Country Marketing Specialist - Medical Devices

About the role

Solventum, formerly 3M Health Care, is hiring a Country Marketing Specialist for its South Africa portfolio in the medical devices industry. The role supports the development and execution of integrated marketing strategies, driving portfolio growth through customer insights, pricing optimisation, cross-functional collaboration, channel performance management and effective budget stewardship, while ensuring compliance and operational excellence.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and execute country marketing plans, programmes and tactics aligned with business objectives, using customer, competitor and market insights.
• Lead cross-functional coordination across product, sales, digital, pricing, CRM and channel teams on integrated campaigns, promotions, customer engagement and commercial programmes.
• Drive brand, product and channel marketing, including digital marketing, CRM programmes, promotional pricing, sales enablement materials and customer campaigns.
• Use data and analytics to segment markets, evaluate coverage, track channel performance and generate insights for business decisions.
• Conduct competitive and pricing analyses and recommend pricing strategies and promotional approaches.
• Provide leadership in projects and change initiatives, setting priorities, coordinating resources and supporting capability development.
• Manage marketing budgets and related financial processes such as purchase orders, budget allocation, vendor management, service confirmations and payment tracking.
• Ensure marketing, branding, promotional, pricing and merchandising activities comply with company policies, legal requirements and industry regulations.
• Gather and share customer and end-user insights through research, CRM data analysis, market feedback and stakeholder engagement.
• Monitor marketing performance metrics and recommend adjustments to maximise return on investment.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in marketing.
• Intermediate to advanced experience in portfolio marketing, product marketing and/or product management within the medical devices industry.
• Ability to communicate across the organisation and collaborate with international colleagues in the Middle East and Gulf region.
• Current, valid driver's licence.

Work arrangement

• Hybrid eligible: some remote work but travel to the office on Leslie Avenue, Fourways, Gauteng, at least 2-3 days per week.
• Travel may include up to 40%.