Strategic Assistant

Job Description Summary

Primary responsibility is to support and drive strategic business projects for Sandoz, the CEO and the Executive Committee, with the aim of maximizing economic value and securing future competitive advantage

Job Description

Major accountabilities: 

• Plan, develop, and lead projects, based around key Sandoz products in major markets
• Deliver substantially greater outcome improvement than from the product alone
• Wide capability building program to build a cadre of leaders within Sandoz business units who can lead such projects and further build capabilities in colleagues
• Process responsible for hiring and managing external capability building consultants
• Acts as subject matter expert for assigned workstream(s)
• Acts as sparring partner within project team
• Develops network of subject matter experts within Sandoz organization
• Leads and independently owns individual workstreams with guidance from overall project manager(s)
• Generates strategic insights based on best-in-class analysis, distills outputs and recommendations which enable informed decisions of top leaders
• Reporting of technical complaints / adverse events / special case scenarios related to Sandoz products within 24 hours of receipt
• Distribution of marketing samples ( where applicable).
   

Key performance indicators:

• Successfully manages 1 project to final output
• Feedback from external stakeholders on quality of Sandoz interaction
• Performance against annual objectives and milestones as in workplan
• Delivery of agreed health improvement partnership projects on time
• Feedback from internal and external partners
• Quality contributions to other HCS group activities
   

Minimum Requirements: 

Work Experience:

• Financial Management.
• Strategy Development.
• Geographic Scope.
• Major Change.
• Industry/ Business Exposure.
• Collaborating across boundaries.
• Project Management.
   

Skills:

• Building Construction.
• Business Development.
• Business Networking.
• Business Partners.
• Business Strategy.
• Collaboration.
• Corporate Development.
• Curiosity.
• Decision Tree (Forecasting Model).
• Diversity & Inclusion.
• Finance.
• Go-To-Market Strategy.
• Influencing Skills.
• Key Account Management.
• Leadership.
• Lean Six Sigma.
• Management Consulting.
• PMP (Project Management Professional).
• Strategic Planning.
• Transformation Programs.
   

Languages:

• French and English

Skills Desired

Building Construction, Business Development, Business Networking, Business Partners, Business Strategy, Collaboration, Corporate Development, Curiosity, Decision Tree (Forecasting Model), Diversity & Inclusion, Finance, Go-To-Market Strategy, Influencing Skills, Key Account Management, Leadership, Lean Six Sigma, Management Consulting, Pmp (Project Management Professional), Strategic Planning, Transformation Programs