It starts with nature. With you. Join us for one of Schwabe’s Global Focus Brands in the Cough & Cold portfolio and play a key role in shaping, scaling and strengthening a global growth brand in part-time (50%) as:

Global Brand Manager (f/m/d) Cough & Cold - part-time (50%)

Location: Karlsruhe, hybrid
Company: Schwabe Holding
Division: Commercial
Start: immediately
Type of employment: Part time
Time limit: Permanent employment contract

Your growth-inspiring tasks

• Global Brand Leadership: You drive hand in hand with the Health Interest lead the execution of the global Cough & Cold strategy across all markets, safeguarding consistent positioning, messaging and visual identity while empowering smart local adaptations, where it drives performance.
• Global Brand Strategy & Direction: You co-create the global brand strategy and translate strategic priorities into clear brand, innovation and communication initiatives with tangible impact.
• Innovation, Portfolio and Brand Management: You lead global brand initiatives, such as launches, re-launches, brand activation and innovation projects end-to end, orchestrating cross-functional HQ teams and subsidiaries through influence rather than line authority.
• Market Enablement & Influence: You evolve, challenge and align local brand teams through global frameworks, tools and best-practice exchange.
• Insight-Driven Performance Management: You continuously analyse category, competitor and brand performance, uncover opportunities and risks, and leverage market research to turn facts and insights into clear, actionable recommendations.

Your naturally convincing profile

• Professional qualifications: Degree in business administration, marketing or a comparable field, combined with solid project management know-how.
• Experience: Several years of strategic and operative end-to-end brand management responsibility in OTC or FMCG; international exposure is a plus.
• Skills and competencies: Proficiency in MS Office, digital-marketing familiarity and persuasive presentation & facilitation skills in an international environment.
• Personal strengths: Strategic thinker with hands-on execution drive and collaborative spirit.
• Language Proficiency: Fluent in German and English, both written and spoken.

Your naturally appreciative benefits

• Compensation: competitive compensation including bonus payments, occupational disability and retirement insurance
• Work-Life-Balance: 20-hour week with flexible working hours, 30 days vacation based on a full-time week plus additional days off
• Health and well-being: Occupational health services, sports activities (e.g., yoga), and fresh meals in our cafeteria.
• Learning and development: Access to our academy and external training providers
• Additional perks: Sabbatical options, free parking, fitness and leisure discounts, and a welcoming family-business atmosphere.

About Schwabe Holding

From Nature. For Health. Dr. Willmar Schwabe is the world's leading manufacturer of herbal medicines. As a family-owned company with over 150 years of history and around 4,000 employees worldwide, we stand for products of exceptionally high quality. To promote the health of people all over the world, we rely on modern research, customer orientation and competent and motivated employees.

Your personal contact

Nora Feskens is available at +49 721 4005-342 to answer your questions.

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Dr. Schwabe Holding SE & Co. KG
Willmar-Schwabe-Str. 4
76227 Karlsruhe