Job Description
The Company
Sector: Pharmaceuticals /
Location: Remote and Rhein-Main area, Germany
Our client is one of the world‘s leading manufacturers of pharmaceutical primary packaging and analytical lab services, benefitting from a long history in high-tech R&D and production. The company is of German origin, with a global presence, and thrives on a solid and long-term-oriented mindset, culture and organization. The business field for this role is one of the main growth drivers of the company and offers a sound perspective for future career development. Our client is already working with the top global players in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. In its ambition to finetune and harmonize the commercial processes on a global level, the client is looking for a Head of Commercial Excellence (all genders) to initiate and drive the ambitious internal program.
Your responsibilities
- Lead the Commercial Excellence team of the global Business Unit
- Ensure that all changes and improvements have our customers best interest in mind reinforcing customer centricity
- Drive the commercial excellence program agenda across the global Business Unit
- Define strategies and execute programs to ensure commercial excellence
- Align and ensure delivery of the commercial excellence program, particularly within sales team and management stakeholders
- Implement measures to increase sales efficiency in collaboration with interdisciplinary teams
- Continuously identify and develop new commercial processes as well as improve current practices to increase sales efficiency
- Ensure consistency of the commercial approach, including: commercial organization, customer segmentation, commercial & pricing policies, forecasting capabilities, implementation of commercial best rules, sales force engagement, multichannel sales and digital sales
- Plan and execute projects with a structured approach to follow through and reach agreed upon milestones
- Ensure that accurate financial data is provided to assess profitability of offers, challenge price models in close cooperation with finance and product management and operations
- Structure complex problems and ensure excellent handling of numbers and analysis within your team
Your profile
- A degree in Business, Industrial Engineering or similar field (Master or higher)
- 10 years of experience and a successful track record in managing complex processes and projects in a global/intercultural team in a B2B environment
- Strong background in promoting and selling technical products and solutions B2B
- Proactive team leader; experience in successfully leading and developing a team
- Excellent analytical, conceptual and organizational skills
- Excellent business skills (pricing/margins etc.)
- Fluent in English, advanced knowledge in German is a plus
- International experience (organization, sales responsibility) in pharmaceutical environments
- Agile mindset and experience
The role offers
- Growth potential in a leadership role within the sales management in a global set-up
- A work environment with lots of possibilities within a healthy and people-centric company and culture
Salary package: Attractive package (base + bonus)
Contact
Our Partner Oliver J. Peters in Cologne / Germany is looking forward to receiving your application for this role.
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