Roche Pharma Nigeria Wants A Country Manager

The Position

• Heading Roche Pharma operations in Nigeria, you are ensuring strong business performance, while fostering a robust in-country organization, delivering solid business growth and leading in compliance with global & local regulations, Roche strategy, vision & values.
• Acting as thought leader, living Roche leadership commitments, your main responsibilities are:
• Ensuring strong corporate governance and exceeding budget targets though excellence in infrastructure management and full P&L ownership
• Steering local strategic direction and providing tactical inputs in line with corporate objectives for solid and sustainable business performance while maximizing corporate interests and promoting patient care
• Proactively shaping up local market landscape by strengthening brand presence & market access through influence, excellent stakeholder relationships and close interaction with  Regional Office and HQ
• Fostering a high performing organization focused on performance driven culture, people engagement, talent management, high customer and business objectives
• Taking leading part in the implementation of major projects and initiatives at local, regional, corporate level; building competitive knowledge for growing further business development and partnership opportunities
• Playing a critical role in ensuring compliance with local and corporate requirements and promoting ethical behavior & integrity.

Who you are

• You are a person who takes initiative courageously and creatively.
• You are open to new ideas and challenge conventional paradigms.
• Where a job title is not considered the final definition of who you are, but the starting point.

Successful candidates will meet the following requirements:

• 5 years of sales and marketing experience within Pharmaceutical industry
• 3 years of P&L exposure in roles involving successful sales & marketing governance
• Previous experience as Country Manager is preferred; exposure in global/strategic marketing would be a strong asset
• High calibre leadership track record, living & demonstrating Roche leadership commitments; excellent coaching skills and proven developer of talent
• Prior exposure in steering effective business planning processes, including implementation of set plans, ambitious goals & metrics
• Proven record of ensuring strong financial governance and consistency in exceeding financial and high performance targets; high collaboration approach within the CM/Senior Management network and HQ
• Excellent people management experience in grooming successful teams and fostering a transparent working environment focused on talent growth and career development
• Excellent command of English
• Non-resident would require approval by Nigerian immigration authority.