Job Title:  Education Specialist - Temporary

No Relocation Assistance Offered
Job Number #164968 - Roma, Lazio, Italy

Who We Are

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specializing in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name!

Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. Guided by our core values—Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous—we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together, let's build a brighter, healthier future for all.
 

Italy Education Specialist

JOB PURPOSE

Develops & delivers educational programming for Italy towards future and practicing dental professionals to drive awareness, recommendation, prescription & usage of consumer and professional products. Represents the company through engaging talks and presentations; creates, maintains, and updates educational content to audiences & changing environment; supports in the internal training of local teams. Secures branded ambassadorship & multiplication from mid-level dental and non-dental influencers that are relevant in influencing future and practicing dental professionals to drive recommendation, prescription & usage of consumer and professional products.

Essential Job Functions

• Delivers personally educational content through engaging talks and presentations via face to face & digital formats, to individuals, groups & large audiences

• Represents the company at educational events across universities, congresses, and digital webinars

• Support Scientific Affairs & Education Manager in content needs for customer meetings, internal training, digital consumer content, etc.

• Support Scientific Affairs & Education manager on taskforces to further digitize our offerings

• Help elevate our content segmentation & delivery to key targets in the digital space

• Responsible for maintaining and updating educational content based on local market needs, relevant audiences, new product launches, and technical requirements

• Supports in training of local teams in the science of our products

• Segments and prioritizes relevant influencer/speaker targets in alignment with HUB Scientific Affairs & PBMs

• Engages speakers/influencer targets to multiply brand ambassadorship and recommendation. Plans and executes interaction with relevant influencer targets to secure long-term sustainable relationships

• Systematically leverages existing structured continuing dental education (regional study clubs, regional conventions, centralized partners such as corporate clinics) for efficiency

• Leads the organization of educational events (face-to-face and digital), supported by Scientific Affairs or OCCs (including presence in relevant local congresses and conventions)

• Captures and tracks external customers/partners and activities in CRM and internal reports, analyses reports and reports relevant performance/output KPIs

• Systematically provides feedback on targets and market dynamics to Hub Sc Affairs and Marketing

• Constantly consults with Scientific Affairs re. delivery of education

• Runs/contributes to digital “student center” within divisional/hub-led framework

• Travel: 50-75% time

Knowledge & Skills

• Level of Education: Bachelor Degree, a plus to have a focus in Life Science, Education or Dentistry. Masters Degree is a plus

• Knowledgence of the  Italian professioanal/dentist business and academic network

• Years of Experience (range): Minimum 2 years of in-market/in-field experience with practicing professionals and/or academia targets or alternative education / sales role

• Work experience showcasing superb communication & persuasion skills a must have; engagement with larger audiences a plus

• Work experience with interactive remote and digital communication tools a must

• Previous work experience with dental or pharmaceutical companies or oral health products a plus

• Superb communication, negotiation and influencing skills across diverse targets with differing backgrounds and needs

• Digital savviness & eagerness to learn and drive change, especially regarding digital and remote presentation & engagement tools

• Excellent understanding of health science & practice is a must and a passion for learning  & teaching

• Fluent Italian; Very good level of English

Location: Rome 

Temporary contract

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Achieving our purpose starts with our people — ensuring our workforce represents the people and communities we serve —and creating an environment where our people feel they belong; where we can be our authentic selves, feel treated with respect and have the support of leadership to impact the business in a meaningful way.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status (United States positions), or any other characteristic protected by law.

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