The 🍀UPSA🍀 laboratories (Union de Pharmacologie Scientifique Appliquée) are historically specialized in pain management and self-medication. Doctor Camille Bru founded the laboratories in Agen in 1935.
In the last eight decades, UPSA has developed an unparalleled expertise in Europe in relation to pain, flu conditions, energy, digestion, and quality of sleep. UPSA symbolizes research, quality of excellence and French production: thanks to its extensive self-medication product range, UPSA develops and introduces new medication to treat every day pains.
UPSA is part of Taisho Pharmaceutical group since July 2019.
Since 1951, UPSA’s manufacturing plant was built in Agen, in the department of Lot-et-Garonne (47). UPSA is constantly seeking innovative ways to address health’s permanent evolution. In that regard, UPSA capitalizes on its center for development pharmaceutics to adapt to its patients’ changing needs.
🧾What are the main responsibilities of the position?
- Provide marketing advice to UPSA team on the UPSA portfolio in the country;
- Provide advice to UPSA on the implementation of the UPSA strategy;
- Support UPSA team with local third-party agencies;
- Assess promotional activities carried out in the country/region and make recommendations;
- Perform competitive intelligence activities for all product categories where UPSA operates or plans to operate in the future;
- Provide advice and support to UPSA team on the analysis of the market performance of UPSA products in the country, region;
- Screen the regulatory, medical, compliance, procurement, finance and environment relative to UPSA products in the country, region;
- Use local market knowledge and language skills to support Zone lead in the preparation of Quarterly Business Reviews (QBR) with UPSA’s distributor;
- Support UPSA in the coordination of local administrative tasks to be carried out by UPSA as local marketing authorization holder of UPSA Products;
✨ What skills/experiences are expected for the role?
- Self Starter, with an entrepreneur spirit
- Strong collaboration and negotiatio skills to improve partnership with the distributor and the internal stakeholders
- Organized and structured
- Agile, at ease with changes and ambiguity contexts.
🍀 Joining UPSA means joining:
- An ambitious employer that nurtures its employees with opportunities.
- A young, dynamic, and passionate team focused on innovation, with a strong entrepreneurial spirit and a genuine sense of teamwork.
- Guidance and support from several complementary and caring managers.
👍👍👍 Beyond the resume, we are seeking a personality passionate about their profession, challenges, and also about human connections. 😊
UPSA is committed to responding to all applications for this position. UPSA guarantees fair treatment and equal opportunities in the applications and professional trajectories of its collaborators.
Diversity, inclusion, promotion of equal opportunities, and quality of work life are key focus areas of UPSA's policy. UPSA is convinced that diversity within the company is a true asset in the service of overall performance.