Strategic Commercial Partnerships Manager (m/f/d)

29 countries. Around 48,000 colleagues. 70,000 pharmacies supplied and millions of patients: Join PHOENIX! Support us in supplying the people of Europe with medicines and healthcare products quickly and reliably - and experience a job that is as diverse as it is important. Where you can proactively master challenges, implement ideas and drive change. Look forward to pure variety at a successful, future-proof family company, the leading pharmaceutical retailer in Germany and at the same time the best integrated healthcare provider in Europe.

We are looking for a Strategic Commercial Partnerships Manager (m/f/d). This position can be filled groupwide.

Your Tasks

As a seasoned professional with at least 10 years of extensive experience in the pharmaceutical marketplace, specifically in generic and OTC procurement, you will play a pivotal role in our dynamic team.

Your responsibilities include:

• Cultivating and advancing manufacturer relationships from a transactional to a strategic level on a European basis, fostering optimal common value creation.
• Driving innovation to maximize value creation across all of PHOENIX’s own physical and digital pharmacy concepts, franchise, and pharmacy partnership programs.
• Creating activity plans and commercial campaigns in collaboration with manufacturers and countries, ensuring execution across countries and in pharmacies.
• Sharing information and materials with countries through various digital platforms.
• Developing communication activities for manufacturers and internal dissemination within PHOENIX and its countries of responsibility.
• Crafting commercial and marketing materials related to strategic partnerships.
• Conducting reporting and forecasting on commercial results derived from strategic commercial activities.
• Actively planning and executing C-level meeting and international meetings between countries and manufacturers.
• Managing projects involving manufacturers, partners, and country contacts on a multi-country level.
• Collaborating closely with all countries within the PHOENIX Group to generate longterm benefits around GX and OTC procurement.
• Spearheading the strategic development of relationships with all manufacturers.
• Engaging in strategic negotiations of commercial contracts, including terms and conditions, with manufacturers and partners at a European level, while providing support to countries in their negotiations.

Your Profile

• University degree in the field of business, economics or science. Applicants with PhD degree are welcomed.
• At least 5+ years of working experience preferably in the pharmaceutical industry. Candidates with FMCG, commodities, medical-device or animal health experience are welcomed to apply.
• Excellent customer engagement and selling skills at all levels including C-level management.
• Ability to navigate through complex matrix and multicultural environment effectively.
• Outstanding collaboration, communication and presentation skills with the ability to interact with all levels of professionals internally as well as externally.
• Entrepreneurially minded with a strong inner drive to continuously find solutions and achieve success.
• Proficiency in English; other languages are plus.

Our Benefits:

• Future-proof: We are growing and expanding. We are the market leader and offer you a permanent employment contract, 13 monthly salaries, vacation pay as well as 30 days of vacation and much more (job bike, company pension scheme, etc.).
• Reconciliation of private and professional life: We offer mobile office and flexible working time models.
• Career: We promote you! There are great opportunities within the PHOENIX Group.
• Continuing education: We would love to - we are happy if you are eager to learn. The PHOENIX Learning World offers you an exclusive range of further training courses.
• Team: This is how we work. We promote team cohesion through small and large events.

Please apply online including your salary expectation and your earliest possible starting date. Your contact person is Florian Thome. We are looking forward to your application!