**The Position** Boehringer Ingelheim is seeking a **Marketing & Sales Lead for our Animal Health – Livestock** **division, Southern Africa Regio** n. As the Lead based in Johannesburg, South Africa, you will be reporting to the Head of Animal Health and be an active member of the leadership team. **Tasks & responsibilities** + Strategic execution and development of launch and commercial plans aligned with business plans. + Identify growth potential for business with long term forecast process. + Execute operational plan including customer engagement plan. + Analyze local product performance and identify levers for performance improvement in alignment with the agreed plans, and optimum budget allocation. + Represent Boehringer Ingelheim in medical/scientific TA societies, opinion leaders and external experts. + Collaborate with various internal functional areas, like, regulatory, market access, etc. + Lead and develop an effective team to achieve business objectives and provide direction to set objectives. **Requirements** + Bachelor’s degree in business administration, or Pharmaceutics, or Veterinary + Minimum 8 years of experience in Marketing and/or Sales. + At least 2-5 years of experience in People Management. + Launch experience. **Skills and Competencies** + Effective, result oriented leader, with ability to work with cross functional teams. + Build Effective Collaboration with excellent interpersonal and communication skills. + Strong Analytics and Decision-making skills + Business and Financial Acumen + Execution Excellence **Make millions of lives better. If you're motivated to make life better for millions, Boehringer Ingelheim is the place for you.** All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to a person’s actual or perceived race, including natural hairstyles, hair texture and protective hairstyles; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; citizenship status, marital status; gender, gender identity or expression; sexual orientation, mental, physical or intellectual disability, veteran status; pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other class or characteristic protected by applicable law.