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Aesculap, Inc. Product Manager, Instruments Healthcare Solutions in Center Valley, Pennsylvania
Aesculap Inc. Product Manager, Instruments Healthcare Solutions US-PA-Center Valley | US Job ID: 2024-24951 Type: Hybrid Full Time # of Openings: 1 Category: Marketing Center Valley, PA Overview
Aesculap, Inc., a B. Braun company, is part of a 180-year-old global organization focused on meeting the needs of an ever-changing healthcare community. Through close collaboration with its customers, Aesculap provides advanced technologies for general surgery, neurosurgery and closure technologies. Aesculap continues a proud heritage of leadership and responsiveness as we strive to deliver products and services that improve the quality of patients' lives.
Responsibilities Position Summary:
Responsible for managing and implementing marketing activities for assigned product areas through research, strategic planning and implementation.
Responsibilities: Essential Duties * Conducts on going research to define market needs includes interfacing with hospital personnel, surgeons, nurses, and sales representatives, surgical observation, and literature review to develop and maintain product lines. * Identifies and implements new product styles, patterns, line extensions, deletions. * Maintains inventory to include disposition of excess product and maintenance of marketing warehouse for individual line. Creates promotions to move slow-selling items. * Identifies product and service opportunities to meet market needs. * Develops, analyzes and maintains competitive profiles for products and companies including literature resources. * Develops implements and updates annually the business plan to maximize the companys position, as well as participates in the formulation and development of department's strategic plan. * Develops short-term and long term product promotion strategies. * Formulates effective pricing strategies. * Produces accurate product sales forecasts in conjunction with Forecast and Planning Department and assists in maintaining it current on a monthly basis. * Manages activities with members of various departments to implement the marketing plan includes sales, operations, research and development, regulatory, quality assurance. * Develops and manages new product introduction process, including written product proposals, project management, all launch activities, line extensions and modifications. * Develops all marketing communications materials and promotional items e.g. catalogs, brochures, giveaways, press releases, and training materials for assigned product line. * Distributes updates on products, the market, and competitive activities. * Creates and maintains all training and in-service materials for product line and conducts product demonstrations and seminars to internal and external personnel as requested. * Provides technical product support to the sales force, customer service and managed care. * Coordinates participation at trade shows, workshops, meetings with surgeons and hospitals, sales meetings and participates as required. * Performs special projects as assigned. * Leads team projects and cross-functional assignments. * Drives and controls R&D process with suppliers and OEM customers. * Must comply with applicable ISO and FDA regulations as stated in Quality Manual * Must embody the Company's Vision, Mission and Values * Other duties may be assigne Secondary or peripheral job functions: * Must be able to travel domestically and internationally by air and car, and work occasional weekends. Must possess a valid government issued drivers license and passport. * Requires excellent written and interpersonal communication skills. * Computer skills in Windows, Lotus e-mail, Excel, Power Point and word processing desirable. SAP experience highly desirable. * This position requires the handling of instruments that may have been contaminated by blood or other bodily fluids. In compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Admi istration OSHA regulations, Aesculap will provide a safe working environment for all employees. * Must comply with applicable ISO and FDA regulations as stated in the Quality Manual. * Must embody the Company's Vision, Mission, and Values. Supervisory Responsibilities: * Support Associate Product Manager on projects, deliverables and development.
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It is an essential function of this position for an employee to be present and in-person at the physical sites of our customers and potential customers. Many of our customers and potential customers are in clinical settings, including, but not limited to, hospitals, clinics, and other health care clinics hereinafter, Healthcare Customers. Many of our Healthcare Customers require outside vendors like us to present proof that they have certain requisite vaccinations and immunizations, including, but not limited to, vaccinations against COVID-19 and seasonal influenza, before being granted entry into the Healthcare Customers' clinical settings. To gain access to our Healthcare Customers clinical settings, field sales, field service, and other customer facing professionals are required to register with the vendor credentialing organization associated with the Healthcare Customers, complete the Healthcare Customers' required process, and undergo a series of clearances. Vendor credentialing clearances include, but are not limited to, a national criminal background check, drug screening, and immunizations as determined by the vendors, which may include, but are not limited to, Influenza, Hepatitis B Virus, and COVID-19. You must fully comply with the requirements of the Healthcare Customers in your region, including any necessary proof of any vaccination. As such, all individuals in this position assigned to a Healthcare Customer with a COVID-19, Influenza, Hepatitis B Virus, or other vaccination requirement must be fully vaccinated and/or immunized in accordance with the Healthcare Customers' requirements. B. Braun Medical North America Companies complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act ADA and applicable laws, and on receipt of an accommodation request will engage in the interactive process to assess possible reason Equal Employment Opportunity/M/F/disability/protected veteran status PI255028456