Commercial Operations Director (m/f/d)

Tasks and Responsibilities:

  • Support the commercialization of a vaccine in travel markets
    • Manage EUCAN sales report development with the input from LOCs and the support of a vendor. Initiate periodic format revisions and update accordingly.
    • Develop and / or migrate data repositories with the purpose of creating a history bank for all key events including housing of meeting materials (VRLT; Community Forum) and presentations such as business reviews, LOC brand plans; listing and tracking of clinical recommendations etc.
    • Support EUCAN travel LOC engagements by scheduling, planning, coordinating and minuting meetings.
    • Support key growth initiatives in line with the needs and requirements of travel LOCs
    • Support the logistics of coordinating activities related to key regional congresses in collaboration with the host EUCAN LOC
    • Liaise closely with VBU and EUCAN functional counterparts to support travel market needs, including medical, access, and marketing

  • Lead the EUCAN CSEE and the Wave 3 Launch LOC needs
    (CSEE Countries: Netherlands; Belgium; Austria, Switzerland, Poland; Czech Republic & Israel)
    • Oversee LOCs in identifying marketing and stock needs and support or channel requests to the appropriate persons
    • Support will also include, yet not be limited to:
    - Tracking sales against forecast and allocation,
    - Advise stock change requests and stock rotation within EUCAN as needed

  • Support the development of the global strategic assumptions and forecasting process EUCAN Support
    • Support the bottom-up forecasting in travel LOCs
    • Key liaison to EUCAN LOCs to ensure appropriate interpretation of global strategic assumptions and submission to ABP (Agile Business Planning Tool –  LOC forecasting tool)
    • Engage EUCAN LOCs to support and verify MRP and LRF forecasts

  • Global Support:
    • Develop presentations to support global strategic assumptions
    • Prepare year-over-year MRP and LRF forecast comparison for leadership review and input


  • Support the regions and LOCs (beyond EUCAN) to enhance commercial capabilities as needed
    • Support in the creation and maintenance of the leadership dashboard

Your Profile:

  • At least 7-10 years of experience in commercial operations experience within a multidisciplinary global environment
  • Demonstration of capacity for strategic thinking plus strong analysis skills and a creative/innovative approach to problem solving.
  • Experience working in a matrix environment, preferably a global organization, with proven ability to work cross-functionally and cross-regionally in a respectful and collaborative manner.
  • Experience in the vaccine / pharmaceutical industry preferred
  • Experience with managing/ leading commercial operations and process improvement for a country/region/global
  • Experience in forecasting and / or above country forecasting processes would be beneficial
  • Experience with launching or managing launch/life-cycle management activities for a cross-functional organization
  • Proficiency with MS suite tools, including Office and Project; fluid use of SharePoint
  • Ability to adapt to a constantly changing and growing business environment
  • Fluency in spoken and written English, other languages useful

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Facts about the job

Country
Switzerland
Location
Zürich
Contract type
Contracting
Job-ID
RD689T&origin=51001
Company
Coopers Group AG