General Manager

Job Description:

At Ferring Pharmaceuticals, we help people around the world build families and live better lives. We are entrepreneurial and innovative, with a global team focused on scientific advances in the areas of reproductive and women’s health, gastroenterology and urology. Ferring + You is all about working together and sharing ideas, so that we can bring science to life for patients around the world.

Our Commercial teams collaborate as trusted partners with patient groups, clinicians, policy makers and the scientific community to identify and develop new opportunities to help patients. Customer centric, we offer an empowering, entrepreneurial culture – and a place to thrive and grow.

Ferring+You

You will ensure the implementation and provide input into the Company commercial strategy by delivering sales and contribution targets for the country, optimising resource allocations, maximising growth and return on investment and driving market share growth for designated products while maintaining patient centricity and customer relationships on the long term.  

 Your day at Ferring

• Responsible to lead according to the Ferring Philosophy, mission and leadership principles

• Legally represent Ferring, and ensure proper management of the Company according to laws and regulations in force in the Country

• Locally represent and promotes the views of Ferring to relevant bodies such as but not limited to government agencies, health authorities, pharma associations

• Ensure proper corporate management through timely application of and compliance to pertaining regulations (such as Finance, Legal, HR) and according to powers assigned by the Board of Directors

• Lead at country level the building and implementation of the Strategic Business Plan

• Lead our in-market commercial strategy in collaboration with our global franchises and commercial operations function

•  Directly responsible for the management and supervision of our Reproductive Medicine Business Unit

• Develop the yearly budget and once approved, lead its implementation and delivers financial results

• Contribute to sharing and learning from best practices

• Contribute beyond own geographic scope to company success for example by actively participating to corporate meetings

• Identify local business growth opportunities and leverage them to deliver financial results and market share growth A

• Lead and coordinate the different functions in the country (such as regulatory, marketing, sales, medical, finance, HR) in alignment with corporate functions

• Ensure an accurate, timely and transparent reporting and communication within the country and towards Region, Area, Group

• Build and adapt the local organization ensuring commercial effectiveness through structure and processes optimization, and appropriate resourcing of support functions.

• Drive people development and engagement, effective performance management including talent and succession pipeline

 Behind our innovation…There’s you

• 10 to 15 years of pharmaceutical industry experience

• Mandatory sales, marketing, people management experience; ideally transversal experience (i.e., across geographies, across therapeutic areas)

• Opportunity for a first experience as a General Manager

• Demonstrated experience in ability to influence outside of direct reporting lines

• University degree level in Business, Marketing and/or Science

• Fluent in English, written and spoken; commitment to learn local language

• Strong presentation and written communication skills

• Ability to understand technical and complex information and data refering to science and healthcare

• Sound marketing knowledge

• Sound sales effectiveness knowledge

• Analytical ability

• Financial and legal undertsanding

• Willingness to learn and to adapt

People come first at Ferring

• Get inspired from our commitment to advocate for everyone’s right to build a family, no matter who you are, where you live or who you love

• Our inclusive support package – “Building Families at Ferring” provides equal and accessible policies for all employees who wish to start their family journey, ensuring a global standard, irrespective of location and role. Available to all employees after the first year of employment.

• Parental leave for both birthing and non-birthing parents

• Extended support on family building journey

Making a difference in the life of millions of people means we succeed by working together. Our diverse backgrounds, experiences, expertise, and perspectives enable us to find solutions to even the most challenging problems, and our success is tied to each team member’s contributions. Imagine the power of your career when it’s Ferring + You.

Behind our purpose… There’s you

If our mission and your vision are aligned, please apply!

We strive to build and maintain an inclusive and diverse workplace with equal opportunities and mutual respect for all employees regardless of their backgrounds and socioeconomic status.

Location:Ferring Italy