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Lorraine MerzLM

Lorraine Merz

Senior Health Product Manager | ESSEC Pharmacist

€600/day
Paris, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Lorraine

An absent product manager, an imminent launch, a strategic project at a standstill… and teams already under pressure?

⚡I take charge of your marketing challenges, from strategy to execution.

Doctor of Pharmacy and ESSEC graduate, I combine scientific rigor with a strategic vision based on a deep understanding of the field.

I work with healthcare companies:health products (food supplements, medical devices, cosmetics, OTC) or innovative solutions (medtech, AI)

-> On their growth, marketing, and go-to-market challenges
  • I analyze your markets and structure aclear and relevant marketing strategy
  • Ioptimize the performance of your product linesby identifying bottlenecks and growth levers
  • I leadproduct development, from concept to launch
  • I developmarketing and scientific materialsandtrain teams
💡 **My key asset**: at the interface between the laboratory and the pharmacy, **I draw on my head office and field experience to design strategies that perform**.

Available quickly · Short or long assignments · Remote and in-person · Paris

💥 A project in progress, urgent support needed, a task awaiting attention?
📩 Let's discuss your challenge to move it forward!
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

  • Spanish

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Puressentiel
    Strategic Marketing Group Manager
    HEALTH AND WELLNESS
    January 2022 - November 2025 (3 years and 10 months)
    Paris, France
    I joined the Strategic Marketing team tomanage a portfolio of Consumer Health product linesin competitive markets with significant business and innovation stakes:

    • Stress, Sleep, Joints & Muscles, Circulation, ENT, Headaches, Intimate Hygiene, First Aid, Aromatherapy
    • Food supplements, medical devices, cosmetics, and consumer products
    My responsibilities:
    • Definestrategic recommendations and product line development plansbased on sell-in/sell-out analyses and market monitoring in France and internationally.
    • **Conceptualize new products and structure the go-to-market strategy**, from positioning to market launch.
    • **Manage product development, from brief to launch**, in coordination with R&D, Regulatory Affairs, Purchasing, Packaging, and Logistics departments.
    *Create marketing and medical-marketing materials and train internal teamsto ensure field deployment is consistent with the strategy.

    Achievements:
    10+ product launchesmanaged from strategy to field deployment
    20+ products optimized(positioning, packaging, formula, regulatory status) with business impact
    Market Analysis and Competitive Intelligence Marketing Strategy Project Management Go-to-Market (GTM) Strategy Product Development
  • Puressentiel
    Overseas Territories Manager
    HEALTH AND WELLNESS
    April 2019 - January 2022 (2 years and 9 months)
    Paris, France
    Recruited to support the zone director in the **restructuring of the Overseas Territories business unit: transition from an outsourced sales network to an in-house sales force**, managed from headquarters — with the objective of **accelerating growth in the zone**.

    My responsibilities:
    • **Internalize the sales force**: onboarding teams, change management.
    • **Build operational foundations**: structure databases, deploy tools (ERP, CRM, and ADV) in coordination with IT, formalize HQ/field processes and information flows.
    • **Develop the commercial strategy**: develop offers (margin/volume analysis), negotiate with groups/wholesalers, coordinate supplies, travel to the zone.
    • **Manage performance**: P&L management, sales analysis, forecasts, stock optimization (replenishment, overstock), ROI evaluation of operations.
    • **Deploy Trade Marketing**: define annual activation plans per zone, create specific tools.

    Results:

    A successful transition in a crisis context (COVID-19) without compromising performance:
    • **Double-digit growth**: +29% in 2020 and +24% in 2021 despite logistical tensions
    • **Exceeded objectives**: achieved 119% of the target in 2020 and 114% in 2021
    • **Structured the organization at headquarters**: recruited and developed a support team (Logistics, Trade) to sustain growth.
    Business Unit Strategy Commercial Management Performance Analysis Operational Efficiency Transition Management
  • Urgo
    Marketing Consultant
    PHARMACEUTICALS INDUSTRY
    September 2018 - December 2018 (3 months)
    Paris, France
    I supported the operational deployment of the market access strategy for an innovative bandage with a central objective:turn the price objection into a sales argumentby translating complex health economic models into growth levers.

    My responsibilities:
    • **Field Audit**: Immersion in cities/hospitals to identify barriers to purchase and levers for price acceptability.
    • **Value-based selling**: Translation of health economic data into simple and impactful sales arguments.
    • **Field Co-construction**: Facilitated workshops with medical representatives to align marketing strategy with field reality.
    • **Design of sales support tools**: Development of a comprehensive kit validated by the Medical Department.
    Results:

    *Rapid field implementationthanks to immediate adoption of sales support tools upon deployment.
    • **Marketing/Sales Alignment**: Better appropriation of the product's health economic benefits in the field.
    Agile Project Management Medical Devices Project Management Sales Support Tools Market Access

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Education

  • State Diploma of Doctor of Pharmacy
    Aix-Marseille University
    2019
    Thèse soutenue en 2019 avec les félicitations du jury : Etat des lieux de la réglementation Européenne relative aux allégations des produits cosmétiques
  • MSc in Management - Grande Ecole Program
    ESSEC Business School
    2016

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