"Caring for People's Health as a Trusted Partner" - This mission motivates us at STADA every day to improve the health of people worldwide. With our wide range of generics, consumer health products and specialty pharmaceuticals, we offer patients, doctors and pharmacists a wide range of therapeutic options.

Around 13,000 employees live our values of Integrity, Entrepreneurship, Agility and One STADA. Together we are on an exciting growth journey and want to successfully shape the future of STADA. 

Do you want to become part of a dynamic, international team and grow with us? Then apply now as:   

Product Lifecycle Strategy Lead (f/m/d)   

Bad Vilbel | Germany (DE) | Full-time | Permanent 

What you can expect

As Product Lifecycle Strategy Lead you execute the global lifecycle management strategy, maximizing manufacturing network performance, with focus on COGS leadership, supply reliability and high-quality products. You collaborate with different areas of the company (internal Ops, ESO, BD&L) establishing sustainable processes, ensuring a stable flow of initiatives, adequately supported by data and analysis, that fill the identified gaps of the portfolio, and improve COGS and supply performance.

• You apply tech ops strategy to our portfolio: COGS leadership, superior supply reliability and flexibility 
• You define criteria and processes to trigger life cycle initiatives
• You create shortlist of products that follow defined criteria and support ESO strategy of CMO network and portfolio consolidation
• You initiate life cycle initiatives, define path forward and gather relevant stakeholders (ESO, Internal Ops, GTT, Reg. Affairs, etc) for development and execution.
• Lead cross functional teams on PMO activities to ensure adequate development and execution
• You liaise with commercial teams and obtain potential market upside for all life cycle initiatives
• You create metrics and reports that allow control over life cycle initiatives status and execution. Establish alert levels and RACI to ensure success of execution
• You collaborate different company departments, ESO, internal Ops, finance, on pruning strategy. Create and implement criteria to STADA portfolio

Who we are looking for

• You have a Bachelor´s degree in business economics, industrial engineering, industrial management or a similar field. Master´s degree preferred
• You have more than 10 years of professional experience in the pharmaceutical industry, in the areas of market analysis, portfolio analysis, portfolio life cycle management or business development
• You have extensive knowledge of the pharmaceutical value chain: COGS drivers, Production costs
• You have brief exposure and knowledge of manufacturing processes; understanding of EU regulatory rules and requirements, non-EU requirements is a plus
• You have experience in project management activities, with demonstrated track record and results
• You have regular contact with senior management in terms of enquiries and communication style
• You are fluent in English, other languages are desirable

We look forward to receiving your application via our career portal until March 28, 2024. At jobs.stada.com you will also find numerous other job opportunities, as we are always looking for motivated talents who can strengthen our team with their expertise and personality. Do you have further questions? Then please reach out to recruiting@stada.de