Pfizer

Makes cancer drugs, vaccines and other medicines

Project Excellence Lead - Sales Operations & Admin

Business OperationsPosted on Nov 4

Full-timeCairo, Cairo Governorate, EgyptNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, engineering, science, finance, or a similar discipline.
At least 5 years of experience at managerial level in commercial, procurement, contracting, and finance roles.
At least 10 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
Demonstrated success managing project teams.
Expertise in drafting, concluding, and negotiating different types of business agreements.
Expertise in commercial trade terms and rules.
Strong project management experience.
Ability to explore, evaluate, and support implementation of key business development strategies.
Proficiency in written and spoken English and Arabic.
Strong project and program management skills, including change leadership.
Proven ability to manage complex situations through participation in or leadership of cross-functional teams.
Demonstrated business acumen and strategic thinking abilities.
Ability to navigate across Pfizer to achieve objectives.
Strong organizational skills and diligence, with ability to lead through influence.
Ability to build, implement, and monitor processes to streamline ambiguous situations.
Knowledge of trade development and trade compliance.
Knowledge of business operations, contract management, and business and finance.
Strong negotiation skills.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
Ability to lead change.

Responsibilities

Lead implementation of KSA projects with continuous monitoring and course correction based on business insights, changing environments, strategic planning, and time management.
Recommend priorities for issues and opportunities, and bring appropriate resources, best practices, and expertise to resolve them.
Execute key cross-functional, country-specific operational and strategic projects.
Sustain external and internal alliances to prepare KSA organizations for the future.
Support execution of contractual agreements and key partnerships.
Plan and execute cross-functional projects to improve efficiency in distribution initiatives.
Manage contracts, including risk assessment and evaluation, due diligence, regular third-party performance evaluation, and documentation of contracted key performance indicators.
Monitor and maintain overall process timelines.
Maintain records and archive related reviews, approvals, and documents.
Support data-driven third-party engagement and establish benchmarks.
Continuously monitor efficiency and identify opportunities for synergy across functions, categories, and processes for third-party engagement.

ROLE SUMMARY

The purpose of the Project Excellence Lead job is driving fulfillment of strategic projects through commercial excellence and supporting the efficient management of the Contracts and providing commercial & trade solutions to support the execution of SI Management

This includes, enhancing cross-functional coordination to implement Saudi Arabia's strategy through well-designed projects, identifying and implementing new growth opportunities, and driving maximum efficiency in planning and project implementation.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

Lead KSA projects implementation with continuous monitoring and course correction, based on business insights, changing environment, creative strategic planning, and proper time management.
Make practical and effective recommendations to prioritize issues and opportunities, bring appropriate resources, best practices, and expertise to resolve the issue.
Execute the key cross-functional country-specific projects of operational and strategic nature.
Sustain a wide network of external and internal alliances in order to best prepare KSA organizations for the future.
Support the company in the execution of contractual agreements and key partnerships.
Plan and execute cross-functional projects to enhance efficiency in distribution initiatives.
Managing contracts, including Risk assessment & evaluation, Due Diligence and regular evaluation of the Third-Party performance, documenting the execution of the contracted KPIs.
Monitoring & maintaining the overall process timeframe
Keeping records & archiving of related reviews, approvals & documents
Supporting data driven / establishing benchmarks for any 3rd party engagement

Strong organizational skills and diligence; ability to lead through influence
Ability to build, implement and monitor processes to streamline ‘fuzzy’ situations
Continuously monitoring for efficiency and opportunities for synergy across functions / Categories / Processes for any 3rd party engagement

KEY CABABLTIES AND COMPTEINSES

Successful Track record of Leading a function.
Strong project and program management skills, including change leadership.
Proven ability to manage complex situations through the participation in or leadership of cross-functional teams, together with strong team membership skills
Demonstrated business acumen and strategic thinking abilities
Ability to navigate across Pfizer to achieve objectives
Strong organizational skills and diligence; ability to lead through influence
Ability to build, implement and monitor processes to streamline ‘fuzzy’ situations
Continuously monitoring for efficiency and opportunities for synergy across functions / Categories / Processes.

Trade development & trade compliance
Business operations
Contract management
Business & Finance acumen
Strong negotiation skills
Oral and written communication skills
Microsoft Office efficiency, especially MS Excel and PowerPoint
Leading change
Acts Decisively
Seizes Accountability
Holds People Accountable
Self-Awareness

EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, engineering, science, finance, or similar discipline
Minimum of 5 years in managerial level in commercial, procurement, contracting and finance roles.
At least 10 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry
Demonstrated success managing project teams
Expertise in drafting, concluding, and negotiating different types of business agreements.
Expertise in commercial trade terms & rules.
Strong project management experience.
Ability to explore, evaluate and support implementation of key business development strategies.
Proficient in written and spoken English, Arabic

Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.

To learn more about acceptable and prohibited uses of AI during the recruitment process, please review our candidate AI-use guidelines available on Pfizer Careers.

Sales Operations & Admin

About the Company

Pfizer

Makes cancer drugs, vaccines and other medicines

Pfizer discovers, makes, and sells prescription medicines and vaccines for patients, doctors, and governments worldwide, with large businesses in vaccines, cancer, heart disease, and rare diseases. In 2020, its COVID-19 shot, developed with German partner BioNTech, became the first COVID-19 vaccine authorized in the United States. Its scientists find drug candidates and run clinical trials to prove they are safe and effective, and Pfizer then manufactures approved products in its own plants, earning most of its money from patented drugs before cheaper generic copies arrive. Pfizer was founded in 1849 as a chemicals business in Brooklyn and is based in New York City.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: New York City, New York
Founded: 1849

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