Product Manager - GEM & Levant

About Abbott

Strategic Planning

• Develop annual marketing plans to grow short- and long-term sales, profit, and market share for assigned products.
• Assess portfolio competitiveness, new product launches, upgrades, channel opportunities, and discontinuation of non-strategic products.
• Forecast sales and investments, track budgets monthly, and use monitoring data to adjust strategy and tactics.

Project Management

• Translate strategy into milestones, communicate clearly, and allocate responsibilities across cross-functional teams.
• Manage marketing plan execution through regular checkpoints, networking, and information gathering.
• Create evidence-based marketing materials and clinical tools with Medical and cross-functional teams.
• Design training programs to improve the sales team's professionalism in individual and group selling.
• Ensure timelines are met and financial results are maximized.

Cost Control and Monitoring

• Assess tactical initiative effectiveness and measure customer response.
• Monitor budgets and expenditures against plan commitments.
• Track sales, market share, profitability, inventories, and product performance, and recommend corrective actions.

Customer and Market Development

• Conduct joint field calls with sales teams to analyze customer needs, market trends, and competitive information.
• Identify growth opportunities, build relationships with key customers and opinion leaders, and align brand and customer goals.
• Develop multi-year marketing plans, product roadmaps, brand campaigns, and digital marketing initiatives.
• Review campaign results, complaints, and suggestions and create programs to address performance issues.
• Coordinate agencies and maintain communication with Area and Global Marketing teams.
• Ensure business activities comply with applicable legal, regulatory, and ethical standards.

Required Qualifications

• Basic degree in pharmacy, veterinary sciences, or medical sciences.
• At least five years of pharmaceutical sales or marketing experience, including at least two years managing Gulf and Emerging markets.
• Experience marketing Consumer Healthcare products through DTC and ATL activities or campaigns.
• Experience initiating digital marketing activities or campaigns.
• Fluent English, excellent presentation skills, and good knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strong sales and marketing track record, business acumen, interpersonal skills, and teamwork.

Additional Qualifications

• An MBA in marketing is an advantage.
• Arabic language is a plus.

Workplace

• The position works out of Abbott's UAE office.