Marketing Manager Job Opportunity - Kampala Pharmaceutical Industries (1996) Limited (KPI)

Organisation:  Kampala

Pharmaceutical Industries (1996) Limited (KPI)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: General Manager

Kampala

Pharmaceutical Industries (1996) Limited (KPI) which is part of the Aga Khan

Development Network and a leading pharmaceutical manufacturer in the East

African Region, seeks to fill the following vacant positions to help take the

company into the next exciting growth phase. KPI distributes pharmaceutical

products to all parts of the country and exports to the East African region,

DRC and South Sudan.

Job Summary: The Marketing Manager will mainly focus on

identifying business opportunities and developing agreed business projects in

line with the company strategy; coordinating and implementing plans and

programs that support attainment of sales and profit targets. The incumbent’s key

focus area will be the export business.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

• In charge of contributing to the company’s
  
  growth strategy through developing new products and giving marketing
  
  support to key products.


• Responsible for analyzing market trends and
  
  developing resulting opportunities.


• Identifying new markets, conducting product
  
  feasibility tests and implementing launches.


• Focus on developing and growing the business
  
  in neighboring countries within the East African region.


• Responsible for growing the institutional
  
  market share of the company with NGOs and private hospitals.


• Building and maintaining linkages between
  
  customers, marketing and production while building relationships
  
  internally and externally.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

• The applicant should have at least five years’
  
  experience in Pharmaceutical sector preferred.


• Previous experience in developing export
  
  business.


• Excellent track record and success in
  
  marketing

All

suitably qualified and interested candidates should send an updated CV and

cover letter via e-mail to info@kpi.co.ug addressed to

Head

of Human Resources/Admin,

Kampala

Pharmaceutical Industries (1996) Limited (KPI),

P.O.

Box 7551 Kampala. Uganda  

Deadline: 30^th March 2016 by 5:00PM