Brand Manager - OTC, Consumer Healthcare

Are you a strategic and passionate Brand Manager with a background in pharmaceuticals? Do you want to drive growth and shape the future of OTC (prescription free medicine) and Consumer Healthcare brands in a dynamic, purpose-driven company? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

About the job 

Join us at Orifarm as our new Brand Manager OTC, a pivotal role where you’ll take the lead in building and executing growth strategies, launching new products and brands, managing the product portfolio and owning brand communication in close collaboration with key pharmacy customers and internal stakeholders.

As Brand Manager OTC, you will be responsible for:

• Leading growth initiatives with focus on the OTC category (prescription free medicine)
• Developing and executing strong Go-To-Market sales- and communication plans
• Managing brand strategy, portfolio planning, and leading sell-in presentations to central pharmacy customers
• Coordinating campaign development from concept to regulatory approval
• Driving new product development (NPD), analysing business cases, sales and market data and collaborating with the Global team to shape the Swedish OTC portfolio
• Managing contacts with agencies and partners with a consumer- and customer-centric approach
• Supporting OTC projects and advising internally on medical-scientific matter.
• Creating and reviewing communication and educational material for both consumers and Health Care Professionals, ensuring compliance with Swedish pharmaceutical marketing regulations

This is a role with both strategic and operational responsibilities, ideal for someone who enjoys taking ideas from concept to execution. You will be reporting to Head of Consumer Healthcare Sweden.

Who are you? 

We’re looking for a seasoned Brand Manager who thrives in a fast-moving environment and has a deep understanding of the pharmaceutical market.

We hope that you to fulfil several of below points:

• Preferably 3 years’ experience in a Brand Manager/Project manager role within the pharmaceutical or related industry, You could also have a background as Category manger from Pharmacy chains, or equivalent

• Bachelor's degree, Pharmacist degree (preferred), biological sciences, pharmacy, business related field, or equivalent
• Experience working with central pharmacy customers

• Project management skills
• Commercial mindset
• Fluency in Swedish and English
• Good understanding of pharmaceutical regulations and ethical rules (e.g. LVFS 2009:6, LIF, LER);

Additionally, it is important that you are:

• Strategic yet hands-on
• A self-starter who takes ownership and drives results
• Strong communication skills, both in writing and in presentations
• Structured and an eye for details
• Creative, yet data driven
• A collaborative team player
• Easily navigates in a complex industry with many stakeholders both internal and external

Who are we? 

Our office in Stockholm is brand new and centrally located, just a few minutes from T-centralen. We work in a hybrid model and enjoy social activities together. You’ll be part of a passionate, supportive team with high ambitions and a genuine commitment to improving people’s lives.

Why should you work for Orifarm?

At Orifarm, we know that our growth comes from the development of our employees. We are an ambitious organization with an entrepreneurial culture celebrating can-do attitudes, smarts, and hearts. Our secret to success? Valuing how different skill sets join forces to make our journey happen.

You will experience a work environment characterized by flexibility and a strong commitment to work-life balance, understanding that the best results come from satisfied and well-supported employees. Our international setting offers good opportunities for growth and career advancement. We also prioritize social events and gatherings to ensure that our employees feel connected and engaged.

We regard our feedback culture as a fundamental element in the individual employee's opportunities for learning and development. When we have good results, every employee, including student workers, is part of our bonus scheme.

About Orifarm

Everyone should have access to modern medicine. High costs or lack of access to pharmaceuticals should never impact on our possibility to receive treatment or relief and live a healthy life. At Orifarm, we aim to bring healthy days by making modern healthcare a better deal for the people and the societies we serve. Working towards our vision, we create access to affordable, high-quality pharmaceuticals and healthcare products by challenging markets and always seeking new opportunities. And everything we do is driven by our sole purpose:

For as many as possible, as healthy a day as possible.

Orifarm has grown from a small nine-person company into an international company operating globally in 15 countries. Today, Orifarm is Europe's largest parallel importer of pharmaceuticals and Denmark's largest supplier of pharmaceuticals, with more than 2,200 employees.

We encourage everyone to apply

At Orifarm, we welcome people from all backgrounds, recognizing that the best outcomes come from a diverse and inclusive work environment. Our commitment is to create an environment where different perspectives and skills drive innovation and contribute to a sustainable future. By creating such an environment, we are confident that we can achieve better results together.

Job Location

Stockholm in our new office near T-Centralen.

Application deadline 

We review applications as they come in so, please send in your application as early as possible. The application period will be closed 19th of April