Basic Qualifications
A Bachelors Degree in one of the following subjects;
Chemistry/ Applied Chemistry/Pure Chemistry
Industrial Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry
Must have graduated in the year 2016 or 2017.
Preferred Qualifications
A Bachelors Degree in one of the following subjects;
Chemistry/ Applied Chemistry/Pure Chemistry
Industrial Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry
Skills
Familiarity with Laboratory procedures
Good Oral communication skills
Attention to details
Good record-keeping skills
Computer skills – basic
Details
Job Description-The Project Trainee will be trained and charged with the testing of in-use Stability samples for finished products.
This will involve the analytical testing of in-use stability samples using written instructions to accurately prepare samples and conduct chemical and physical analysis as scheduled in collaboration with the lab manager.
The purpose of in-use stability testing is to provide information for multi-dose products after opening.
Quality Control: Conducts a wide range of quality control tests and analyses on products to uncover defects. Reports to management who make the decision to allow or deny the release. Testing for process monitoring. Testing of Raw Materials
Essential Responsibilities
i) Scheduling and planning testing.
ii) Performing the Analysis.
iii) Report Writing.
iv) Notification of any stability failures.
v) Safety health and environment protection.
vi) Writing reports and keeping all records and Data.
vii) Proper use of laboratory equipment.
viii) Complying with quality and EHS standards for all activities carried out in the laboratory and GSK at large.
Contact Information
You may apply for this position online by selecting the Apply now button.
Company Address: Address Likoni Rd, Nairobi, Kenya
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Lab Analyst Project Trainee
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Multi Channel Marketing Content & Channel Manager
Basic qualifications: Degree in Marketing, Business, Science
Preferred qualifications: Degree in Marketing, Business, Science Proven experience with content management, content marketing
Strong relationship building skills
Details: Manage effective engagement of target customers through the delivery of promotional and educational content across our multi-channel platforms. The person in this role will work closely with the regional MCM Head, LOC brand managers and scientific advisors in their aligned areas to leverage new and existing content across existing channels and be a part of leveraging any new channels. This person will play a critical role in making sure content plans are delivered on time.
Job Description:
You will work closely with marketing teams to build long term content management plans. Overtime you will be learning what content customers want through watching metrics and make recommendations to brand managers on how to evolve content plans.
The role will be responsible for driving the delivery of overall content plans across channels – portal, email, webinar, third party sites, and corporate website. You will be ensuring a consistent approach to content across the channels for your aligned areas.
Your experience in online content, content development and your technical expertise in website architecture will ensure that GSK delivers a valuable customer experience.
Key to this role will be liaising with all stakeholders involved in the planning, creation and approval of content to ensure that content is fit-for-purpose and will lead to quality interactions that drive high customer engagement to meet reach and engagement objectives.
Working with ADC marketing and sales teams to ensure all digital content is impactful, valued and leads to return visits.
Deliver a consistent customer experience across channels and products – style, layout, tone of voice, imagery, GSK values based using the CMS, content authoring.
Reviewing content benchmarks and KPI’s to ensure customers receive a great user experience.
Use engaging innovative content/story telling approaches to increase traffic to designated sites, increase valuable HCP interactions, etc.
Identify third party content to meet brand strategy needs.
Work with global/regional content managers to ensure global content is leveraged locally.
Utilise SEM of health.gsk content on search engines / third party sites.
Delivery of MCM content plan.
Identify content opportunities globally / 3rd party
Manage Content writing agencies
Digital asset creation, editing and re-purposing
Filming and Video production where necessary
Work with brand teams on a daily basis (attending VMBs, strategy meetings, etc) and lead the creation/implementation of tactical online content to drive brand strategy -
Medical Advisor – Training and Capability
Basic Qualifications
MBCHB or life sciences Degree
Required
Preferred qualifications:
MBCHB or life sciences Degree
Fluent in English – Read, speak, write
Sound medical knowledge of basic sciences, but also disease areas such as infectious disease, respiratory, vaccine preventable illness
Desirable
Previous similar roles or training/teaching experience
Pharmaceutical/Healthcare Industry experience
Able to communicate in Portuguese or French
Excellent Presentation and facilitation skills
Strong collaboration & communication skills
Skilled Knowledge of Project Management and planning
Good knowledge of HR processes including recruitment and selection, reward and motivation systems and organisational development
Details
Job Purpose:
Drives outstanding medical knowledge and understanding of key therapy areas within the commercial and medical teams.
Leads medical affairs capability development.
Job Description-Essential Job Responsibilities
Agree training priorities with key stakeholders i.e.. Country Medical Directors, Commercial Excellence partners, Business leaders, Sales and Marketing and develop a training and development strategic plan.
Develop and drive plan to address capability gaps identified within the medical organisation. Leverage any developed solutions with other cross-functional stakeholders (e.g. sales & marketing).
Measure and report on impact of learning interventions.
Develop medical resource library, assessing and leveraging content from various internal and external sources as required.
Drive consistency, optimise and maintain medical on-boarding programs.
Continuously improve, explore, evaluate and implement existing and/or new methods of learning where appropriate
Ensure frequent evaluation of solutions available across the network/within GSK and implement as appropriate
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Site Director
Basic Qualifications
University graduate with at least 8 years manufacturing experience in the FMCG/Pharmaceutical HealthCare industry and 5 years at senior management level.
Preferred Qualifications
Undergraduate Degree in Biochemistry/Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Supply Chain & Operations Management, BComm or related sciences with at least 5 years manufacturing experience in the FMCG/Pharmaceutical HealthCare industry at senior level with proven ability to collaborate and engender trust across all areas of the business.
MBA qualification will be an added advantage
Details
The Site Director is responsible for overall management of GSK’s Manufacturing operations is Nairobi ensuring there is reliable supply of product to meet commercial demand. Provides leadership to all GMS/technical related functions at the Likoni Road Site and ensures there is efficient and appropriate utilization of Company resources and assets.
CONSUMER LIKONI ROAD SITEFactory Overheads :GBP 2,400KCapital Expenditure :GBP 2,300KStandard Cost of Production : GBP 4,700KFactory :90 Permanent & 70 Contingent Workers
Essential Job Responsibilities
Translating the GMS & Supply Chain strategy into the Site Business Plan. Setting the direction for the Site, contributing to and formulating the strategy and long term vision for the Site ensuring investment in facilities and people to secure necessary standards going forward.
Provide a secure source of supply of high quality products to support CH East Africa Business.
To ensure that the site complies with:-GSK Quality, Safety and Environmental Standards and Policies.Kenyan Ministry of Health local GMP and Safety Standards.Kenya Bureau of Standards requirements (oral care & nutritionals).The GMP and Quality Standards of all countries where product from the Nairobi site are exported to.
Preparation of 3/1 plans and budgets in line with Group requirements for Likoni site.
Manage and balance Consumer demand and supply requirements in line with overall operating capacity always keeping quality in mind.
Deliver improvements in the key Site KPIs aligning with those of CH International Region and striving to improve on year on year basis.
Champion and drive Operational Excellence to improve operational effectiveness starting with the basics to get an ‘OE’ culture at the site.
Assign clear management task ownership for key business and operational process for efficient execution in Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Finance, IT, OE and EHS.
Communicate in a timely manner to all above Country requests for information and provide regular monthly updates on progress.
Work closely with ETCM to drive major capital projects at the Site.
Developing relationships with Key Opinion Leaders and external stakeholders – particularly regulators, national institutions, local Government, local pressure groups and community.
Integrating, leading, challenging and empowering Site Leadership Team and fostering a climate of teamwork and collaboration.
Accountability
Deliver the financial targets in the 3/1 plan
To develop products of local opportunity for the East Africa market, while working closely with Commercial, mainly CH on meeting their changing needs via new innovations and prompt supply.
To take a leadership role in promoting Operations Excellence culture in GMS and lead Likoni site to Vision Factory status
Provide visionary leadership to all GMS employees, taping on potential available within the business by using resources wisely and judiciously.
Complexity
To play an active role in the GSK Kenya Customer Board ensuring that GMS is well represented in all the decisions taken by this board. To ensure that adequate Shared Services agreements are in place.
Work closely with the African & Middle East supply chain to ensure smooth supply of products.
Manage the business’ external relationships to enhance GSK’s good public image with policy makers and other key players in the market. Maintain, enhance & maximise GSK’s positive image in all markets.
Manage complex projects with heavy capital investment.
Contact Information
You may apply for this position online by selecting the Apply now button.
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Medical Advisor
Preferred QualificationsBachelor of MedicineRegistered with the Medical and Dentists Practitioners Board and have a have a current Practicing License.Experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry preferably as a Medical Advisor will be an added advantage.DetailsThe candidate will be responsible for supporting the medical/marketing programs at country level for the products assigned, as well as for providing technical support to marketing, medical, sales and external customers.Key Responsibilities
Provide medical support to the marketing division and regulatory department to ensure successful commercialization of products throughout their life cycles
Provide robust medical/scientific/technical advice/guidance to internal and external customers on GSK’s products
Supply and maintain a compassionate use programme of unregistered products in accordance with legislation and clinical need.
Ensure training including Adverse Events and Promotional Code is conducted at induction for all new GSK staff.
Train Medical Representatives on disease area and GSK’s Medical Governance policies and SOP’s
Ensure adherence to SOPs and legislated standards
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Business Analyst
Basic QualificationsBachelor’s Degree in Business Management, Accounting, Economics, Statistics, Information Technology or Computer Science.Preferred Qualifications
Degree in Business Management, Accounting, Economics, Statistics, Information Technology or Computer Science.
Advanced skills in Excel and Computing.
Prior working experience in analysis and reporting of market intelligence.
Strong communication (oral, written, and presentation), analytical, and strategic thinking skills.
DetailsThe Business Analyst is tasked with capturing, analysing and communicating market intelligence to support the businesses and management better understand the current competitive environment.The Key Responsibilities Will Be To
Collect business intelligence data from available industry reports, public information, field reports and purchased sources.
Synthesize current business intelligence or trend data to support recommendations for action.
Produce and present highly intuitive reports with insightful and valuable information for the sales and marketing teams in order to enhance our customer relationships and GSK’s position as a strategic partner to customers.
Conduct data research and analysis so as to identify and monitor current and potential customers.
Designing and maintaining high quality processes for measurement, tracking, reporting and analysing distributor sales and stock holding reports.
Recognising and extracting critical indicators from large and complex data sets and being able to interpret and express those indicators in a business context.
Analyse competitive market strategies through analysis of related product, market, or share trends.
Interpret and communicate key trends and recommendations on business opportunities related to those trends.
Liaise with external stakeholders such as the key hospitals, Sanisphere, BMI, and Frost & Sullivan in developing tools to assist performance management processes.
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Recruitment Lead
Basic Qualifications
Bachelors In Business Administration or related qualification
Good communication and presentation skills
Experience in developing recruitment related strategies
Preferred Qualifications
Qualification in ADP/Lean Sigma
Masters in Business Administration (HR or any function)
3 to 5 years of relevant work experience
Regional Recruitment Experience
DetailsThe purpose of the job is to develop, manage and implement recruitment strategies for the organization while maintaining an active pipeline through effective Employer Branding. The role requires working closely with internal and external stakeholders ensuring support for talent activities.Role Details
Provide direction and guidance to the team and lead the team to deliver high quality strategic sourcing for market through creating and implementing effective recruitment activities in the talent market;
Develop line managers’ capability on interviewing and selection by providing training and coaching on interviewing techniques and assessment tools etc;
Provide training and coaching to line managers on recruitment related SOPs and local labor law to ensure the compliance in daily operations to recruitment minimum standards;
Proactively participate in driving optimization, simplification and standardization of recruitment SOPs across the country / cluster
Design the selection matrix for choosing the optimum recruitment channel and recruitment source by monitoring and constantly reducing the costs of the recruitment process
Keep close communication with key stakeholders in country / cluster such as but not limited to functional heads, HR Generalists etc to understand the business plan and workforce plan as well
Hands-on recruitment for critical positions, from understanding the job requirement, searching, screening, and providing candidates. Maybe is a part of the interviewing process.
Develop creative recruitment solutions to attract and acquire top talents esp. for niche or critical roles.
Devise or introduce effective evaluation method, assessment tools including to enhance the hiring quality
Lead country / cluster on GSK employer brand promotion by analysing and developing the value proposition of GSK as an employer, and organizing various activities in target talent market promoting GSK towards Most Preferred Employer;
Lead the country / cluster for recruitment related third party vendor management processes
Lead the use of the recruitment technology and tools, such as People Fluent, provided by GSK ensuring that agreed SLAs and KPIs for the process are met across the area of remit
Manage all external communications relating to recruitment e.g. advertisement, communication with executive search firms etc.
Actively adopting best practices from within the GSK network and other companies operating in the country / cluster.
Establish appropriate networks outside GSK in the related industry to keep close watch on the talent market movement;
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Africa Compliance Officer
Key Responsibilities
Understand business strategy and objectives
Act as a strategic advisor and partner with the business to develop compliant solutions
Champion of the GEC function by promoting the value-add we bring
Coach relevant GSK staff on the Values and Expectations
Development and oversight of direct reports (where applicable).
Implementation of compliance programs by translating global requirements into local specifications, including any relevant training
Design and ensure implementation of the Internal Control Framework that enables risk oversight and effective controls.
Act as a change leader for cutting edge practices and standardisation, where appropriate, to simplify the complexity of our practices.
Promote a Values-based culture through encouragement of, among other things, Speak Up
Engage with external parties to promote and defend GSK’s industry ethical lead and shape the external environment
Partner with the business to develop and oversee completion of CAPAs resulting from investigations, monitoring, audits or inspections
Oversee CIT investigations and manage stakeholders
As a key member of RMCB and Country Executive Board, encourage discussion of relevant, significant risks and ensure that issues and conclusions are escalated upwards and consistently across the market.
In addition to the responsibilities listed for a Country Compliance Officer:
Development and oversight of LOC-level people, where applicable
Support the development and execution of compliance strategy
Champion creation of a learning organisation which forms an integral part in learning and ensuring similar risks are assessed appropriately elsewhere in GSK,
Consider the BU enterprise view when developing compliance solutions
Influence the culture and practices of leaders at a division or function level
Partner with key leaders and managers in the business and influencing their strategies, risk management processes and strategic decision-making
Help the business evaluate and agree on its appetite for risk and explore options for proactive and pragmatic mitigation.
As a key member of governance boards, encourage discussion of relevant, significant risks and ensure that issues and conclusions are escalated upward.
Ensure governance framework is defined and there is clearly defined links and escalation to and from each governance board within the BU.
Drive accountability toward greater business transparency, compliance, values based decision making and a robust governance framework which reinforces trust in GSK from customers, business partners and patients.
Knowledge and Capabilities
Set Direction and Inspire
Influences business strategies and activities using strategic thinking and your knowledge of the GSK business, our competitors, the industry and regulators
Work Across Boundaries
Develop solutions that apply beyond the direct area of responsibility, potentially pan-BU.
Sees past the BU/Function silo walls and understands the broader risk management needs of GSK
Release Energy
Create an environment that enables teams to perform at its best and builds trust and team spirit to enhance the effectiveness of the group.
Develop Capability and Talent
Build a climate which values cross boundary collaboration where teams are encourages to maximise the skills, experience and expertise.
Develops their teams to ensure they develop the necessary capabilities (soft and technical skills) and proactively manages performance.
Drive Performance
Facilitates regional or BU/Function RMCBs and partners the business to establish the agendas.
Has a deep understanding of business strategies for their part of the organization and other relevant areas of GSK
Live Our Values:
An effective and influential leader and a trusted delegate for high level meetings
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Medical Representative
Details: Key Responsibilities:Scientific Knowledge* Continuously builds knowledge of GSK multi-channel brand strategies and leverages that knowledge with customers in informing on prescribing behaviours.* Understands GSK and competitor’s brands features and benefits and applies knowledge effectively in their PFSS and multi-channel selling approach.* Builds a comprehensive disease and pathology knowledge and leverages it with customers to support decision making.* Has strong understanding of treatment guidelines and patient profiles and leverages them to build credibility with customers.Business Planning* Uses multiple data sources to analyse and review territory performance dynamics (including competitor performance) identifying territory trends and opportunities for GSK.* Builds territory insights that capture opportunities and drive decision making, including the selection and prioritization of customer targets and the development of robust territory coverage call plans.* Develop, based on customer insights, multi-channel business plans with strategically aligned ASMART objectives, strategies and tactical activities that deliver business objectives.* Implements multi-channel business plans, uses KPIs to track performance and adjust plans where required.Selling Skills* Effectively engages with customers through a PFSS selling approach or multi-channel selling approach and is proficient in using appropriate multi-channel selling platforms aligned to customer preferences.* Actively prepares for, and executes the PFSS selling approach uncovering opportunities, making recommendations aligned to patient and customer needs, addressing objections and effectively closing.* Regularly measures sales call performance and seeks FLSL feedback to continuously improve.* Builds collaborative internal and external relationships that enhance the customer journey, channels customer feedback into the wider organization and proactively delivers efficient and effective sales administration.* Engages pharmacies effectively through the Pharmacy Sales Call Model.Accountability:* Achievement of local identified business objectives and measures to enhance the Territory performance, efficiency and effectiveness. (e.g. customer coverage, call rate, business planning).* Successful completion of all required Online Learning modules through GSK LMS system – My Learning.* Operates effectively and efficiently through the multi-channel environment, leading with science.* Business planning and execution.* Patient focused scientific selling.* Product and disease knowledge and expertise.* Personal development planning in the spirit of continuous improvement.* Implementation and adherence to all GSK activities aligned to GSK vision, expectations, values and code of conduct and code of practice.* Expense management and sample reconciliation.
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Finance Hub Analyst, Africa
Basic qualifications: Internationally recognized professional Accounting qualification
Degree educated Reasons for Requirement
The management of several versions of forecasted P&Ls leads to regular gap & variance analysis, consolidation and presentation of results to senior stakeholders. This requires a sound financial acumen and good presentation skills for appropriate delivery. Details: Key Responsibilities:
Perform monthly reconciliation activities for the markets and ensure numbers alignment between the different ERP systems by taking remedial actions for ensuing errors
Regularly ‘maintain’ the integrity of the underlying master data (e.g. customer master, product master, chart of accounts, forecast groups, exchange rates, etc)
Ensure streamlining and bridging of knowledge gaps at LOC level and minimizing the workload on native finance personnel.
Weekly calls with the markets follow-up on key takeaways and action agreed therein
Design customized reports from CF module for analysis and distribution.
Perform various analysis for higher management such as the Price volume, growth analysis, pricing analysis and to market and in market sales analysis
Analysing actual results to budgets and forecasts.
Consolidating the data for area presentations and also providing an overview of the RAG status of CF status across markets on monthly basis
Support the HUB lead in delivering upon the Area Finance activities.
Prepare SOPs/information paperwork to help the techniques and processes and applicable documentation of LOC CF planning functions
To provide statistical analysis and insight to support the impact assessment of change, and specifically, forecasting and scheduling effectiveness.
Requirement
Experience in Financial Planning/Budgeting Management in medium to large organization, preferably in a multinational company and pharmaceutical industry.
Collaborative team player
Proactive identification of issues, create external-focused analysis and research
Experience working with senior stakeholders with ability to influence and challenge positively with stakeholders at all levels
Solid knowledge of accounting standards, policies and processes
Fluent in written and oral English