Pharma Sales and Marketing Operations Graduate Trainee Reading 2023

Are you keen to join a fast-pacing and energetic team and learn more about how a global pharmaceutical business is delivering innovative and sustainable solutions to Healthcare professionals and Patients? Then a Sales and Marketing Operations (SMO) graduate role with Bayer could be for you.

The global chemical and pharmaceutical industry is constantly innovating in areas ranging from healthcare to agriculture. Every one of our projects aims to improve people’s lives, and at Bayer you will be empowered to turn your passion and ideas into solutions to the world’s problems.

Who are we and what is it like to work for us?

For many years the iconic Bayer brand drives our company’s positive reputation and strongly supports our business successes. We have built our reputation by delivering our purpose: Science for a better life with our visionary, passionate and optimistic approach guiding us into the future. The powerful impact of our work is driven by our talented employees who are at the heart of our business. 

The way we work and live has changed, and we understand that the expectations towards a global employer has also changed. Our employer branding evolves to reflect this shift in talent expectations so that we can successfully compete for the top talent. Be You Be Bayer summarizes what Bayer offers all employees and our expectation in return today and in the future.

What does the role involve?

You will be working within the Integrated Multi-Channel Marketing team as part of the UK Sales & Marketing Operations function to deliver key strategic priorities across the Bayer UK Portfolio. Primarily, you will be focussed on 2 main areas – Customer Experience and Social Media, but there is also scope to support and eventually lead on longer term projects. Day to day tasks might include:

• Measuring and tracking customer experience through surveys, emails, data analysis etc.
• Partnering with brand teams on longer term marketing campaigns to optimise feedback collection and actionable insights
• Design and write copy for email campaigns, surveys and other means of collecting customer experience metrics
• Finding creative ways to spread the Bayer message on social media, whilst adhering to industry regulations
• Play a key role assisting with Website and Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) projects
• Distributing and managing content on social media platforms such as LinkedIn, leading to platform ownership
• Supporting on business-wide ‘ways of working’ projects, such as adoption of Agile methodology, innovation projects etc.
• Learning new processes, technologies and methodologies to improve customer experience

Who are we looking for?

Ultimately, we are looking for authentic personalities, who are able to work fast in changing environments and collaborate across the company to solve business problems. For this role specifically, we are looking for someone who is:

• A Graduate of a bachelor’s (or higher) degree in any field (2:2 or above)
• Driven, keen to take on more responsibility within the company and grow within the role
• Emotionally intelligent, able to understand the sentiment behind different communications and relay this to different stakeholders
• Inquisitive and eager to learn more about the nuances of pharmacology and learn new skills and processes to grow within the role
• A team player, able to work well with different departments across the business
• Comfortable with ambiguity and keen to seek more information to help solve problems
• Data-literate, able to analyse trends and communicate the findings back
• Familiar with, and has a passion for, social media and/or customer journeys