Business Insights and Data Solutions Placements

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About MSD

MSD is a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines and animal health products. Today, we are building a new kind of healthcare company – one that is ready to help create a healthier future for all of us.

We believe the most important thing we make is a difference. We operate in more than 140 countries and through our prescription medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, and consumer care and animal health products we work with customers to bring innovative healthcare solutions to those who need them the most. We also demonstrate our commitment to increasing access to healthcare through far-reaching policies, programmes and partnerships.

The Business Insights and Data Solutions Department is part of the Business and Commercial Operations Business Unit responsible for Market Research, Market Intelligence, analysis, forecasting, performance and implementation monitoring, evaluation and metrics tracking across MSD’s Product Portfolio. We work closely with Marketing and Sales to support the market understanding and effective customer engagement to ensure we focus on emphasising the value of our brands to our customers and, more importantly, patients through a number of different channels. We play a critical role in guiding business decisions and tactical planning.

These roles entail responsibility for the production of MSD and competitor information. They focus specifically on analysis and reporting corporation and product sales, marketing activities, future performance indicators and working closely with Analyst on ad hoc Market analysis. The successful candidates will also get involved in developing effective reporting tools, providing relevant commentary and feedback on observed activity. This will also involve working closely with Sales and Marketing providing opportunities to shadow other roles and responsibilities across these groups.

This provides a superb opportunity to learn about the dynamics of the pharmaceutical industry and the major competitor companies within.

Key Responsibilities

• Delivery of Monthly Product Performance reports – national and sub-national
• Manage third party sales data provision
• Manage consolidation of MSD performance reporting
• Support the delivery of the local and national sales-force incentive plans
• Engage in development of market research projects, shadowing analysts
• Assist in the production of management presentation and Planning summaries

Key Capabilities / Skills

• Ability to communicate accurately both verbally and in writing
• Good organiser and administrator
• Team player, learning from and helping others overcome obstacles
• Numerate with good analytical skills both in terms of data and people
• Confident with a willingness to get involved
• Strong sense of urgency, takes initiative to do things without being asked
• Has a can do attitude, anticipates problems and proposes solutions, approaches work challenges creatively with fresh ideas
• Listens and adapts to improve
• Ability to run projects
• A self-starter who can be relied upon to work without supervision

Education and Experience

• Working towards a minimum of a 2:1 degree in Maths or Science based disciplines
• Entering your third or penultimate year of study, returning to your degree course at the end of the placement
• Minimum B grade in Maths and/or Sciences at A level

Next Steps

Stage 1
Fill in our online application form and submit your CV

Stage 2
If successful at stage 1, you will be invited to take part in a telephone interview

Stage 3
If successful at stage 2, you will be invited for a face to face interview where you will be able to gain a better insight into MSD

How to apply

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