Senior Manager - Performance Improvement - Research & Development - Pharma Sector - Big4

Senior Manager - Performance Improvement - Pharma R&D - BIG 4

The opportunity: As Performance Improvement Senior Manager - R&D you'll actively establish, maintain and strengthen internal and external relationships. With guidance from partners and directors, you'll identify potential business opportunities for our client.

Your Key Responsibilities:

- Client service delivery/execution

- Manage multiple projects, engagement economics and receivables, project resources and team utilization

- Lead the delivery / execution of high quality deliverables and manage service quality, brand and client expectations

Knowledge Management:

- Contribute to brand development by writing articles, developing thought leadership and point-of-views

- Contribute to knowledge development and management

Business development:

- Manage clients & accounts and built professional relationships

- Meet business development targets by identifying new opportunities with existing and new clients

- Demonstrate significant industry / solution expertise

People management:

- Be a strong team player

- Build a strong team and be a strong role model, mentor and coach

- Assist in resolving people issues

- Support people development through guidance and feedback

- Take the lead in recruiting activities

- Ensure compliance to the firm's standards, processes and policies

- Contribute to the firm's initiatives in enhancing market leadership & growth, quality, people agenda and operational excellence

Skills & Attributes For Success:

- In-depth understanding of the economic and business environment

- Expertise in two or more of the areas listed ; Procurement / Integrated Planning / Network Design / Supply Chain / Sales and Marketing / Strategy / Logistics

Professional network and networking skills

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Good leadership qualities:

Client relationship management and account management skills. Experience in handling mid to large-size accounts

Program management, multi-tasking and time management skills

Good experience in business development

Excellent people management skills

Sharp focus on quality delivery

Ability to develop / customize solutions relevant to client

Advanced knowledge of MS Excel, Word, Power Point

To qualify for the role you must have:

- B.E. / B.Tech.+ MBA (preferably from a premier institute) with a strong academic record

- 5 to 9 years of relevant post qualification experience, preferably from Consulting or industry with significant expertise in at least three of the areas listed ; Business transformation, Business process Re-engineering, Market assessment, Post-merger integration, Strategy and Business planning, Sales and Marketing improvement / transformation, Strategic Cost Reduction, R&D / transformation

- In-depth domain knowledge in one or more and expertise in at least one sector of the following sectors: listed ; Pharmaceuticals

Ideally you'll also have:

- Willingness to travel

- Flexible to adopt to a demanding lifestyle

- Able to thrive in relatively unstructured situations

- High initiative and drive, positive attitude and high commitment

- Maturity and ability to handle pressure