Manager Customer Project Managers

Chiesi is looking for a Manager Customer Project Managers to join the Benelux affiliate. This role offers a great opportunity for someone who has gained commercial experience within the Dutch healthcare and is ready for the next step. Are you open to work in a dynamic international environment and to work for a Great Place to Work and B Corp certified organization?

What will you do?

For our AIR department we are looking for a Manager who will lead the team of Customer Project Managers (CPM) in the Netherlands. . You contribute to the customer centric activities of the business unit AIR. You initiate, execute and implement healthcare projects (health equity projects) which are the result of our brand strategy, and tactics/actions made in co-creation with our customers.

The Manager CPM reports directly to the Business Unit Director AIR.

Furthermore, you will: 

• Develop, coach, challenge and assess the performance of the team members;
• Set and prepare the strategic targets for the team and make sure that the clear and concrete targets will be realized;
• Maintain an overview of the activities and projects running in the different regions and manage the team on that basis;
• Prepare project plans with the estimates, budgets and prepare business cases for projects in consultation with the relevant stakeholders;
• Monitor the required internal approval processes in (financial and compliance) systems and proactive budget management;
• Identify and initiate shared value projects 
• Manage functionally involved project members and always maintains an overview of the project plan in order to achieve the targets;
• Monitor the project’s progress and internal and external developments that affect the execution of the project and makes adjustments, where necessary;
• Take care of the practical project coordination, priority setting and an effective and efficient division of roles and duties;
• Contribute to market development activities and (omnichannel) marketing;
• Flag up developments, trends and projects in the regional market, identifies chances and threats and translates them into actions for Chiesi;
• Advise and inform (potential) customers of Chiesi, project-based, about Chiesi, its services and (new) products and developments;
• Proactively initiate proposals for the development of the assigned region to reach the desired level;
• Develop concrete (project) proposals and cooperation agreements;
• Conduct negotiations with (potential) customers and make agreements.

We offer you the following:

• An attractive salary in line with your experience;
• Bonus structure based on performance and company result;
• Empower yourself: lots of Learning & Development opportunities;
• Unique opportunity to work for an Italian family-owned company with a strong emphasis on our values and behavior;
• Work for the largest pharmaceutical group in the world which is Certified B Corporations;
• Opportunity to work (partly) from home;
• Attractive pension scheme;
• Chiesi will take care of 50% of the costs of your (and your family’s) health insurance;
• Business and fun combined; for example a 3-day trip with the complete Benelux team.

Who are we looking for?

Someone with a commercial and creative mindset. You know how the Dutch healthcare landscape works. Next to that you can lead a team and you are a strong team player. Excellent communication skills in both Dutch and English are key for this role. 

• Working and thinking level: Bachelor, for instance a completed life science or pharmaceutical science education or a marketing, commercial economics, business administration;
• Minimum of 5 years of working experience in a commercial position, preferably within a healthcare network or knowledge organization;
• Experience with project-based working and the independent management and coordination projects and project members;
• Knowledge of and experience with the Dutch healthcare landscape;
• Knowledge of and experience with marketing strategies and implementation techniques;
• Experience in the pharmaceutical and/or medical devices industry is a must 
• Experience with managing professionals is a plus.
• Experience in brand management is a plus.

Chiesi uses diversity and inclusion as a source of innovation and creativity. Therefore, we welcome all applications regardless of ethnic origin, age, gender, disability, sexual identity, ideology or religion.
 

Interested?

Nice! We are looking forward to receiving your application! Click on the button ‘Apply now’ and upload your CV and motivation letter and we will contact you. Questions? Then contact Femke Roze at f.roze.ext@chiesi.com.
 

About Chiesi

We are Chiesi, a family business founded by Giacomo Chiesi. In 1935, Giacomo started making new medicines in his pharmacy in Parma.

Now, more than 85 years later, his grandchildren Alessandro, Andrea, Giacomo and Maria Paola, are at the helm of a globally operating company. Our company offers jobs to more than 6,500 people. They make medicines for chronic lung diseases, transplants and respiratory problems premature infants and several rare diseases.

But one thing hasn't changed; we decide what we do ourselves, without major shareholders who demand higher dividends or determine where we invest. We can still really do business with a long-term view. This long-term vision is aimed at helping patients. In line with the values of the Chiesi family where caring for each other and the world around us, is of paramount importance.