Drive projects to Novartis internal customers (country business units, analytics teams, regional marketing and sales teams) on various high complex field force consulting projects.
Support the team in creating project proposals and managing project delivery end-to-end.
Facilitate data enabled decision making for Novartis internal customers by providing and communicating qualitative and quantitative insights.
Support FFO business by involving in various initiatives like knowledge sharing, on- boarding and training support of various associates.
Support the team in all business-related tasks / activities, building process documentation and knowledge repositories.
Key Responsibilities :
Co-leading and delivering consulting projects for customers, ensuring adherence to timelines and quality objectives in the following areas:
Commercial strategy design
Field Force sizing and structure (sales force, access, medical teams)
Segmentation, Tiering, Targeting and Call Plan design.
Incentive scheme design and payout calculation strategies
Ad-hoc projects based on local business challenges identified through assessments and / or benchmarking.
Ensuring delivery of efficient and high-quality deliverables and, promotes synergy and best practice sharing among resources
Ensuring exemplary communication with all stakeholders including internal associates, and clients through regular updates with focus on accomplishments, KPIs, best practices, staffing changes and key events
Proactively strive for improvement in services, processes, and the way of working
Working with extended BSI team to leverage any cross-functional synergies and drive integrated solutions
Mentoring team members to support talent development across the wider team; developing and retaining talent.
Essential Requirements:
Education: Graduate degree is minimum, any certifications, diploma or degree in project and event management is a plus
Languages: Superior communication skills in English
Experience (5+ years) in commercial execution, functional consulting/business consulting or in pharmaceutical company
Experience in co-leading project teams
Past work reflects a track record of operational excellence in SFE and / or Business Analytics field
Experience in working in a matrix and geographically dispersed environment
Ability to engage senior stakeholders and influence strategic decision-making
Should have an understanding of pharmaceutical business including its regulatory environment
Strong analytical thinking with problem solving approach
Desirable Requirements
MBA/ Postgraduate
Knowledge of other in-scope country languages (German, Japanese as priority)
Working knowledge of country organization, sales operational processes, practice areas, key issues and challenges
