Specialist - Corporate Marketing (LT)

Under the broad direction of the Senior Manager, Marketing Strategy for Global Consulting Services, the Specialist plays a pivotal support role in 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 collaborating on a cross-functional team, managing complex projects, and ensuring high quality and timely completion of marketing initiatives.

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 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 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.
• Assists in preparing 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. 
• 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. 

Work experience:

• Requires a minimum of one year of relevant marketing experience, preferably in healthcare, pharma, or life sciences industry. 

Skills and knowledge:

• 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, collaboration, and relationship-building skills 
• 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)

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

What Cencora offers

We offer a competitive annual bonus, life insurance from Day 1, a best-in-class health insurance package, and up to 6 fully paid benefit days a year. As a Cencora employee, you have the benefit of our referral bonus scheme, our boundless learning opportunities and our global Employee Assistance Program. We have a wonderful office location in Quadrum, equipped with everything you need for a small break at work and fresh snacks at all times. Become part of our purpose-driven, multicultural team now and help us create healthier futures

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