Channel Operations Excellence Manager | non-line manager | OCE Dept., S&O
Channel Operations Excellence Manager
Omnichannel Campaign Management Group,
Omnichannel Execution Dept, Strategy and Operations Division
Role Purpose
●The Channel Operations Excellence Manager has full understanding of BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM’s digital strategy in order to effectively connect the operations of e-newsletter (eNL) & follow-up email (FuE) owned channels to the strategy.
●The role ensures successful operations of BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM’s owned channels to deliver high quality, engaging content (branded, unbranded, webinar related).
●Acting as the central point-of-contact for the business and Strategy & Operations (S&O) and development vendor for eNL & FuE channel development & content delivery, this role ensures robust evaluation of value & creation of a customer centric channel experience.
●As a champion for customer centricity, this individual closely collaborates within Omnichannel Execution Department and S&O, as well as brand teams, HP (Human Pharma) Services and Delivery Unit to identify opportunities to optimize channel performance and operations as part of the omnichannel engagement.
Key Job Accountabilities:
●Fully understand BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM's owned channel strategy to successfully implement its execution through FuE & eNL operations.
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- Act as the central point-of-contact for the business for all eNL & FuE and channel-delivery related communication to ensure pull through of owned channel strategy by leading the content (branded, unbranded, webinar related) workflows for eNL & FuE ensuring content workflows imbed User Experience guidance and best practices to support strategy execution.
- Oversee all governance of eNL & FuE content & process related to channel operations with full understanding of connection between reporting/data & operations.
- Collaboration with Marketing, HP Services and external partners to ensure timely, customer centric drive content delivery & engagement within FuE & eNL
- Provide operational support for eNL & FuE in collaboration with key stakeholders for indication & product launches.
●Consistently look for opportunities to improve eNL & FuE Channel operations including content process flow to drive the successful engagement of high quality content for the owned channels
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- Guardianship over operational excellence to improve the speed, efficiency and quality of the overall eNL & FuE channel operational flows.
- Closely partner with relevant stakeholders to oversee relevant engagements related to owned channel development to ensure appropriate conduct & ways of working within standards of BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM and compliance
- Effectively communicate channel governance and channel operations improvements including leading change management to relevant stakeholders across the organization
- Act as a valued partner to imbed owned digital channel engagement within omnichannel engagement planning through collaboration with OC customer engagement managers & business stakeholders
●Closely collaborate with other functions to optimize customer experience within eNL & FuE channels using customer data to inform decision making
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- Ensure integration of UX best practices to optimize customer engagement & experience by working closely with key stakeholders to ensure implementation of best practices.
- Responsible for regular quality control, health checks and security maintenance for eNL & FuE channels in conjunction with HPs and DEX teams.
- Champion the customer centric approach to optimize customer engagement of eNL & FuE.
●Develop & measure meaningful metrics from FuE & eNL channels to bring customer centric driven insights in close collaboration with customer engagement managers and analytics teams to inform the ICP, OC engagement planning, content and editorial plans
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- Co-create relevant channel metrics to assess channel performance to generate actionable customer insights
- Work in partnership with relevant teams (within S&O & Marketing) to identify opportunities to optimize channel performance through evaluation of metrics & generating actionable recommendations
- Engage with customer engagement managers and analytics teams to inform and assess impact of BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM's owned channels (FuE & eNL)(customer experience, change in customer attitude/behaviour)
Key Contacts:
The position would have various touch points across all levels including senior leadership, within Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim and global Boehringer Ingelheim. This position will work across a matrix organization and as a change agent, will need to effectively influence without authority.
●Report to Head of Omni-Channel Campaign Management Group, Omnichannel Execution Department, Strategy and Operations Division
●Interaction with stakeholders:
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- Roles within Omni-Channel Execution Department, Strategy & Operations Division
- Respective Business Units
- HP (Human Pharma) services / Delivery Unit
- Compliance management, Legal
- Finance and Purchasing
- Global counterparts
- External suppliers
Qualifications:
●Knowledge/experience:
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- Prior experience in Digital Marketing
- Strong experience in managing process and leveraging data & insights
- Working knowledge of key processes in digital content development
- Understanding of local regulations and compliance
●Core skills:
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- Ability to articulate requirements clearly
- Strong project management skill
- Strong stakeholder management & negotiation skills; influencing without authority
- Prioritization
- Effective communication skill both in Japanese and in English
- Japanese: native level
- English (business level; CEFR B1): fluent enough to discuss with global counterparts.
●Bachelor’s or master’s degree