Head Business Continuity & Emergency Management (d/f/m)

Head Business Continuity & Emergency Management (d/f/m)

Sandoz is going through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Generic and Biosimilar medicines.

Now as an independently listed company, Sandoz aims to increase its strategic focus, operate with greater agility, set clearer business objectives, enhance shareholder returns, and strengthen its culture for us, the Sandoz associates. This is an exciting time in our history, and by creating a new and ambitious path, it will provide a unique opportunity for us all, both professionally and personally.

Join us as a Founder of our ‘new’ Sandoz!

Your Key Responsibilities:

1. Leading Global Business Continuity & Emergency Management by defining the overall governance for resilience and response.
2. Ensuring business resilience and readiness of the Sandoz Executive Committee (SEC), Country Presidents and Site Heads as part of the Business Continuity & Emergency Management methodology.
3. Driving the strategy and setting clear objectives for the function globally.
4. Facilitating key strategic decision-making during a crisis or emergency situation.
5. Developing global policies and standards for Business Continuity & Emergency Management.
6. Driving the development and implementation of the strategic plans and enterprise-wide initiatives that include:
1. Reducing complexity of the organization and controls by increasing the focus on most impactful areas.
2. Strengthening the operational aspect of the function.
3. Providing global transparency on the function’s performance.
4. Ensuring the team is fully embedded in the organization and operations where applicable.

What you’ll bring to the role:

1. Bachelor/University degree or equivalent in international security/risk management and/or proven relevant experience in a related field.
2. 10+ years of experience in the Risk, Business Continuity and Emergency Management areas.
3. Experience working on global projects across geographies, functions, and business units, preferably in the healthcare industry.
4. Strong leadership skills and ability to provide strategic guidance to senior management.
5. Strong communication skills and ability to engage with all levels across the organization.
6. Result-driven and pragmatic approach to identifying and implementing solutions.
7. Advanced degree (e.g., MBA).
8. Relevant industry certification.

You’ll receive:

Sandoz has an employee-first approach and that’s why your personal growth is so important to us. You will have access to Coursera and other learning platforms with more than 200,000 learning videos and 5000+ courses.

In addition to the various learning opportunities, we offer company benefits, such as:

1. 30 days of annual leave.
2. Additional rewards for special occasions (e.g., service length awards, marriage celebration, etc.).
3. Company pension schemes and capital formation benefits.
4. Parental leave.
5. Other offerings, such as bike leasing.

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 ours to shape!

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Hiring decisions are only based on the qualification for the position, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age and disability.

The law provides for severely disabled / equal applicants the opportunity to involve the local representative body for disabled employees (SBV) in the application process. If you would like to request this, please let us know in advance as a note on your CV.