Product Manager – Continence Care & Skin Health (12-month contract)

at  Medline Industries Inc

VALUE PROPOSITION

As a leading partner in healthcare, Medline Canada’s sole purpose is Together Improving Care – this means being deeply committed to the health and well-being of our customers, employees, partners and our communities. We employ a diverse group of top talent focused on growing and making a difference in the lives of Canadians, coast-to-coast.

Compensation is only one part of the Employee Value Proposition that Medline Canada offers our employees. As part of our mission, we offer one of the most competitive and engaging employee experience programs in Canada, which includes:

• Collaborative work environment with highly engaged employees
• Annual Employee Appreciation Week
• Career growth and training programs
• Open communication with Senior Leaders
• Recognition programs
• Social activities
• And much more…

JOB SUMMARY

This position is responsible for assisting in the commercialization (go-to-market) strategy and managing the lifecycle of high value Medline Brand products and services to accelerate Medline Canada’s growth in the continence care market space.
Location: Mississauga, ON (Hybrid)
Reporting to: Group Product Manager

QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Science, or related field.
• Minimum 3 years of experience with product management, marketing, sales, or healthcare related field
• Excellent organizational, planning, communication, and follow-up skills
• Excellent presentation skills for large and small groups
• Strong strategic, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Action and results oriented demeanor
• Ability and comfort in creating, developing, and doing new things
• Ability to influence internal and external stakeholders without direct authority
• Expertise in Microsoft Office Suite – Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, and Project.
• Ability to travel to Chicago and across Canada as required (10-20%).
• Preferred marketing research experience, understanding of Brand Marketing and advertising.
• Experience in managing products that are clinically oriented
• Background in or knowledge of continence care and skin health best practices
• Bilingual – English and French (asset)

• Determine Medline Canada’s market opportunities, addressable market and channels, and targets for increased market penetration and competitive landscape on Medline Industries, LP products already sold in the US, in Canada, or internationally, and for future pipeline opportunities.
• Determine customer’s business and patient care issues and understand the buying process by channel to develop a compelling value proposition for decision makers, approvers, recommenders, influencers, etc. and tie to compelling events like legislation.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, internal and external to the organization, as part of product lifecycle management and end-to-end product commercialization efforts.
• Assist in developing and implementing integrated product launch strategies and marketing campaigns by channel including developing sales literature, marketing publications, presentation materials, and training.
• Develop an integrated demand creation plan and a comprehensive, methodical process for ongoing demand planning and forecasting as well as the corresponding distribution plan with Procurement, Inventory Management, Operations, Logistics, Customer Experience, and Sales.
• Travel with sales force to support efforts to convert customers and grow Medline brand business; provide timely follow-up to sales by answering product questions via email and phone.
• Ongoing Growth Trend and ROI analysis.
• Work closely with cross functional teams consisting of Medline Product Division Product Managers and Marketing Managers, Medline Canada Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs(QARA), Production facilities, and Sales, Clinical Support, Procurement, Inventory Management, Operations & Logistics, IT, and US Item Master Data, Marketing Traffic, and Medline Canada Marketing Communications.
• Work with Clinical Leadership to develop clinically based studies, programs, and solutions.