Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Professional awards
Certification
Languages
Timeline
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Nathalie KONGO

Nathalie KONGO

LYON

Summary

KEY STRENGHTS

  • Over 10 Years of experience within the Pharmaceutical Industry
  • Good understanding of sub-sahara Africa Market ,local regulations and business culture.
  • Strong Network experience (Public and Private Stakeholders)

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

EMLYON BUSINESS SHOOL
Lyon
09.2023 - 07.2024
  • INTERNATIONAL MBA Major:
  • Business Development, Entrepreneurship, and Project Management.

Entrepreneurship Personal Projects( Emlyon Business school Incubator)

  • Altera: Provide Effective Diagnostics for infant genetic rare diseases in sub-Sahara
  • Natural By Jerla: Provide natural hair care product for AFRO Infant black hair type 4
    Performing Go to market Analysis and Project Business plan

Supply Chain Coordinator

CCM CAMEROON for the global Fund (Aids-Malaria-Tuberculoses)
YAOUNDÉ
06.2021 - 06.2022
  • Planning and Monitoring of Logistics activities
  • Coordinated logistics with key partners and civil society
  • Preparing of summary tables and reports with key performance indicators

BUSINESS SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE EXPERT WEST & CENTRAL AFRICA

BOERHINGER-INGELHEIM (BI)
01.2017 - 01.2021
  • In charge of customers portfolio of affiliate French West and Central Africa countries

Data-Driven Decision Making

  • Conducting SSA market analysis to identify challenges, gaps, and opportunities
  • Enhance the use of partnership grant information in decision-making by providing data and analysis to influence product allocation
  • Performing P&L evaluation for countries and products to establish strategic prioritization
  • Long-term Forecast design, yearly budget design and follow up

Market Analysis and Reporting:

  • Collected macro, micro, and meso data to identify business opportunities
  • Provided monthly market and regulatory updates to senior management
  • Prepared weekly and monthly year-to-date sales reports.

Coordination, stakeholders Management and collaboration:

  • West and central Africa focal Point for Coordination with regional institutions (CEMAC, UEMOA) Local governments (Public health Government authorities and state distribution centers)
  • Maintain regular communication with stakeholders and provide prompt responses to queries.
  • Market landscape analysis and strategic recommendations to countries head manager, Key account Managers and Business partners
  • conducting quarterly Business field visit in each countries covered to distributors and stakeholder

Marketing and Supply Chain Management:

  • Managed product positioning, market segmentation, and new product launches
  • Handled order shipping, delivery follow-up, and supply chain management across 12 countries

Reporting and Presentation:

  • Prepared presentations for senior leaders, including the Management Executive Committee
  • Designed weekly and monthly business reports and shared area sales performance at EMEA business review meetings

Project and Change Management:

  • "Last Mile" Project Management project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Implemented compliance culture in West and Central Africa

Compliance Management :

  • Compliance culture implementation in West and central Africa French and English speaking countries ( local teean and stakeholder training and monoring)
  • Africa compliance committee Member.


SALES ADMINISTRATION & CUSTOMER SERVICE COORDINATION CENTRAL AFRICA

SANOFI
01.2011 - 01.2017

In charge of customers portfolio of affiliate French Central Africa, 11 countries + Madagascar

Supply Chain Management:

  • Oversaw order shipping, delivery follow-up, inventory, and forecast management
  • Collaborate with local customs to reduce delivery lead times
  • Member of the Credit Management comity Advocating for credit allocation, customer commercial terms, and public payment follow-up

Market Analysis and Reporting:

  • Collected macro, micro, and meso data to identify business opportunities
  • Provided monthly market and regulatory updates to senior management
  • Prepared weekly and monthly year-to-date sales reports

Project Management:

  • Managed the Access to Medicines project financed by the Global Fund
  • Provided technical assistance to local governments for drug access
  • Acted as the focal point for product shipping and delivery follow-up at state distribution centers

Market Development:

  • Developed the MEDREICH generic portfolio, managing new product launches, inventory follow-up, and forecast management


Education

International Master of Business Administration -

EMLYON BUSINESS SCHOOL
LYON, FRANCE

Master in International trade and Transport -

ESSEC BUSINESS SCHOOL
CAMEROON

Master in Private Law (commercial law) -

UNIVERSITY OF NGAOUNDERE
CAMEROON

Skills

  • Market and data analysis
  • Market research
  • Supply chain Management
  • Project Management
  • Business Reports
  • High cross-function work ability
  • Analytical skills
  • Strong communication skills
  • Ability to work with less supervision
  • Word
  • Excel
  • PowerPoint
  • SAP
  • Mekko graphique

Professional awards

  • West and Central Africa Compliance expert nomination BI
  • Best employee of the year SANOFI 2012

Certification

PRODUCT OWNER

Languages

French
First Language
English
Upper Intermediate (B2)
B2

Timeline

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

EMLYON BUSINESS SHOOL
09.2023 - 07.2024

Supply Chain Coordinator

CCM CAMEROON for the global Fund (Aids-Malaria-Tuberculoses)
06.2021 - 06.2022

BUSINESS SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE EXPERT WEST & CENTRAL AFRICA

BOERHINGER-INGELHEIM (BI)
01.2017 - 01.2021

SALES ADMINISTRATION & CUSTOMER SERVICE COORDINATION CENTRAL AFRICA

SANOFI
01.2011 - 01.2017

International Master of Business Administration -

EMLYON BUSINESS SCHOOL

Master in International trade and Transport -

ESSEC BUSINESS SCHOOL

Master in Private Law (commercial law) -

UNIVERSITY OF NGAOUNDERE

PRODUCT OWNER

Nathalie KONGO