Strategy Realization Lead

6 months ago

Midrand, South Africa MSD Full time

Primary Responsibilities:
**MAJOR ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Facilitate the development of the SSA Strategy and profit plan in coordination with the Managing Director and the leadership team ensure consistency with strategic intent and excellence in execution.
- Drive Cluster strategy realization in conjunction with the LT, Functional leads and regional / global stakeholders
- Coordinate and participate in country business reviews and ensure all follow up items are addressed and acted upon.
- Manage the progress of strategic projects, review action items, and highlight course corrections and open issues to the Managing Director & LT
- Lead & develop the engagement strategy of the organization around strategy realization in conjunction with LT and Functional leads.
- Work closely with the Communications team to develop key communications in support of the strategic agenda in coordination with the Managing Director
- Management & coordination of key initiatives / efforts which are cross divisional / cross functional. Being the communicator / connector / catalyst for various cross divisional projects
- This position helps support the cluster by setting up workstreams, design plans, establish milestones, oversee deadline completion, oversee resource management as well as risk assessment and tracking processes. The Strategy Realization Lead ensures feasibility of each workstream and he/she would lead in the creation of standardized frameworks for project management, continuous improvement, and key performance metric development across the projects
- Supporting the delivery of cluster critical enablers and leading on strategic taskforces that enable and support to realize the cluster strategy
- Lead efforts around organization engagement up to and including fostering sharing and the identification/dissemination of best practices

**Chief of Staff Responsibilities**:
Activities you would be involved in include:

- ** Country Reviews / Visits**: Coordinate and participate in Country Reviews. Act in an advisory capacity to LT on topics including but not limited to stakeholder management, communications tact and approach, and other strategic and tactical matters
- ** Profit Planning / Scorecards**: Aligning countries and finance in the regional profit planning process and ensuring the SSA Scorecard / dashboard are updated. Governance of schedule adherence
- ** Presentations**: Developing appropriate visuals / media for town halls, HQ visits
- ** SSA Leadership Meetings**: Ensure optimization of meetings and alignment of topics to key priorities. Ensure LT sponsored presentations are aligned with strategic direction of the meetings. Prepare high level agreements, record action items and issue in a timely manner to the LT
- ** Project Management**:Proactively identify and execute projects of strategic importance to the SSA Region, oversee management & coordination of key initiatives / efforts which are often cross divisional / cross functional.
- **We search for a rising talent who will use this role as a career catalyst.** You should have a strong understanding of commercial concepts and how these impact business performances.
- Project Execution and Coordination skills: Proven track record of “getting things done”
- Networking & Communication: Knowing who to go to, how to approach them and get things done via non-hierarchical influence

**Travel**: up to 50 % travel across SSA, occasional long-haul travel

**EXPERIENCE REQUIRED**:

- Strong Project Management Skills and Experience:

- Leads projects through issues, roadblocks, and problems. Acts as a change agent to guide teams toward success and to perform through issues and constraints
- Leads project coordination including the timeline, budget, resource constraints, and deliverables / results. Shifts between the "big picture" and the small-but-crucial details and be prepared to roll up her/his sleeves and work through detailed issues
- Manages projects and ensures all appropriate tools are completed and used effectively
- Communicates actively with project sponsors and stakeholders and establishes regular points of communication. Manages sponsor and stakeholders’ expectations
- Drive to deliver projects on time, within budget and scope to a high level of quality and stakeholder satisfaction.
- Demonstrated ability to quickly build networks and credibility and serve as a valued thought partner to stakeholders
- Strong communication and facilitation skills, ability to draw in others, work collaboratively and cross-functionally, Win as One Team mindset
- A minimum of 5 years pharmaceutical experience
- Experience in strategic roles like marketing/complex project management
- Proven track record of “getting things done” in a matrix environment.
- Deep understanding of commercial and support function business performance drivers
- Strong business acumen, strategic thinking skills and solid judgment in decision making
- Analytical Thinking: Ability to

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