Senior Manager Planning & Operations (m/f/d)

Job Description Summary

Experienced manager responsible for managing and delivering cross-functional strategic business projects for Sandoz Germany, supporting the Country President and the Commercial Operations Leadership Team (COLT). The role requires strong commercial focus and business acumen, contributing strategic and financial insights and translating priorities into actionable recommendations

Job Description

Sandoz continues to go through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Biosimilar and Generic medicines. As we continue down this new and ambitious path, unique opportunities will present themselves, both professionally and personally. Join us, the future is ours to shape! 

Your Key Responsibilities: 

• Acts as a subject matter expert in 1-2 key domains relevant to assigned projects. 

• Builds and maintains a network of subject matter experts within and outside the Sandoz organization. 

• Supports the development of sustainable capabilities within project teams, enabling local teams to continue delivery against agreed objectives. 

• Acts as a thought partner to senior stakeholders and project sponsors, providing fact-based analysis and recommendations. 

• Manages cross-functional strategic projects and project teams within Sandoz Germany, including scoping, analysis, content development, stakeholder coordination and implementation follow-up. 

• Contributes to the Global / Unit Strategic Planning process and supports long-term forecasting and strategic planning. 

• Provides financial, commercial and strategic insights to support decision-making. 

• Supports the identification and assessment of relevant internal and external business opportunities and their potential impact on medium- and long-term growth and profitability. 

• Brings a strong commercial perspective and business acumen to assigned strategic projects. 

• Partners with senior stakeholders to translate strategic priorities into commercially relevant recommendations and actions. 

Key performance indicators: 

• Successful management and delivery of assigned projects to agreed outcomes. 

• Timely and high-quality completion of smaller initiatives and ad-hoc requests. 

• Delivery of agreed projects on time and within budget. 

• Quality and practical relevance of financial, commercial and strategic insights. 

• Effective collaboration within cross-functional project teams. 

What you’ll bring to the role: 

• Experienced manager of a specific business activity or portfolio within Planning & Operations, Strategy, Commercial Operations or a related function. 

• Demonstrated experience managing cross-functional strategic projects and project teams. 

• Experience contributing financial and strategic insights, long-term forecasting and strategic planning. 

• Experience supporting the identification and assessment of internal and external business opportunities. 

• Project and Stakeholder Management. 

• Decision Tree / Forecasting Models. 

• Business Partnering. 

• Change Management. 

Compensation Structure & Criteria:   

Sandoz compensation is determined by job level, qualifications, niche skills, experience, and location within company salary ranges. Fully proficient and highly effective employees can expect a starting salary around market median, with those new to the level or with less functional depth at the lower end of the range and those with sustained superior or niche skills towards the higher end of the range. Internal equity and external market data inform our range placement. Annual salary reviews consider performance outcomes, market alignment, and business needs.   

 

• Job location: Holzkirchen, Germany  

• Starting pay range: 89,800 - 166,800 EUR   
• Variable compensation: 15% performance-based bonus 

• Additional benefits include: 30 vacation days per year (in full time), 1.200€ vacation payment (in full time), €40/month in capital-forming benefits (in full time), company pension, flex-hybrid working 50% per week in the office, access to our learning & development platforms Skillsoft & Learnlight, Access to our employee share program “OurShare” 

• Pay frequency: Monthly 

• Expected weekly working hours: 40 hours 

• Contract type: full time 

 

Why Sandoz? 

Sandoz is the global leader in Biosimilar and Generic medicines, a segment of the healthcare industry that delivers 80% of the world’s medicines at 30% of the cost, touching the lives of more than 1 billion people across 100+ countries! While we are proud of our achievements, we have an ambition to do more so that everyone can achieve the basic human right of good health.  

With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help even more people gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.   

Our momentum is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills, experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful careers, where diversity of thought is welcomed and where personal growth is supported!   

 

Join us, help us make healthcare fairer and faster.   

 

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: 

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve. 

 

Hiring decisions are only based on the qualification for the position, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age and disability.Hiring decisions are only based on the qualification for the position, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age and disability. 

 

The law provides for severely disabled / equal applicants the opportunity to involve the local representative body for disabled employees (SBV) in the application process. If you would like to request this, please let us know in advance as a note on your CV. 

 

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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