Regional Marketing Associate

The Marketing Associate will support assigned Global Business Unit(s) (GBUs) and help to drive growth and support the business needs within a specific region. This will include both upstream and downstream marketing activities. You will join a dynamic and fast-paced environment and work with cross-functional teams to design, build and roll-out products that deliver the company’s vision and strategy.
Essential

**Responsibilities**:

- Gain a deep understanding of customer experience, identify, and fill product support gaps and generate new ideas that grow market share, improve customer experience and drive growth
- Create buy-in for the product vision both internally and with key external partners
- Help to translate product strategy into detailed requirements
- Scope and prioritize activities based on business and customer impact
- Help to support product launches including working with Product Management team, Sales, and other cross-functional team members
- Help support promotional plans to ensure that they are consistent with product line strategy and that the message is effectively conveyed
- Act as a product evangelist to build awareness and understanding
- Represent the company by visiting customers to solicit feedback on company products and services
- Attend and support company sponsored events such as tradeshows and commercial events, operations forecasting
- Sales analysis for targeting, gap reports, market trends (ASP erosion, unit volume change), etc.
- Work with Marketing team to maintain current brochures (choose to obsolete, remove obsolete part numbers, execute a refresh, manage translations, etc.)
- Tradeshow execution - what to exhibit, workshops, advertisements
- Assist with social media strategy and sales support
- May perform other duties as assigned

**Supervisory Responsibilities**: NO
Regulatory Responsibilities
- Manages to ensure compliance with all relevant regulatory/legal requirements

QUALITY SYSTEMS DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Individual Contributor
Build Quality into all aspects of their work by maintaining compliance to all quality requirements
QUALIFICATIONS -The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill or ability required.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor Level of Degree in the Marketing or related field of study
- Equivalent work related experience acceptable in lieu of degree: No
- 2 years of demonstrated experience in marketing or related field
- No Certifications Required
- Any preferred education, experience or certifications: Medical Device experience preferred

Skills/Knowledge
- Demonstrated project management skills with the ability to multi-task and meet deadlines
- Must be comfortable challenging current thinking and be flexible to adapt to changingregulations, business needs and priorities.
- Self-starter that is able to work well within the group environment. Must have an entrepreneurial spirit and be able to excel in a team environment.
- Fluent in English, Portuguese and Spanish
- Exceptional interpersonal skills.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Strong communication skills (written and verbal).
- Ability to effectively communicate both internally and externally.
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance, instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.

PHYSICAL/WORK REQUIREMENTS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

**While performing the duties of this job**:

- Work safely and follow all OSHA regulations and company safety policies and procedures.
- For all on-the-job injuries or accidents, must notify manager/supervisor immediately.
- Exposure to (insert any extreme climate and/or work conditions) standard office environment & hospital/OR setting
- Ability to frequently lift and/or move up to 15 lbs.
- Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 lbs.
- Ability to regularly sit or stand for extended periods of time (insert physical abilities, repetitive movement, vision requirements, etc.)
- This position requires some travel up to 30% of the time both domestically and internationally