Regional P&O Business Partner, SIR

Job Description
Sandoz 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.

As a newly independent company we are focused on growth. We see growth as the engine powering everything we want to achieve for patients. It will allow us to innovate & pioneer greater access to high-quality medicines, but we can only do this by bringing the best and the brightest minds together.

As
P&O Business Partner for Sandoz International Region
you'll lead the P&O agenda for the specific population, ensuring P&O policies and initiatives for talent management, employee relations, organizational development, etc are implemented across Sandoz International Region.

Your Responsibilities Will Include

• Actively participate in complex, enterprise P&O projects or initiatives; ensure business representation and alignment.
• Advise business leaders and functional teams on strategic and operational execution, including team effectiveness, change management, organizational design, performance management, talent, retention and engagement.
• Coach leaders on team priorities and objectives linked to purpose and strategy, helping collaborate with other teams, manage across the matrix, remove obstacles and overcome silos.
• Contribute actively to the P&O community and network.
• Develop an organizational design / plan for client groups by utilizing organizational diagnostics.
• Develop talent and leadership development strategy and plans.
• Directly influence the business strategy and translate strategy and functional plans to design and implement people and organizational interventions that support the vision while applying data driven and external insights with P&O metrics.
• Drive the talent agenda in partnership with the business, establishing quality succession planning for critical positions and business value roles, development plans of key talent and talent strategy to build the leadership pipeline.
• Identify required critical capabilities for the future and establish plans to meet capability gaps at the organization and individual level.
• Utilize consulting skills to influence, coach and provide feedback to leaders at all levels, ensuring our core values are lived every day and empower individual growth.

Key Performance Indicators

• Champion the Sandoz Culture Transformation with measurable interventions evidenced in Our Voice scores.
• Demonstrate ability to leverage data and analytics for business insights to inform business decisions evidenced through positive client feedback.
• Demonstrate effective execution of organization transformations through client feedback and measurable project outcomes.
• Demonstrate enterprise leadership that inspires collaboration and generates new solutions that meet the needs of the business.
• Develop an impactful P&O Strategic Plan for client groups aligned to business priorities; developed based on deep business acumen and understanding of key P&O drivers.
• Drive the talent cluster / country agenda in partnership with the business, establishing quality succession planning for critical positions and business value roles, development plans of key talent and talent strategy to build the leadership pipeline.

What You'll Bring To The Role

• +8 years' experience in P&O roles
• Relevant experience as business partner
• Experience working at regional or global level, in a matrix organization.
• Pharma experience is preferred.
• Fluent English mandatory, other languages will be valued.
• Effective collaboration skills.
• Senior stakeholder management expertise.
• Ability to deliver results and execute in a timely manner.

Why Sandoz?
Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, touched the lives of almost 500 million patients last year and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more

With investments in new development capabilities, state-of-the-art production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.

Our momentum and entrepreneurial spirit is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is encouraged

The future is (y)ours to shape

Commitment To Diversity & Inclusion
Sandoz is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

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