities for developing medical education activities. Makes visits to maintain constant contact with physicians as planned on Vinci, giving clinical presentations to share product information.
• Provides leadership to support effective functioning of MSLs. Coordinates as necessary to determine MSL visits qualitatively and quantitatively and ensure MSL visits are conducted according to the plan in the iConnect. Monitors MSL visits/presentations by weekly and monthly reports. Conducts field visits as planned for necessary supervision and takes action to identify and eliminate any training shortcomings.
• Provides medical support for updating SmPC/package leaflet of registered products or for developing SmPC/package leaflet for prior to registration, and input to reimbursement efforts. Develops the medical content of reimbursement files.
• Collaborates closely with Regulatory Affairs, Market Access, Marketing and Business Development, holding regular meetings with them to support continuous improvement and development, and providing product- and disease-related scientific data.
• Provides medical assistance to development of promotional materials. Checks all product-/disease-related materials to verify their consistency, scientific accuracy and validity, and ensures scientific content of promotional materials is compliant with HCBI policies and local regulations. Participates in and supports activities to promote company and products.
• Receives and follows up on drug safety information from physicians and forwards it to the qualified person responsible for pharmacovigilance in line with the applicable rules.
• Contributes to practices and action plans by PV and quality assurance teams regarding drug quality and safety issues reported by local or global sources.
• Reviews and responds to requests from the field force or physicians, falling within area of responsibility, and records them in med-info.
• Thinks proactively about potential objections/issues related with products, taking into consideration feedback from field force or physicians, investigates them and contributes to solving them.
• Supports clinical trial teams in clinical trials, planned / concluded / being conducted (identifying investigators, selecting centers, investigator meetings, joint visits, identifying the congresses/magazines for presenting the data, etc.), supports establishing communication with investigators as part of clinical investigation activities.
• Plays an active role in developing local research protocols, in addition to global protocols. Coordinates with clinical investigation teams for adapting these protocols.
• Supports and coordinates with the Therapy Area Manager for reviewing posters, clinical study abstracts and manuscripts for local studies.
• Coordinates with the clinical investigation team on NPP, research support. Contributes to the approval process.
• Plays an active role in the development, management and follow-up of the medical budget for relevant products.
• Provides the necessary scientific support for pipeline products to be included in the portfolio of responsibility and plays an active role in the activities.
• Plays an active role in product launch preparations, enhances communication with target physician groups and coordinates robustly with opinion leaders / associations / health authorities for medical positioning of products and determining appropriate strategies. Plays an active role in training and medical activity planning and execution.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Medical Doctor or PhD [science related]
• Industry and or public health experience in HIV and or TB
• Experience in developing and implementing medical affairs strategy
• Experience in designing, providing and managing medical training
• Good command of the English language Competency in using MS Office applications
• Strong communication skills
• Analytical thinking
• Result oriented
• Quality focused and efficient
• Open to growth
• Persuasion skills
• Expected to demonstrate Leadership Requirements.

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Responsibilities:
To establish and maintain excellent relationships with key customers & decision makers
To consistently achieve market share and growth objectives for territory
Successful implementation of marketing strategies
Meet all sales, and infield activity objectives
To respond adequately & professionally to customer complaints & queries
Diligent reporting as required by line manager
Effective management of business expenses

Qualifications:
Matric
Tertiary qualification within sciences preferable
Computer literacy: MS Office (proficient in Excel, Word & Power Point)
Valid driver’s license

Skills/Competencies Required:
Preferably have solid relationships with target audience
Full understanding of performance drivers including metrics around market share and EI
Understanding, knowledge and insight within identified therapeutic area
Minimum of 4 years successful experience as a Medical Sales Representative in a prescription detailing environment
Previous experience in CNS will be an advantage
Proven track record in sales will be key
Demonstrated track record in meeting output targets
Clear understanding of ROI and own territory
Ability to reason and be innovative
Proven problem-solving skills
Ability to read, understand and interpret clinical trials
Ability to work individually as well as in a team setting
Ability to analyse and interpret data and to devise action plans to address deficiencies (this will be tested)

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Duties and responsibilities:

• Assisting with month-end closures and handling the internal and external reporting in the required formats
• Preparation of monthly forecasts
• Preparation of business reviews and profitability assessments
• Assist with annual budgeting process
• Interaction between divisional Finance Heads and Business Unit Managers on variances
• Maintaining good communication lines with overseas parent company
• Maintenance and support related to the budgeting and reporting software and data models
• Preparation of annual impairment calculations
• Ad hoc projects as required

Requirements:

• CA(SA) or CIMA (essential)
• Minimum 3 years post articles experience
• Overall strong IFRS knowledge, strong financial modelling, excellent excel skills
• Experience with Power BI, Qlikview or Dynamics 365 would be advantageous

Skills required:

• Embodies the company’s values & behaviors in all internal and external interactions
• People skills – highly adapted interpersonal skills
• Problem solving analysis skills
• Priority setting – initiative and follow through
• Time management and deadline driver
• Ability to analyse complex data, seek relevant opinions
• Detail oriented

Candidates that meet the criteria may submit their applications via this portal or via vacancy link on www.mnarecruitment.com

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JOB PURPOSE:

• To ensure that Pharmaceutical Quality System elements are managed as per approved Directives, Policies and Standard Operating Procedures
• Undertake Product release to the market
• Management of the Quality Management System.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist Head of Quality Assurance in the preparation of the Annual Site Quality (Risk) Review report
• Identification of quality risks and mitigation of those risks
• Responsible for batch release and placement of products on the market
• Responsible for approval or rejection of starting material, packaging materials, intermediates, bulk and finished products
• Responsible for handling and management of events and non-conformities and Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA)
• Responsible for logging, review of changes and correct implementation of Change Control system
• To manage Pharmaceutical Quality System elements (Deviations, Quality Complaints)
• Ensures that Periodic Quality Reviews are undertaken on an annual basis
• Ensures that ongoing stability is undertaken at Contract Manufacturing Organization in line with regulatory requirements
• To review Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Batch Manufacturing Records (BMR), Batch Packaging Records (BPR) and Finished Product Specifications, Process Validation Protocols and Reports
• To negotiate and facilitate the development and signoff of Technical Quality Agreements
• To carry out quality risk assessment and compile a risk management plan
• To ensure and/or supervise the correct destruction of damaged, returned and expired goods and to retain the necessary records and to ensure the correct quantity and storage of retention samples as per relevant requirements
• Responsible for preparation and execution of audits (internal and external) in collaboration with Corporate Quality Assurance
• Assist during the preparation and during Health Authorities, Principals and Corporate Quality Assurance inspections
• Assist Head of Quality during Quality Review Board (QRB) meetings, including the regular reviews of operations, process performance and monitoring of product quality
• Responsible for continuous improvement of product quality and of the quality system through monitoring of the requisite KPI
• Ensures the appropriate escalation of quality risk and issues identified and communicated to Head of Quality Assurance as per Escalation and Crisis Management directive
• Assumes the responsibility to suspend operations if not in conformance with GxP, company standards, procedures or product specifications, in the absence of Head of Quality Assurance
• Assist in initiating field alerts and product recalls in collaboration with Head of Quality Assurance, Responsible Pharmacist, Regional Director ESA, Corporate QualityAssurance and Principals, where applicable

REQUIREMENTS:

• B Pharm degree
• Minimum 10 years relevant experience in pharmaceutical industry (QA, Production and Quality Control)
• Sound knowledge of the principles of GxP requirements and SAHPRA guidelines
• Experience in the management of Outsourced Activities as a Lead Auditor

SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Ability to establish strong credibility through decisive leadership
• High energy level, comfortable performing multifaceted projects in conjunction with day-to-day activities
• Excellent interpersonal abilities
• Planning skills
• Reporting and presentation skills
• Communication skills (verbal and written)
• Resourceful, well-organized and structured
• Team player
• Self-motivated
• Action and results orientated
• Good reasoning ability and sound judgement
• Detail orientated

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Experience you will gain:

• As a trainee you will be rotated and exposed to various operations within the various business segments to ensure you receive the required exposure.

Requirements:

• A candidate that has recently completed Matric and registered towards completing a Finance Degree
• Working towards becoming a qualified CA (Required).
• Working towards becoming a Financial Manager.
• Ability to work in a team
• South African citizen (Required)

Key Competencies:

• Confidence
• Self-motivated
• Extraordinary passion for learning
• Need for continuous growth
• Willingness to succeed

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Key Responsibilities:

• HR Administrator – Generalist
• Handle the recruitment process
• Support the team, working effectively, proactively and collaboratively together in all HR matters
• Working with a strong sense of urgency
• Support payroll administration for all employees
• Administration support for internship, apprenticeship programmes, new employees, current staff and exit staff

Requirements:

• HR Related qualification
• Must have recruitment and payroll experience.
• 2-3 years HR experience
• Preferably Sage 300 or VIP experience.
• Energetic and self motivated
• Exceptional planning and organisational skills
• Pro active and takes ownership of responsibilities
• Ability to work well under tight deadlines
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel

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• Ensures the implementation and application of agreed upon standard HR policies and represents the needs of the local CPL and PH Divisions at the country/country group level.
• The position will report into the Head of HR for South East Africa.
• Provides leadership and coordination for all Human Resource activities of the local CPL and PH organisations.
• Ensures the implementation and application of agreed upon HR directives, policies, processes, systems and programmes and strives for best practices in the standardisation, harmonisation and alignment of local HR activities, but always with the business requirements in mind.
• Executes effective local Talent Management (TM) initiatives in line with the global Group strategy to attract, identify, develop and retain the right employees and to maintain a powerful talent pipeline.
• Provides support and guidance to the relevant local management thus enabling them to contribute to the talent management agenda including participation in the Talent Review process with the Country Leadership Team
• Proactively work with the global and regional HR Partners and ensures continuous communication and sharing of information on all important HR topics with them, notably aspects of Talent Management.
• Manages all Labour Relations issues for the country in close collaboration with the Head of HR.
• Contributes to all employee relations and relationships with Union representatives at the local, regional and national level with full compliance with applicable employment legislations.
• Supports organizational changes (restructuring, mergers, acquisitions and divestments) providing appropriate solutions to the business from the HR perspective
• Provides HR perspectives on relevant business operations and consult with local management on HR implications on the strategies.
• Support local management in communicating HR issues properly to employees and employees’ representatives by means of standard instruments (e.g. on-site print; intranet channels).
• Helps local management to align their operations and employee capabilities to the overall strategic directions and the mid-to-long term needs of the local operations (Human Capital Management).
• Through an understanding of the business and engagement with the business leaders, translate the business requirements and challenges into relevant HR actions and initiatives.

Requirements:

• A Bachelors University Degree
• Post-graduate qualification in related field, e.g. Social
• Sciences, Business Science, Management Science
• Knowledge of Labour Law and local legal employment conditions
• Full understanding of the HR Employee Life Cycle
• Skills & Competencies
• At least 10 years relevant experience in HR, e.g. Labour relations, Talent management, Business Partnering
• Experience and proven track record in working across the core HR functions with specific experience in more than one expert HR field.
• Ability to collaborate in the HR business model: HR Operations, HR Partner, Center of Expertise.
• Professional leadership experience, with experience in managing a team being an advantage
• Coaching skills
• Experienced in multidisciplinary project management and corresponding change management.
• Role model for the LIFE Values, Leadership, Integrity, Flexibility and Efficiency.
• Leadership skills including Self-management

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Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Functional Manager (FM) / Clinical Research Manager (CRM) for country protocol feasibility and site feasibility assessment in conjunction with Clinical Trial Assistant (CTA) (if applicable), Site Manager (SM) and Clinical Trial Manager (CTM)/Global Trial Lead (GTL). Implements any local criteria for site selection.
• Ensure consistent conduct of pre-trial assessment visits and instruct teams on appropriate follow-up of pre-trial visit report and country feasibility report.
• Recommends suitable sites for selection to participate in trial.
• Collaborates with the Global product Lead (GPL), CTM/GTL, local management / Country Head and other study team members to select final site list.
• Contributes input to the study management documents at a country level or initiates development of these documents for a single country trial, as per SOPs.
• Leads and coordinates local trial team activities in compliance with SOPs, other procedural documents and applicable regulations. Leads local project planning activities to meet recruitment targets and to deliver high quality data on time and within study budget. Including but not limited to: development of local
  trial specific procedures and tools, recruitment planning, contingency and risk management, and budget forecasting.
• Ensures that all Adverse Events (AEs) / Serious Adverse Events (SAEs) / Product Quality
• Complaints (PQCs) are reported within the required reporting timelines and documented as appropriate.
• Maintains and updates trial management systems. Uses study tools and management reports available to analyse trial progress.
• Monitors country progress and initiates corrective and preventative actions (CAPAs) when the trial deviates from plans and communicates study progress and issues to study management teams.
• May submit requests for vendor services and may support vendor selection.
• In certain situations, may assist in negotiation of trial site contracts and budgets. Forecasts and manages country / local trial budget to ensure accurate finance reporting and trial delivered within budget. Adheres to finance reporting deliverables and timelines.
• Attends / participates in Investigator Meetings as needed. May schedule and conduct a local / country investigator meeting.
• Conduct local trial team meetings and provides or facilitates SM training when needed (i.e. implementation of study amendment and changes in study related processes).
• Reviews and approves Monitoring Visit Reports submitted by SM; identifies issues and / or trends across a trial project and escalates deviation issues to the CTM / GTL and FM as needed.
• Reviews and approves site and local vendor invoices as required. Manages local study, as required.
• Prepares country specific informed consents in accordance with procedural documents / templates. Reviews and manages site specific informed consent forms in accordance with SOPs, other procedural documents and applicable regulations.
• Organizes and ensures IEC / HA approvals, if applicable, and ensure that the trial is in compliance with local regulatory requirements.
• Works with SM to ensure CAPA is implemented for audits and inspection or any quality related visits.
• Complies with relevant training requirements.
• Acts as a subject matter expert for assigned protocols. Develops strong therapeutic knowledge to support roles and responsibilities. May represent GCO on cross functional teams.
• Acts as a primary local / country contact for a trial. Establishes and maintains excellent working relationships with external stakeholders, in particular investigators, study trial coordinators and other site staff; and internal stakeholders, including Medical Affairs and Marketing for Medical Affairs trials.
• Actively leads or contributes to process improvement, training and mentoring of CTAs, SMs and other LTMs.
• Conducts accompanied site visits with SMs as delegated by the FM.
• Assumes additional responsibilities or special initiatives such as “Champion” or “Subject Matter Expert”.
• Represents Functional area in process initiatives as required.

Requirements:

• A minimum of a Bachelor Degree in Science (BSc), in Life Sciences, Nursing or related scientific field (or equivalent experience) is required
• Minimum of 4 years of pharmaceutical and / or clinical trial experience is preferred (including site monitoring experience), however, other relevant experiences and skills may be considered by the hiring manager when considering the candidate’s eligibility
• Specific therapeutic area experience may be required depending on the position.
• Should have a solid understanding of the drug development process including GCP and local regulatory requirements.
• Willingness to travel with occasional overnight stay away from home.
• Strong leadership skills.
• Solid communication and computer skills required.
• Proficient in speaking and writing English.
• Excellent written and communication skills.
• Some experience in mentoring / coaching and providing training to other LTMs, SMs and CTAs.
• Demonstrated ability to lead initiative / small teams.
• Flexible mindset and ability to work in a fast-changing environment.
• Ability to work on multiple trials in parallel in different disease areas, if required.

Candidates that meet the criteria may submit their applications via this portal or via vacancy link on www.mnarecruitment.com

Should you receive no feedback within 7 days, please accept your application as unsuccessful.

Job Purpose:

• Manage the daily Quality Assurance and Health, Safety and Environment activities of the Company's Animal Health facility including the Warehouse to ensure the smooth functioning of all associated departments.
• Organising and co-ordinating the activities of the department and motivating staff to ensure maximum output.
• Ensuring adequate staff development.
• Nurturing and maintaining vitally important relationships both internal and external suppliers and customers.
• Coordination of timeous delivery of quality supplies from contract manufacturers and packers including SHEA Logistics and suppliers of packaging material.
• Supplier Performance Management – to ensure Quality standards in product manufacture by thirds party service providers meets the standards required.
• Contract Management – to prepare and implement and maintain appropriate forms of contract and commitment with suppliers
• To ensure compliance with all legal requirements as Deputy Responsible Pharmacist, as stipulated by the Pharmacy Act (Act 53 of 1974), in the absence of the Responsible Pharmacist.
• To ensure compliance with all legal requirements as stipulated by the South African Health Products Regulatory Authorities (Act 101 of 1965).
• To ensure compliance with all legal requirements as stipulated by the Fertilizer, Farm Feeds, Agricultural Remedies and Stock Remedies Act (Act 36 of 1947) and the Animal Diseases Amendment Act (Act 18 of 1991).
• To ensure compliance with all legal requirements relating to the practices of a Pharmaceutical facility, with respect to the facility.

Key Responsibilities:

COMPLAINTS

• To ensure that all product complaints received are investigated and identified as to the nature of the problem and is directed to the Quality Assurance department.
• To ensure that product complaints involving "adverse drug reactions" are directed to the Pharmacovigilance department within one business day or three calendar days, whichever is shorter.
• To ensure that product complaints are noted and kept on file and followed up in a procedurally correct manner.
• To follow-up product complaint investigations with contract manufacturers and ensure closure and reporting of the investigations to the organization.

RECALL

• To be able to handle a medicines recall according to correct procedure.
• To ensure that all batches of medicine distributed are batch traceable in the event of a recall and that all invoices carry batch numbers.

RETURNED / REJECTED GOODS

• To ensure that goods returned are handled in a procedurally correct manner, reason for returns determined and any further actions followed through and recorded.
• To ensure that goods due to be rejected or reworked are handled in a procedurally correct manner.

GMP / GWP

• To ensure that the facility complies with all GWP and GMP requirements as specified by the SAHPRA.

DISTRIBUTION PRACTICES

• To ensure that the current distribution practices that are in place provide for the adequate distribution of products to customers in terms of Quality and Safety of products.
• Oversee secondary re-packing/re-labeling that is done.
• Oversee and ensure control over the retention samples and retention sample store.

INBOUND SERVICES

• Manage and oversee the activities of contract manufacturers, packers and suppliers to ensure timeous supply of quality product to the company.
• Ensure that the facility uses the services of approved suppliers for manufacturing of the company’s products and supply of packaging material.
• Nurturing and maintaining vitally important relationships with suppliers.

PHARMACOVIGILANCE

• In the event of receiving any communication relating to an Adverse Event / Product Quality Complaint, the employee shall, within one (1) business day or three (3) calendar days, whichever is shorter from the date of receipt of such communication, notify the pharmacovigilance department by email
• To cooperate fully with, and provide all reasonable and necessary information and assistance to the pharmacovigilance department in connection with any investigation relating to the report.

QUALITY ASSURANCE AND CONTROL

• Overseeing the safe handling of all goods with respect to local manufacturing, warehousing and internal transport
• Ensuring that the outsourced distribution arm is in compliance with local applicable legislation.
• Overseeing of the handling of goods with respect to GMP/GWP procedures viz. Returned goods etc.
• Regular auditing and ensuring GMP compliance of local manufacturing facilities and company as whole
• Writing up all relevant SOP’s and ensuring compliance with these SOP’s, with respect to Quality Assurance and Health, Safety and Environment in the Warehouse
• Training with respect to GMP and GWP
• All other duties as required to ensure legal compliance of company with SAHPRA and SA Pharmacy Council
• Overseeing the local manufacturing and secondary packing of all products and Inspection of the third party packers.
• Responsible for the final release of product onto the market as directed by the Responsible Pharmacist.
• Provision of laboratory service to clients, in testing of feed additives concentration in final feed mixes.

HEALTH AND SAFETY

• Ensuring safety standard in the facility by adhering to OHS Act requirements and Global Standards.
• Conduct regular health and safety audits of the facility.
• Liaise with GSE and local EHS team to ensure EHS compliance

Knowledge and Experience Required

• Registered pharmacist
• Computer literate
• Inventory management systems – SAP experience would be advantageous
• Health and safety experience
• QA distribution and Third party manufacturer experience
• People Management

ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES

• Rand Measures
• Drive Cost Savings – Identify, Track and Deliver cost reduction opportunities
• Work as close as possible within the agreed budgets.
• People Measures
• Ensure healthy department relations to maximize output from department

PERFORMANCE DIMENSIONS

• Good planning and organising skills
• Effective Communication
• Technical/professional knowledge
• Service orientation
• Adaptable
• Initiative
• Very Analytical
• Ethics and integrity
• Tolerance to stress
• Energy
• Highly Motivated
• High job standards
• Ability to work under pressure
• Conflict Management

Candidates that meet the criteria may submit their applications via this portal or via vacancy link on www.mnarecruitment.com

Should you receive no feedback within 7 days, please accept your application as unsuccessful.

Key Responsibilities:

• As the Quality Assurance contact, the Pharmacist advises, decides, reports, consults and escalates quality and pharmacovigilance matters relating to products distributed in South Africa, to the appropriate affiliate management, Quality Manager, Regional Quality Leader or Corporate management when needed.
• Also, to ensure that the operation legally complies with the requirements of the Medicines and Related Substances Act 101 of 1965, Pharmacy Act 53 of 1974 and Fertilizers, Farm Feeds, Agricultural Remedies and Stock Remedies Act 36 of 1974.
• Quality Warehouse Pharmacist provides independent quality oversight of the warehouse operations to ensure that all products meet the quality that customers expect, and local regulations require.

Requirements:

• Bachelor of Pharmacy Degree
• Experience as a Quality Assurance Warehouse Pharmacist

Candidates that meet the criteria may submit their applications via this portal or via vacancy link on www.mnarecruitment.com

Should you receive no feedback within 7 days, please accept your application as unsuccessful.

Job Description

The HR Officer is responsible for providing support to the various human resources functions, as well as being responsible for the tasks and areas listed below

Key Responsibilities

Develop a partnership across the HR team to support strategic projects and advance the HR people strategy. Projects will include (but not limited to):

• Wellbeing advancement in the affiliate
• Onboarding and offboarding support
• Monitoring of recognition programs
• WSP/ATR
• Company of choice project
• Support the HR team as we advance the new human capital management system in the affiliate

Support HR compliance and governance

• Ensure all policy reviews are completed and support the business need
• Access control oversight for the affiliate
• Ensure all HR contracts are in place, updated and compliant.
• Monitor and report on employee leave management

Responsible for the learning management system

• Creating new courses and curriculum
• Ensuring all employees have the correct training assigned
• Managing learning plans including monitoring of training completion
• Supporting training needs for the various functions

Requirements for this role

Qualification & Experience

• An undergraduate qualification is essential

Skills & Competencies

• Effective prioritization and planning skills with attention to detail
• Able to work independently and to collaborate cross-functionally
• High learning agility
• Project management skills
• Effective communication at different levels in the organization both locally and globally
• Have a strong compliance mindset
• Ability to challenge status quo by speaking up and pushing back when required

Candidates that meet the criteria may submit their applications via this portal or via vacancy link on www.mnarecruitment.com

Should you receive no feedback within 7 days, please accept your application as unsuccessful.

Admin Assistant Responsibilities:

• Management of MD’s Calendar
• Ownership of Exco Governance meetings
• Minute taking at Exco meetings
• Arranging travel logistics
• Visa applications for business travel
• Capturing and submitting MD’s Expense Report

Internal communications:

• MD’s monthly messages – scheduling and recording prep
• Arranging internal events and Town Halls
• Content creation for different internal communication platforms
• Co-ordinating the Communication Calendar Plan for the Year
• Analytics –tracking the performance of communications measures
• Partnerships with different internal functions for their internal & external communications work (strategy/approach, channel selection, text edit/write-up, video creation)

Skills & Competencies:

• Effective communication at different levels in the organization both locally and globally
• Ability to multitask and prioritize, whilst ensuring attention to detail
• Well-developed organizational skills
• Ability to build strong relationships, both internally and externally
• Able to work independently as well as in a cross-functional team
• Have a strong compliance mindset
• Ability to challenge status quo by speaking up and pushing back when required
• Ability to lead complex activities

Qualification and experience required:

• An undergraduate qualification would be an advantage
• Experience as an Executive Assistant would be an advantage

Candidates that meet the criteria may submit their applications via this portal or via vacancy link on www.mnarecruitment.com

Should you receive no feedback within 7 days, please accept your application as unsuccessful.

Job Purpose:

• The Country Pharmacovigilance Lead reports to the PV Regional Head / Regional PV Lead and may manage a team of PV personnel.
• He/she is accountable for adverse event management including aggregate and individual case safety report (ICSR) health authority submissions and compliance monitoring. He/she is also responsible for other activities which may include but are not limited to: management and negotiation of local PV agreements, local due diligence activities, participation in audits and inspections and related readiness activities, review of local initiatives for compliance with PV requirements, SOP management, local training, management of local safety issues, communication of safety issues, people development, or special projects as assigned, and is able to work on these delegated activities independently.
• The Country PV Lead is also responsible for ensuring compliance with local laws and regulations, company policies and procedures. He/she is the primary point of contact for the local Health Authority and serves as the local Qualified Person for PV (QPPV) / Local PV Contact / Local Responsible PV Person for their country (& supported countries where applicable) and ensures a back-up as required per local PV legislation. The Country PV Lead ensures collaboration with the local Managing Director, Global Medical Affairs (GMA), Legal, and Manufacturing colleagues and other business unit colleagues to obtain alignment on issues arising from and/or impacting PV. He/she may be a part of the local leadership team and is a member/lead of the relevant local governance council.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for strategic leadership of the PV short and long-term country objectives including department structure/function/processes, PV Intelligence and local Health Authority policy development / implementation.
• Responsible for management of local resources, as applicable, including recruitment, training, development and performance management.
• Serves as the as the local Qualified Person for PV (QPPV) / Local Responsible PV person (LRP) as required per local PV legislation.
• Oversees all daily PV processes and activities within the countries covered by the country operation.
• Establishes and coordinates reconciliation processes of AE reports received from local operating units (e.g., Designated Point of Contact, Medical Information, etc.) and contractual partners, as applicable.
• Coordinates the filing, storage and archiving of safety-related documentation in accordance with company’s policies and local requirements.
• Participates in compliance activities and coordinates the preparation of necessary corrective actions locally for late reporting countries covered by the country operation
• Prepares for audits/inspections for countries covered by the country operation and actively participates in the audit and/or inspection. Provides recommendations of corrective and preventive actions (CAPA), tracks CAPA commitments to address findings/observations and monitors until closure.
• Participates in and supports audits of contractual partners/vendors as necessary.
• Defines and develops local standards and procedures (in compliance with regional and global standards) for the department, to ensure quality PV data and evaluates processes for potential improvement in efficiency and effectiveness.
• Develops and maintains local PV controlled documents (i.e. SOPs, training materials, CCPD (where applicable)) ensuring that they are kept current
• Proactively identifies procedural gaps and challenges and implements solutions in collaboration with all affected stakeholders.
• Ensures training of PV staff, as applicable, (including maintenance of the local training matrix and onboarding plans).
• Supports training of local company staff, distributors, vendors, and business partners in the countries covered by the country operation and can provide training as applicable.
• Ensures PV language is included in local agreements, liaising with business partner as required, and ensuring maintenance of BDLM with respect to local and regional contracts.
• Responsible for reviewing and approving local initiatives (e.g. digital interfaces, marketing initiatives/ patient programs, organized data collection systems, etc.), and other programs to ensure compliance with PV requirements, as applicable.
• Responsible for ensuring appropriate implementation and oversight of Risk Minimization Measures, and Additional Risk Minimization Measures locally as per department policy and ensures compliance with local legislations.
• Conducts qualification and ongoing audits of vendors and perform due diligence activities for local country licensing agreements when required
• Provides expertise in the planning, execution, and maintenance of major projects.
• Represents PV in cross-functional organizational and alliance partner forums as needed.
• Serves as local Subject Matter Expert on relevant PV regulations, processes and procedures.
• Liaises with the local business units to keep them apprised of safety activities and provides input on strategic decisions (i.e., new clinical trials, product launches, etc.)
• Participates on local company committees and councils (as appropriate) for matters impacting PV.

Requirements:

• The incumbent must have a health, life science, or medical science degree or equivalent by education / experience and be fluent in English (written and spoken) while proficient in local language.
• He/she should have a minimum of 5 years of industry experience in in pharmacovigilance.
• Supervisory experience managing people/teams/contractors may be required depending on the PV structure in place in the country.
• He/she must have in-depth knowledge of PV regulations for countries covered by the country operation and be an expert in PV processes and activities.
• A knowledge of quality management system standards is required as well as experience interfacing with internal auditors.
• Experience interfacing with health authority inspectors is an advantage.
• The Country PV Lead is expected to have excellent communication, time management, decision-making, problem-solving and leadership skills, the ability to interface broadly with colleagues within related functions and cross-functionally and be able to work independently with no supervision except in the most complex of situations.

Skills:

• Collaboration and Partnering: Demonstrates advanced ability to work in partnership with others (internally and externally) to accomplish quality goals; possesses advanced leadership skills.
• Communication Skills: Demonstrates advanced communications skills to convey and receive information in English and local language. Demonstrates advanced oral and written communications skills. Demonstrates good presentation skills and ability to adapt presentations to various audiences.
• Problem Solving: Demonstrates advance skills in problem solving using creative thinking, gathers data from appropriate stakeholders and responds to new, complex or problematic situations to influence organization direction.
• Strategic Thinking: Demonstrates advanced skills to drive change that enhances processes within the company or cross-functionally that improve quality and /or add value to the business.
• Project Management: Demonstrates advance skills in the ability to organize work efforts, prioritization of tasks and utilize appropriate resources to deliver or support work products in accordance with timelines and appropriate regulations.
• Decision Making: Demonstrates advanced skills to utilize knowledge, networks and data to make rapid and appropriate decisions and to determine when escalation of issues is necessary.
• Business Operations/Knowledge of Field: Demonstrates advanced level of knowledge of business trends and applies this knowledge to optimize daily activities and make appropriate decisions that improves the quality of business and functional area outputs.
• Regulatory and Compliance Management: Demonstrates advanced knowledge of PV regulations and regulatory trends to ensure the functional areas within the company are compliant with regulations and appropriate procedures and policies and proactively manages and mitigates risks to achieve quality outcomes.

Candidates that meet the criteria may submit their applications via this portal or via vacancy link on www.mnarecruitment.com

Should you receive no feedback within 7 days, please accept your application as unsuccessful.

Candidates that meet the criteria may submit their applications via this portal or via vacancy link on www.mnarecruitment.com

Should you receive no feedback within 7 days, please accept your application as unsuccessful.

The representative will be responsible for Doctor Detailing:  

Responsible for planning and promoting the products as given by the company in order to achieve set sales targets within the region. 

Seek opportunities for growth in allocated region. 

Building strong relationships with Doctors, CME’s and attending congresses. 

Servicing smaller pharmacies close to practices.

Key Job Functions:

1. Promote Doctor portfolio – ethical products
2. Customer/ Client Relationships
3. Achieve sales targets
4. Training Doctors on products
5. Execute Marketing strategies for Doctors
6. Arrange CME’s
7. Servicing Dispensing practices

• Promoting products to Targeted Doctors - ENT’s, Pulmonologists, General Practitioners
• Liaise and persuade targeted doctors to prescribe company products utilising effective selling skills and performing cost-benefit analysis
• Selling and promoting against sales targets and achieve territory plan objectives
• Implementation and execution of value-added programs across territory, CME’s
• Responsible for hospital pharmacies, smaller pharmacies / in practice pharmacies like Medicross to promote your products, making sure when script gets dispensed that its captured, ensure no out of stock
• Territory management and developing a routine call cycle for all customers within the allocated territory
• Build relationships with target customers to enhance product knowledge and gain product endorsement in order to generate sales
• Ensure all target customers are fully informed of the product range, correct product application /dosages by means of regular trainings and one-on-one detailing
• General admin: Consolidating monthly expenses, weekly call planner and feedback on infield activities to Regional sales Manager
• Travel to defined geographies to promote products
• Organizing appointments and meetings with targeted pharmacies and Doctors
• Identifying and establishing new businesses in your area
• Monitor and analyse data and market conditions to identify competitive advantage
• Meeting both the business and scientific needs of the healthcare professional
• Resolves customer complaints by investigating problem, developing solutions, preparing reports, and making recommendations to management
• Reviewing sales performance in monthly reviews and present territory
• Attend company meetings, technical data presentation and briefings
• Servicing Dispensing Doctor practices on monthly basis or as frequently as needed

Competency Profile

Skills

• Planning and organising
• Communication Skills
• Customer service skills
• Negotiating and listening skills
• Relationship Building
• Ability to persuade and influence other through strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Excel skills 

Knowledge

• Sales experience Dr Detailing & pharmacies
• Product knowledge
• Repwise/ SSD reports/ Impact RX reports

Behaviour

• Work Independently
• Professional outlook and appearance
• Respectable behaviour
• High level of Self-motivation 
• Honesty and integrity
• Good analytical and problem – solving skills
• Results orientated
• Team player

Minimum experience & qualifications required

• Matric / Grade 12
• Tertiary Qualifications in Science/ Sales and Marketing or business
• At least 3- 5 years Healthcare/ Respiratory Pharmaceutical experience essential
• Valid Driver’s license and own vehicle

Candidates that meet the criteria may submit their applications via this portal or via vacancy link on www.mnarecruitment.com

Should you receive no feedback within 7 days, please accept your application as unsuccessful.

Job Description 

The client is seeking a dynamic Management Accountant to join their finance team. The candidate will work closely with the Financial Manager on all financial aspects of the business, providing business support and relevant reports which provide useful information to management to assist them in planning, organizing and controlling the efficient running of the organization.

This role will be responsible for for managing the complilation of the monthly management accounts and annual budgets, and assistance with external audit for the RSA Division. This includes co-ordinating with staff, business units and managers to ensure monthly deadlines are met by planning time efficiently. The Management Accountant will play a major role in ensuring financial information flow and maintaining relationships with the Division’s business units, as well as with the Group office. The Management Accountant is expected to analyse figures, make the necessary enquiries and report or action thereon.

Qualifications:

• Minimum CIMA or newly qualified CA

Experience:

• Completed and signed off articles, CIMA or CA route.

Duties

• Perform variance analysis on income/expenses and ensure adequate reasons have been obtained regarding significant variances.
• Analyse the monthly sales margin reports and investigate.
• Query management with business unit managers and business unit admin managers.
• Maintain and foster good working relationships and interfaces with the Group office, business units and other divisions Responsible for annual budget preparation managers.
• Responsible for annual budget preparation.
• Preparation of ad hoc reports.

Job Competencies:

• In-depth knowledge of financial principles and processes.
• Good understanding of relevant legislation.
• Good understanding of core business principles and processes.
• Good knowledge of manufacturing environment.
• Exceptional communication skills.
• Ability to manage conflict.
• Highly computer literate.

Candidates that meet the criteria may submit their applications via this portal or via vacancy link on www.mnarecruitment.com

Should you receive no feedback within 7 days, please accept your application as unsuccessful.

Job Purpose:

• Responsible for managing the Finance functions/team locally.
• Reporting to and adhering to corporate policies as set out by the Global Finance team.

Key Job Functions:

1. Segment and analysis reporting with data control and accuracy
2. Monthly MIS / IFRS reporting and ownership of year-end audit process
3. Improving business efficiencies and departmental cost control
4. Debtors control and achieving cash flow targets
5. Policy update and implementation
6. GC% increase and improvement of profitability
7. Budgeting and Long Range Plan for the business

Finance:

• Monthly MIS and analysis reports to provide clarity on MIS numbers to management.
• Responsible for full financial function including ad hoc queries, Flash Sales reporting, MIS reporting, IFRS reporting and Sales Forecast / Rolling Cash Flow reporting.
• Day to day running of the finance department including payment of statutory payments, suppliers, employees, etc.
• Inter account transactions and payments and reporting.
• Meeting with supplier, distributors and internal departments
• Support Country Manager with info, data and slides for quarterly meetings
• Assist with year-end audit and other audits required from time to time e.g. limited review audit, etc.
• Control over debtors and collection.
• Oversee projects to improve profitability and departmental cost control.
• Liaise with local bankers on bank accounts and approve forex payments.
• Ad hoc queries from head office.
• Prepare monthly analysis of cost of goods sold and operational expenses against prior year and budget, providing explanations and business solutions to help mitigate the risks.
• Profitability on top 10 products and brands in MIS.
• Involved with approval of RCF file.
• Involved with Processing of IFRS additional reports.

Budget:

• Prepare, process and analyse

Long Range Plan:

• 5-year business plan approved by HO

Financial Control:

• New in license product launch financial evaluation and stakeholder (head office) involvement with SOP.
• Investigating and viability of new products likely to be sold to market.
• Analyse costs, pricing, variable contributions, sales results and the company’s actual performance compared to the business plans.
• Develop trends and projections for the business.
• Conduct reviews and evaluations for cost-reduction opportunities.
• Oversee operations of the finance department, set goals and objectives, and design a framework for these to be met.
• Correspond with various other departments, discussing company plans and agreeing on future paths to be taken.
• Supervising finance staff and reviewing all financial reports, also improve report quality.
• Identify, investigate, and analyse potential operational improvement. As appropriate, based on findings make proposal for operational changes (policy, procedures, processes, etc.).
• Perform all other duties as assigned and required. Move to next level and add more value.
• Technical expertise with more view on the business
• Connect with HO and highlight issues proactively, e.g. cash flow, sales, etc.
• Involvement in business legal agreements as well as agreement negotiations
• Improve debt collections by building relationships with Key debtors.

Requirements:

Qualifications:

• Qualified CA(SA)
• SAICA Registration

Experience:

• Minimum 5 - 6 years’ work-related experience
• Strong knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry, Computer Literate
• Valid Driver’s license and own vehicle

Required Competencies:

Knowledge & Skills

1. Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities
2. Maintain stable performance under pressure
3. Communication (Excelling oral and written communication)
4. Negotiating and listening skills
5. Relationship Building
6. Ability to persuade and influence other through strong interpersonal and communication skills
7. Excellent Excel and Presentation skills
8. High integrity and ethical standards

Behavior: 

1. Work Independently
2. Professional outlook and appearance
3. Respectable behaviour
4. High level of Self-motivation 
5. Honesty and integrity
6. Good analytical and problem
7. Results orientated
8. Team player
9. Leadership Quality

Candidates that meet the criteria may submit their applications via this portal or via vacancy link on www.mnarecruitment.com

Should you receive no feedback within 7 days, please accept your application as unsuccessful

Advance Pipeline/Marketed Product Support: Submissions, Renewals & Approvals:

• Ensure that all regulatory submissions (new applications and variations) are prepared, filed and approved in a timely manner to meet business targets covering all products in country. Work with agents in country to gain speedier approvals of new applications.
• Maintain all existing pharmaceutical product marketing authorisations and gain regulatory
• Authority approval for the variations of these authorisations. Work with agents in country to gain speedier approvals of variations.
• Keep abreast of emerging legislation, guidelines in Nigeria, Ghana, Mauritius and highlight the potential impact on the business.
• Maintain licences in Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Tanzania and any GMP licence (Region Africa) in product portfolio
• Update RA activities in Launch excellence and ensure on time documentation of submissions and approvals in regulatory systems.
• Review and update package inserts in line with CCDS requirements ensuring an end to end process which includes MOH submission and approval, translations, systems documentations, GLS, awareness at the affiliate and Change control in PPLS.
• Creation, proof-reading and approval of country labeling text, mock-ups, artworks in PPLS.
• Notify immediately of awareness of any regulatory requests, including safety labelling changes, urgent safety restriction requests, as well as external inspections.
• Support regulatory colleagues when necessary

Compliance/Training:

• Ensure compliance with statutory local, regional, and corporate regulations
• Provide technical support to Affiliate Safety Representative (ASR) in submitting PSURs if necessary
• Maintain all regulatory trackers for product and country portfolio to ensure real time monthly updates
• Review and approve local promotional material from Regulatory perspective and in line with the South African Marketing Code and registered prescribing information.
• Communication of regulatory submissions and approvals via regulatory systems;
• Manage CCDS database for product portfolio.
• Manage label change control database for PPLS and provide monthly reports on status.
• Provide Launch Excellence Tool support for portfolio of products to the brand teams.

Regulatory Excellence:

• ­Cooperate and liaise with manufacturing sites, corporate head-office and other AFFILIATE departments.
• ­Coordinate and ensure effectiveness of Regulatory Affairs function.
• ­Write BOP in line with Global Policies, procedures and local procedures.
• ­Assist in BOP development, review and initiation in line with Global Policies, procedures and local procedures in line with Global Policies, procedures and local procedures.

Transforming the Organisation: FutureFit/LRP:

• ­Participate in local brand teams to assist with product development and project planning to ensure that the proposed development plans account for regulatory requirements and that clinical advice is available throughout the process.
• ­Support business development on the market.
• ­Coordinate activities that assist product areas by providing support for:

• Sales and Marketing
• Product complaints and liabilities, where necessary

• Medical support and information (e.g. provide explanation on SmPC when needed) to sales force, customers and end users.

General Responsibility:

• To comply with the company’s policies and procedures to meet statutory, quality and business requirements within the overall strategy and objectives of the company
• Note: This job description describes the principal and main elements of the job. It is a guide to the nature and main duties of the job as they currently exist, but is not intended as a wholly comprehensive or permanent schedule.

Accountability:

• Responsible for presentation and accuracy of documentation submitted to regulatory authorities.
• This is a position in which, with appropriate supervision, a significant level of autonomy is anticipated along with project responsibility.
• Accountable to Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance Director – South Africa and Region Africa.

Education

• Bachelor of Pharmacy degree (or equivalent qualification).
• Tertiary courses in Medicine Registration, Advertising Medicines and other related subjects.
• Literacy in the following software packages: Lotus Notes, Microsoft Office
• Tertiary qualification in a management discipline an advantage

Knowledge

• Knowledge of current legislation governing product registration
• Knowledge of other legal requirements impacting the regulatory environment e.g. advertising, Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) etc.
• Knowledge of pharmacology and therapeutic areas
• Knowledge of the organisation, policies and procedure

Experience

At least five years’ experience in the regulatory affairs environment

Candidates that meet the criteria may submit their applications via this portal or via vacancy link on www.mnarecruitment.com

Should you receive no feedback within 7 days, please accept your application as unsuccessful.

Product marketing and promotion management which includes:

• Formulating strategies for new and existing products in both the medium and the long term for approval by Group Product Managers and Marketing Executive.
• Quarterly data mining and management for positional strategies: IQVEA and ImpactRx
• Briefing of Creative agencies (internal and external) and management of conceptual strategy for timeous and strategic roll out
• Briefing of Communication team and input into bi-annual content plan
• Drive Patient Support Programme (PSP) initiatives
• Brief press / relevant media (industry) to gain appropriate product exposure
• Developing relationships with key clients and opinion leaders in order to conduct market research, gain insights on competitor activity and test strategies
• Preparation and delivery of presentations (new product launches, brand plans and cycle meetings)
• Preparation and management of marketing plans and budgets
• Preparing innovative promotional inputs for implementation of marketing strategies
• Monthly analysis of Sales and Marketing trends to inform future stock projections
• Active market analysis to identify viable new business opportunities for inclusion in the new product pipeline

Product Portfolio Management:

• Ensuring effective product management and product building activities
• Managing products through the life cycle
• Achieving top and bottom line targets as per organizational goals
• Effective budgeting and allocation of financial resources
• Tracking marketing spend monthly and liaising with Finance to ensure correlation with monthly financial management reports.
• Making pricing recommendations to meet revenue and profitability goals
• Recommend sales incentives
• Work with the National Key Accounts and Market Access Manager for inclusion of products on medical aid formularies and KA listings
• Liaise with the Marketing Administrator to ensure completion of all documentation necessary for product pricing
• Tracking of market share and evaluating any changes in the market to allow fast reaction to competitor activities
• Marketing material sign-off and archiving diligence as per SOP requirements

New Business Development:

• Identifying wish list products
• Liaising with Business Development to source new dossiers for future portfolio growth
• Preparing and presenting for Product review committee (PRC) meeting for approval of new dossiers
• Bi-annually updated Launch Readiness Plans (LRP)
• Sales Force Product Implementation
• Launching new products
• Ensuring the tools for implementation of the marketing plan and programs are delivered to the sales force on time
• Training of sales force as per product requirements, in line with marketing plans
• Planning, organizing and attending congresses and SMART functions as required
• Work in field with Sales Representatives to ascertain their implementation of strategies and effective use of promotional material
• Equip sales force to reach customers via Omni-Channels platforms (webinars, emails, WhatsApp, virtual detailing)

Requirements:

• Relevant B degree (Marketing/Business Management/Science)
• 5 years pharmaceutical sales and/or brand management experience
• OTC/ CAM experience

Candidates that meet the criteria may submit their applications via this portal or via vacancy link on www.mnarecruitment.com

Should you receive no feedback within 7 days, please accept your application as unsuccessful.