Job Description

Are you passionate about driving projects in a cross-functional team? Would you enjoy helping to move Novo Nordisk forward by driving the adaption of our CMR system and supporting our sales force with insightful analysis? If yes, then join our team and help us make a difference. We are now recruiting for a Commercial Excellence Lead for Saudi Arabia, Riyadh. This is a unique opportunity to work for a world leader in diabetes care, haemophilia, growth hormone therapy, and obesity.

Apply now and join a life-changing career.

The Position As a Commercial Excellence lead in Novo Nordisk, you will be responsible to drive effective strategy execution and excellence spanning Business Performance Management, Strategic Business Insights, and Sales Force Effectiveness. We expect you to have a cross-functional view (Sales/ Marketing / MCE / CRM) and a cross-collaboration within your department as well as with all other functions, acting as a central franchise and company champion.

Your main responsibilities will include: Performance Management and Execution Excellence by Ensuring frontline performance in line with strategy & business objective for the affiliate. Strategic Business Insights and Analytics by Leading business and customer insights and Intelligence, focusing on commercial effectiveness, sales & activity measurements, RoI and closed loop analytics, etc. with an effort to guide management decisions and strategic choices. Sales Force Effectiveness by Developing and managing processes, projects, and controls that maximize sales force productivity and ensure effective strategy execution

Qualifications We are expecting you to hold a Bachelor of Business administration, statistics, or any related field and the below skills and knowledge: Has 6+ years of relevant work experience in CE, Sales management, and/or brand management. Previous experience in CE, BI, and SFE is a plus. Working knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry and project management processes. Demonstrated track record in managing large-scale projects that realize business benefits. Experience in stakeholder management.

About the Department The Saudi Commercial Excellence & projects department is a high-performing and highly ambitious team, leading the transformation initiatives and strive for excellence across organization. The department consisting of experts on Multi-Channel Customer Engagement, Customer Engagement platform, Sales Force Excellence & Business Analytics. As a Commercial Excellence lead, you will play an integral role in collaborating within the team as well as cross functional stakeholders in Business Units, Market Access, Finance & Operations and People & Development, allowing to have leading sales force effectiveness and enabling frontline excellence.

Working at Novo Nordisk Novo Nordisk is its people. We know that life is anything but linear and balancing what is important at different stages of our career is never easy. That's why we make room for diverse life situations, always putting people first. We value our employees for the unique skills they bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk is working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it's a collective effort. Novo Nordisk relies on the joint potential and collaboration of its more than 40,000 employees. Together, we go further. Together, we're life-changing.

Contact If you believe you are qualified and are willing to take the challenge, please send your CV directly via our online application tool. We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

Deadline Apply before 30 September 2022.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we're life changing.