Head of Sales & Marketing

Niconovum AB is now opening up for a key position in the company, where you will oversee all Sales & Marketing activities and a team of five highly competent people in the Nordic region. Are you a creative and agile leader, with extensive experience in Brand Management, preferably within pharmaceuticals or healthcare brands, who is triggered by high goals and a fast-paced environment? Then we can´t wait to hear from you.

About Niconovum

Niconovum AB is a medical company that markets innovative nicotine replacement therapy products under the Zonnic brand and as private label. Our products are sold in five markets: Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland and the UK. In the Nordics, Zonnic is third in terms of market share, but is consistently gaining share. All products are regulated and approved pharmaceuticals. Niconovum AB is a fully owned subsidiary within the British American Tobacco Group and has 16 colleagues. We are growing steadily and have an exciting journey ahead of us.

You will be based at our office in Hyllie, Malmö, reporting directly to, and working closely with, our President.

The Role

Our Head of Sales & Marketing is in charge of all Sales & Marketing functions and will be the lead in all cross-functional activities. You will be expected to continue driving our growth across the Nordic region, with a strong focus on efficient decision-making, as well as collaborations with stakeholders – internal and external – and strategic planning, including business case development for a wide array of projects.

To elaborate on your areas of responsibilities:

• Day-to-day management of all sales and marketing activities
• Annual budgets and evolving Business Development plans
• Market analysis and research, and country-specific marketing plans
• Effective and compliant communication strategies, and campaign/tactic evaluations
• Sales forecasts and financial reporting
• New product and packaging launch plans integrated with operations and regulatory planning
• Recommendation for growth, with full business cases, including tactics, P&Ls and resource requirements
• Lead and develop an autonomous team to further their skills while promoting an open, democratic, and inclusive culture

Your Profile

We believe that to succeed in this role, you have a relevant academic degree as well as a minimum of 8-10  years experience working in Brand Marketing. Experience with non-prescription pharmaceuticals and/or healthcare brands is strongly preferred, but not required. In previous roles, you have had a strong interaction with, or direct involvement in, sales activities, and product and packaging development. You have considerable knowledge of the basic marketing mix, including multi-channel trade marketing and social media, and are comfortable running market research studies from start to finish, as well as working with external agencies and syndicated data. P&L/budgeting experience is desired.

Last, but definitely not least, you have proven yourself to be a leader with strong teambuilding skills and a sharp and energetic approach. You believe in your team and their capabilities, and thrive on creating and reaching goals together. You prefer transparency and consensus, and letting your people do what they do best while you are always there to support them whenever the need arises.

Also, you do need to be fluent in Swedish as well as English for this role. An additional Nordic language is a huge bonus!

Next step

This process is in collaboration with Badenoch + Clark. For any questions regarding the position, please reach out to Senior Consultant Matilda Rodey at matilda.rodey@badenochandclark.se. We use digital screening interviews, personality tests, and background checks in our recruitment process, and will notify you prior to engaging in these.

We look forward to receiving your application as soon as possible and no later than March 4th, at www.badenochandclark.se or using link below. Selection will be ongoing – so contact us today!