Head Finance Generic Platform (d/f/m)

h3Job Description Summary /h3pSee Job Description. /ph3Job Description /h3pSandoz 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! /ppThe Head Finance Generic Platform is the financial leader driving value creation across the Standard and Specialty Generics value chain. The role will pro-actively drive optimal resource allocation, prioritising investments with key focus on oral solids, injectables and respiratory across internal development, BDL and life cycle mgt. Coordinates together with STO, Regions and Countries short-, medium- and long-term projections and designs and implement improvement measures supporting a margin expansion roadmap. /ppThis role has the responsibility to support decision making of pipeline choices ensuring financial alignment with companies' expectations, as well, as facilitating successful pre and launch activities. Success requires financial leadership, advanced financial modelling, and deep analytical insight into portfolio, pipeline, and market dynamics, while ensuring strong collaboration and alignment with commercial regions and manufacturing priorities. /ph3Your Key Responsibilities: /h3pYour responsibilities include, but are not limited to: /ph3Strategic and Business initiatives /h3pCo-creates overall Generics strategy and ad-hoc activities to deliver competitive, sustainable growth for Sandoz. Decision member in related Standard and Specialty Generics decision/operating bodies in relation to strategy, portfolio, pipeline, LCM and BDL. /ph3Business Case Excellence and Investment Choices /h3pDevelops and delivers business cases: maximizing ROI for selection of new molecule additions, BDL investment decisions and monitoring of existing portfolio and making recommendation decisions on investment choices. /ppPartners with CCO, Development, and Manufacturing leadership to drive comprehensive, end-to-end business cases securing approvals under governance frameworks. /ph3BDL /h3pFinance Business Partner in the BDL investment choices. Ensure compliance with financial commitments of existing partnerships and leads term improvements ensuring profitability levels. /ph3SOP /h3pProvides transparency of financial implications of the 3 year regional demand planning (APO). Drives optimal/ lean resource allocation across Commercial Regions to maximize sales and profit to the Commercial Heads and CFO. Ensuring best possible leverage of available capacity, optimal country volume allocation. /ph3Margin expansion /h3pIn cooperation with STO develops implements short/midterm identifies and implements measures to improve COGS. Reviews and proposes cost roadmap improvement to ensures profitably level in the commercial units. /ph3Launches /h3pFinancial pre-launch reviews to assess target product profile planning, COGS position, supply forecast scenarios including supporting global decision on country launches and global view of launch forecasts. /ph3Planning and Reporting /h3pLeads the Generics financial performance monitoring (Monthly Reporting, Last Estimates) as well as supporting high level target setting process (Budget Strat. Plan). Assesses financial implications of the pipeline value. /ppCo-leads the medium- and long-term volume and value projections in alignment with Regions, countries and STO. /ph3Business Partnering /h3pActs as a trusted Generics finance partner to STO, CCO, Development, Global Finance, and Regional leadership-ensuring cross-functional alignment and enabling high-quality, integrated decision-making at the enterprise level. Acts as platform generics business partner for the Finance Team. /ph3Leadership and Talent Development /h3pAttracts, develops, and retains finance talent. /ph3Governance, Compliance, and Control /h3pEnsures rigorous financial processes, strong internal controls, and full compliance with audit requirements, maintaining the highest standards of governance and transparency. /ph3What you'll bring to the role: /h3h3Essential and Desirable Requirements: /h3ulliBachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration or other relevant field of a leading business school or top university (MBA or CPA a plus). /lili10+ years of experience in financial management or controlling in a multinational environment (branded pharma, generics or fast-moving consumer goods industry preferred). /liliFluent English, both written and spoken. Other languages are a plus. /liliFinancial experience in a local organization, cross functional and international preferred. /liliExperience in financial modelling and business case preparation. /liliLeadership skills, optimal in matrix organization. /liliPrevious commercial and/or manufacturing business partnering experience, knowledgeable on portfolio. /li /ulh3Why Sandoz? /h3pSandoz is the global leader in Biosimilar and Generic medicines, a segment of the healthcare industry that delivers 80% of the world's m /p #J-18808-Ljbffr