Manager, Marketing for Global Consulting Services

JOB PROFILE SUMMARY: 

Under the broad direction of the Director, Marketing Strategy for Global Consulting Services, the Manager plays a pivotal support role in leading and executing integrated marketing plans and coordinating across our cross functional teams (including product marketing, digital, creative, communications, and market research) to drive business and brand growth. This person works best leading and collaborating on a cross-functional team, managing complex projects, and ensuring high quality and timely completion of marketing initiatives. A passion for driving results as well as an aptitude for getting things done while fostering cross-functional collaboration are critical to success.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Develops meaningful relationships with commercial stakeholder, subject matter experts, and cross-functional team members, understanding and caring about business objectives, audiences, problems-to-solve, and market landscape.

• Responsible for leading and supporting the execution of marketing initiatives with the support from cross-functional team members.

• Helps with ongoing management of the annual marketing budget for the segment.

• Meets regularly with business stakeholders and functional partners (e.g., finance, business communications, PR) to keep all groups well-informed of marketing plan progress.

• Regularly partners with product and marketing insights team to gather and share information to support a strong understanding of our target customer segments, industry trends, and competitor positioning and messaging.

• Analyzes target audiences and helps inform positioning themes and how those should be constructed and communicated for maximum impact.

• Helps coordinate and support industry summits, proprietary events and customer forums for the business segment. Creates the customer experience and pulls through of positioning and messaging for overall event participation. Collaborates with strategic meetings management team to ensure flawless execution.

• Prepares and delivers presentations geared toward team members and stakeholder groups relative to marketing strategy, branding, events, and campaign performance updates.

• Teams up with other members of the marketing and creative team to execute marketing tactics including the creative design and content for collateral, articles, whitepapers, newsletters, letters, websites, advertising, and all other product marketing and campaign activities.

• Serves as strategic collaborator for advertising, branding and other agencies and contractors involved in developing and delivering content through various communication channels. 

• Tracks and measures the success of marketing efforts through quantitative or qualitative research; makes recommendations based on findings and/or best practices. 

Additional Job Description 

• Ensures adherence to enterprise strategy and brand, legal, and corporate compliance guidelines. 

• Identifies ways to maximize efficiency and cost effectiveness within all marketing and advertising channels. 

• Serves as resource and advisor for marketing and communication issues. 

• Contributes to effective team management of all relevant problems, issues, and opportunities. 

• Performs related duties as assigned. 

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EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

Requires broad training in fields such as business administration, communications, journalism, English, marketing or similar vocations generally obtained through completion of a four-year bachelor's degree program or equivalent combination of experience and education.

Normally requires a minimum of 5+ years directly related and progressively responsible experience, preferably in healthcare, pharma, or life sciences industry. 

MINIMUM SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY REQUIREMENTS: 

• Demonstrated success executing marketing initiatives which may include launching new products and services, integrating brands, supporting industry events, and guiding advertising campaigns.

• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively in oral and written forms with sales, customers and management.

• Demonstrated success in group speaking and presentations.

• Well organized with demonstrated success in planning and managing multiple projects simultaneously.

• Strong interpersonal skills to manage vendor relationships and provide customer service to internal staff

• Strong project management and prioritization skills.

• Ability to multi-task and integrate cross functional teams and each of their department needs.

• Ability to lead without authority.

• Strong organizational skills; attention to detail.

• Strong computer skills (e.g., Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, MS Teams, SmartSheet).Graphics knowledge helpful.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:
This position is either office flexible or fully remote depending on proximity to a Cencora office and leadership discretion.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an associate encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions: The noise level in the work environment is generally quiet.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:

Willingness and ability to travel domestically or internationally 1-3 times per year

 

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL REQUIREMENTS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions: 

• Sedentary physical activity requiring reaching, sifting, lifting, finger dexterity, grasping, feeling, repetitive motions, talking and hearing. 

• Visual requirement is for close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision and ability to adjust focus. 

• 75% or more time is spent looking directly at a computer. 

• Associate is frequently required to stand, walk (or otherwise be mobile). 

• Ability to deal with stressful situations as they arise.

What Cencora offers

​Benefit offerings outside the US may vary by country and will be aligned to local market practice. The eligibility and effective date may differ for some benefits and for team members covered under collective bargaining agreements.

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Equal Employment Opportunity

Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law.

The company’s continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.

Cencora is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process which are consistent with legal requirements. If you wish to request an accommodation while seeking employment, please call 888.692.2272 or email hrsc@cencora.com. We will make accommodation determinations on a request-by-request basis. Messages and emails regarding anything other than accommodations requests will not be returned