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Strategy & Business Planning Manager

Do you want to work for a Global Pharmaceutical company where you will get recognized for your hard work and commitment? Look no further, apply today. Strategy & Business Planning Manager, Novartis, Prague, Czech Republic.
Novartis is currently recruiting for a Strategy & Business Planning Manager to join the Real Estate and Facility Services team

Job Purpose
The objective of the Real Estate and Facility Services (REFS) Transformation is to deliver a high performing REFS services operation that meets agreed service levels, drives productivity improvements on a continuous basis and achieves operational excellence against defined benchmarks in line with standards. The Strategy & Business Planning Manager is responsible for the customer demand planning to meet the established business cycles while coordinating the content development for the various stakeholder meetings/committees. This role is also responsible for supporting the REFS strategy development by refreshing the strategy plan and monitoring key initiatives. This role reports to the Head, Global PMO REFS and works in close partnership with NBS and REFS organization to ensure the REFS function achieves its objectives and the business benefits are delivered.

Key Responsibilities
Coordinate the content development to support the various business cycle meetings. This requires to work closely with regional heads and CoE heads and their support associates.
Laisse with NBS counterpart to align REFS with Broader REFS customer management activities and plans.
Coordinate the NGSC (Novartis Global Shared Centers) planning cycles across all NBS domains
Involve REFS Regional Heads in executing NGSC capacity requests in the different locations and be the escalation point with NBS PMO of REFS needs/challenges NGSC’s related
Provide support to REFS Management Team by preparing relevant documentation for strategic meetings with Novartis senior management
Refresh and maintain strategy plan

About Novartis
About the Novartis Global Service Center in Prague:
The Novartis Global Service Center (NGSC) in Prague delivers a broad variety of services to the Novartis divisions worldwide. Prague is part of a globalized network of five NGSCs, which form a successful network of services minded associates partnering with the Novartis business around the world.
Are you interested in joining an international team delivering solutions for an ever increasing demand in the healthcare industry? You will have the opportunity to join projects with a global scope and meet colleagues from all over the world. English is our working language. We are looking for candidates combining professional expertise and excellent interpersonal skills to interact with our colleagues in different cultures, countries and time zones.
Our mission is to care and cure; We want to discover, develop and successfully market innovative products to prevent and cure diseases, to ease suffering and to enhance the quality of life. We also want to provide a shareholder return that reflects outstanding performance and to adequately reward those who invest their money, their time and their ideas in our company.

Benefits Of Working For Novartis
Competitive salary
Annual bonus
Strong work/life balance, flexible working hours
Pension/risk life insurance scheme
5 weeks paid holiday
Cafeteria employee benefit program
Public transportation allowance
Plus Additional Benefits
‘I came for the job, I stay for the culture’

Requirements
Minimum requirements The ideal candidate will have
University level degree in Business Administration/Economics/ MBA desirable
Project Management, Management Information reporting and Account Management experience
English: fluent oral and written
Overall relevant work experience of approx. 8-10 years, ideally at multi-national organizations; exposure to different functional areas
Proven experience in project management/risk and issue management and reporting
Good understanding of enabling tools such as project reporting would be advantageous. Experience in using CRM tools
Novartis are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons.
Job ID 215446BR