Product Operations Planning Lead

Grifols, S.A; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary package

Pension with company match

Private medical insurance for employee

Career development opportunities

Succession planning and internal promo

Education and professional development

Wellness and social initiatives

Job summary

Grifols is seeking a senior Product Operations Planning professional to support IBP-driven product portfolio alignment across global operations. You will manage launches, changes and discontinuations, collaborate with Regulatory, Quality, and Commercial teams, and drive standardization across multiple regions.

The role emphasizes project management, cross-functional influence, and use of planning tools within a GMP/FDA-regulated environment. Dublin-based with travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Business Administration.
• 5–10 years experience in operations roles within the Pharmaceutical, Healthcare or relevant industries.
• Certified Project manager (PMP or equivalent).
• Certified Portfolio manager (PfMP or equivalent).
• MBA or health economics background is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate in creating Biopharma’s Product Operations Planning department.
• Support implementation of new processes, flows and tools.
• Improve processes to ensure transparency and alignment across areas (Industrial, Regulatory, Quality, Marketing, Commercial Ops, Demand Planning, Supply Planning, R&D, PM).
• Manage product launches, changes and discontinuations through stage-gate methodology.
• Prepare monthly product planning review materials.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic planning

IBP process

Regulatory awareness

Project management

Stakeholder management

Ambiguity management

Process standardization

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Business Administration

MBA

PMP certification

PfMP certification

Master in health economics or pharmaceutical industry

Tools

SAP

RapidResponse

Planview

TeamWorks

Psoda

Project Objects

myPARM

Metier PPM

FlightMap

Daptiv PPM

Clarity PPM

Antura Projects

Job description

Would you like to join an international team working to improve the future of healthcare? Do you want to enhance the lives of millions of people? Grifols is a global healthcare company that since 1909 has been working to improve the health and well-being of people around the world. We are leaders in plasma-derived medicines and transfusion medicine and develop, produce and market innovative medicines, solutions and services in more than 110 countries and regions.

At Grifols, we believe that diversity adds value to our business, our teams, and our culture. We are committed to equal employment opportunities that foster an inclusive environment.

POSITION SUMMARY:

Support a successful and value-added implementation of Grifols Biopharma’s monthly Product Planning process in the context of Integrated Business Planning (IBP, advanced S&OP) that enables the company long term strategic plan by ensuring product portfolio changes (new product introduction, developments in already marketed products and discontinuations) are aligned with the strategy, compliant with all requirements and executed in a timely, efficient and effective manner.

The role-holder shall have a significant impact on the accuracy of Biopharma portfolio project plan and shall be the ‘go to’ person for information/updates/escalations of assigned projects.

The position will primarily be based in Grifols Worldwide Operations, Dublin, Ireland with travel expected in line with business needs to other Grifols locations.

What You Will Do:

• Collaborate in the creation of Biopharma’s Product Operations Planning department and support the implementation of new processes/flows/tools.
• Improve existing processes/flows/tools to ensure a high level of transparency and alignment at all times and between all areas (Industrial, Regulatory, Quality, Marketing, Commercial Ops, Demand Planning, Supply Planning, R&D, Project Management...).
• Support all Grifols areas prompting product portfolio changes to make them a reality as soon as possible, if feasible and aligned with strategy.
• Project management of product launches, changes and discontinuations through the standard stage and gate methodology. Follow up of the business case evolution and track changes in terms of both timelines (ie. regulatory, first release, communication to customers, etc) and deliverables (cost, revenue, volume, etc).
• Provide support in the preparation of the monthly product planning review meeting.

What You’ll Bring

• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
• Proficiency using technology tools that enable reporting and collaboration with stakeholders. Ie. Microsoft package.
• Basic knowledge of SAP
• Strong understanding or experience in the pharmaceutical industry including business acumen and operations processes.
• Strong understanding or experience in IBP (Integrated Business Planning) process.
• Understanding of end-to-end Supply Chain processes & function
• Ability to generate high quality project and strategic plans
• Capacity to deal with several cross-functional and international projects at the same time while managing priorities.
• Identify and solve problems quickly.
• Strong capability to manage ambiguity, find pragmatic solutions & align/influence a vast number of stakeholders across all organizational levels and cultures.
• Proven transformational capabilities to drive & manage process standardization across different areas.
• Go-getter / Self-starter
• Familiar with any of the following tools: RapidResponse, Planview, TeamWorks, Psoda, Project Objects, myPARM, Metier PPM, FlightMap, Daptiv PPM, Clarity PPM, Antura Projects, …
• Experience with AI and setting up bots.
• Having worked in a in a pharmaceutical, GMP, or FDA / EU regulated environment.
• Familiar with the production process of a biological product.
• Having worked in an Oliver Wight Class-A certified company.
• Experience in IBP process implementation
• Bachelor’s degree of Engineering or Business Administration
• 5-10 years experience in operations roles within the Pharmaceutical, Healthcare or relevant industries
• Certified Project manager (PMP or equivalent)
• Certified Portfolio manager (PfMP or equivalent)
• Master of Business Administration, MBA
• Master in health economics or pharmaceutical industry

Our Benefits Include:

• A highly competitive salary package
• Group pension scheme - Contribution rates are (3%/ 5%/ 7%) and company will match
• Private medical insurance for the employee
• Ongoing career development opportunities within a rapidly growing organisation
• Strong focus on succession planning and internal promotion
• Dedicated education and professional development allowance
• Wellness and social initiatives, including activities such as padel and summer events

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