Marketing Associate Interventional Spine, Italy (12-Months FTC) in Rome, Italy

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We are proud to offer you our total rewards package which includes bonuses, healthcare, insurance benefits, retirement programs, wellness programs, as well as service and performance awards – not to mention various social and recreational activities, all of which are location specific.

Why join Stryker?

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Our total rewards package offering includes bonuses, healthcare, insurance benefits, wellness programs, as well as service and performance awards – not to mention various social and recreational activities, all of which are location specific.

If you are passionate about healthcare products and the opportunity to create a name for yourself in the Interventional Spine product marketspace – this is your chance!

Find more information about the division’s products :

https://www.stryker.com/us/en/interventional-spine.html

Who we want:

• Hard-working winners. Confident, competitive and results-oriented professionals who create a track record of success.

• Dedicated achievers. People who thrive in a fast-paced environment and will stop at nothing to ensure a project is complete and meets regulations and expectations.

• Effective communicators. People who can interpret information clearly and accurately to concisely communicate results and recommendations to stakeholders.

• Collaborative partners. People who build and leverage cross-functional relationships to bring together ideas, information, use cases, and industry analyses to develop best practices.

What you will do:

• Understand key competitors and their relative strengths/weaknesses

• Understand customer groups, including why customers buy the product or service

• Identify critical customer needs and preferences

• Provides customer feedback to marketing leadership

• Aid in the construction of the marketing plan

• Understand basic budget management principles

• Understand general marketing principles such as segmentation, targeting, and positioning

• Understands applicable products/product lines and is able to answer basic field technical questions.

• Support sales training initiatives and programs throughout the year

• Support the on-label use and promotion of all products

• Understand and supports setting price and maintaining product or portfolio margin

• Aware of commonly used internal/external communication goals, tools and formats

• Use appropriate scorecards to track results

• Track existing KPIs and reports back to the organization

What you need

Minimum Qualifications (Required):

• Bachelor’s degree in Scientific related field

• 1-2 years of work experience in the healthcare sector, ideally marketing in the Medical Devices industry

• Fluent level of Italian and English (min B2).

• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word & PowerPoint)

Preferred Qualifications (Strongly desired):

• 2+ years medical device or marketing experience

• MBA preferred

• Excellent presentation and interpersonal communications skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Ability to manage multiple projects while delivering on established timelines

• Ability to be persuasive in the absence of organizational authority

• Must be able to understand and work within complex interdivisional procedures and policies

Based Location: Rome

Type of contract: Full-Time Temporary 12-months contract

Role: Hybrid

Presence in the office: min 8 days per month

Territory: Italy

Travel: 30-40%

What do we offer?

Flat hierarchies and responsibility. Through flat hierarchies, we strengthen the initiative and willingness of our employees to take over responsible tasks.

We grow talent. At Stryker we offer great personal and internal career development for our employees, with the possibility to make both vertical and lateral position movement.

Team spirit & engagement. We create engaged and inclusive teams that encourage colleagues to share their diverse perspectives and opinions.

Competitive salary. With us, you will receive a competitive salary package and benefits.

Recognition of your performance. At our company, outstanding individual and cross-functional team performance is rewarded. Ideas, projects, or other exceptional achievements can be submitted for various awards on a local and global level.

Promoting work-life balance through flexible working hours. We offer an appealing and flexible working hours model to accommodate individual life situations.

Know someone at Stryker?

Be sure to have them submit you as a referral prior to applying for this position. Learn more about our employee referral program at https://careers.stryker.com/referrals/

Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually.

Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability.