Graduate Expert Engagement Partner

4 days ago


Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa Haleon Full time

Hello. We're Haleon. A new world-leading consumer health company. Shaped by all who join us. Together, we're improving everyday health for billions of people. By growing and innovating our global portfolio of category-leading brands – including Sensodyne, Panadol, Advil, Voltaren, Theraflu, Otrivin, and Centrum – through a unique combination of deep human understanding and trusted science. What's more, we're achieving it in a company that we're in control of. In an environment that we're co-creating. And a culture that's uniquely ours. Care to join us. It isn't a question.

With category leading brands such as Sensodyne, Voltaren and Centrum, built on trusted science and human understanding, and combined with our passion, knowledge and expertise, we're uniquely placed to do this and to grow a strong, successful business.

This is an exciting time to join us and help shape the future. It's an opportunity to be part of something special.

Educate and Engage with Oral Health Expert
Our commitment to you is to provide a strong beginning to your career. While you are helping people with better health and wellness, you will be gaining valuable work experience in a top multi-national company and building foundational leadership and business skills. At the end of this
24-month programme
you will have a strong career foundation to build a remarkable career.

We are currently looking for a driven
Graduate Expert Engagement Partner
. This role is designed for newly qualified Oral Hygienists or Dental Therapists who are passionate about oral health and eager to drive impact beyond the clinic. No prior experience in sales or detailing is required — we provide comprehensive training, mentorship, and support to help you thrive in healthcare engagement.

As a Graduate Expert Engagement Partner, you'll be at the forefront of driving awareness, education, and recommendation of Haleon's leading oral health brands among dental healthcare professionals. Through face-to-face and digital engagement, you'll help experts understand the therapeutic value of our products and support their patient communication efforts. This role is pivotal to executing Haleon's Omnichannel Expert Engagement Strategy and directly contributes to key strategic KPIs, including Average Weekly Recommendation (AwR), Brand Recommended Most Often (BRMO), and Share of Recommendations (SoR).

What will your individual contribution at Haleon be?

  • Conduct informative detailing sessions with HCPs, presenting Haleon's oral health brands, clinical data, and unique benefits.
  • Recruit HCPs to Haleon's digital platforms to enable value-added services (e.g., e-consent, HHP registration).
  • Engage HCPs through multiple channels including face-to-face visits, remote calls, webinars, and Veeva CRM emails.
  • Learn to use data and insights to tailor engagement strategies to HCP preferences.
  • Support HCPs in accessing digital tools and resources for patient education and communication.
  • Encourage participation in Haleon's Continuous Medical Education (CME) modules.
  • Build strong relationships with HCPs through meaningful interactions and understanding of their needs.
  • Distribute medical samples effectively to support patient trials and product conversion.
  • Track and contribute to expert KPIs such as AWR, BRMO, and SoR.
  • Provide feedback on competitor activity and market trends.
  • Assist in organizing educational events such as lunch-and-learns and conferences.
  • Uphold Haleon's values and compliance standards in all interactions.
  • Maintain accurate sample distribution records in line with cycle plans and strategy.

To recognise your dedication, energy and effort, benefits include:

  • A competitive base salary.
  • An annual bonus linked to performance.
  • Employee recognition through our global scheme which rewards exceptional achievements.
  • On-the-job experience and formal and informal training and development, delivered through a mixture of coaching, mentoring and formal training programmes.
  • Health and wellbeing programmes to take care of your physical and mental health.

We're the people changing the future of everyday health. So you will be someone who has:

  • The ability to be proactive and to take initiative.
  • A strong sense of ownership and a willingness to go over and beyond.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Commercial acumen and business partnering.
  • A passion for Marketing.
  • Team spirit and collaborative working.
  • Decision making and problem solving.
  • Strong facilitation skills.
  • Creative and independent thinking.

To enable you to perform in this future talent opportunity
:

Education required
:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Oral Hygiene or Dental Therapy, Biology, Biochemistry or similar.
  • Strong interest in healthcare engagement and patient advocacy.

Preferred (but not required):

  • BSC in health science
  • Registered with the HPCSA
  • Exposure to healthcare environments or patient education.
  • Familiarity with digital tools and communication platforms.

Skills & Attributes:

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Willingness to learn and adapt to a dynamic field environment.
  • Basic digital literacy and openness to using CRM tools (e.g., Veeva).
  • Strong organizational and time management abilities.
  • Commitment to ethical standards and compliance.
  • This position requires regular travel; a valid drivers license and own reliable vehicle is required for this role

Good academic transcripts are essential, we will not consider anyone below 60%. Please note that you must provide your academic transcripts together with your CV when applying.

Language required
:

  • Written and spoken fluency in English.

Other requirements
:

  • 0-1 year Marketing experience.

How to Apply
:

  • Attach CV.
  • Attach Transcripts.

Please save a copy of the job description, as this may be helpful to refer to once the advert closes.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
At Haleon we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone.

We're striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives.

We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.

Care to join us. Find out what life at Haleon is really like

At Haleon we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone. We're striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives. We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.

As you apply, we will ask you to share some personal information, which is entirely voluntary. We want to have an opportunity to consider a diverse pool of qualified candidates and this information will assist us in meeting that objective and in understanding how well we are doing against our inclusion and diversity ambitions. We would really appreciate it if you could take a few moments to complete it. Rest assured, Hiring Managers do not have access to this information and we will treat your information confidentially.

Haleon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class.

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If you require a reasonable accommodation or other assistance to apply for a job at Haleon at any stage of the application process, please let your recruiter know by providing them with a description of specific accommodations you are requesting. We'll provide all reasonable accommodations to support you throughout the recruitment process and treat all information you provide us in confidence.



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