Job Purpose

The Sales Intermediaries & Projects Manager (SI&PM) will act as local SME and internal SPC providing commercial & trade solutions to support the execution of SI Management and strategic commercial projects in KSA. The SI&PM reports to Saudi Commercial Excellence Lead and under her/his direction will act as the SME providing support to the different cross-functional teams in relation to SI and commercial projects management.

SI are a type of third party that provides Pfizer with selling, promoting, commercialization, marketing, and/or regulatory services related to selling or tendering Pfizer products. This includes Contracted Field Forces/CSOs, Purchasing Sales Intermediaries, and Co-Promotion/Co-Marketing Sales Intermediaries.

Key Accountabilities

The SI&PM will be mainly responsible for project management tasks including:

• Planning and designing project resources, monitoring progress for strategic cross-functional commercial projects, including business operations and business development.  
• Liaising & coordinating the cross-functional review & approval process on behalf of the Commercial Excellence Lead
• Providing the commercial teams with the needed support including development/implementation of GTM strategies, contractual drafting & negotiations, developing & owning the relevant processes, providing the required guidance & tools and managing approvals.
• Managing contracts, including Risk assessment & evaluation, Due Diligence and regular evaluation of the Third-Party performance, documenting the execution of the contracted KPIs.
• Monitoring & maintaining the overall process timeframe.
• Keeping records & archiving of related reviews, approvals & documents
• Supporting data driven / establishing benchmarks for any 3rd party engagement

Position Relationships:

• Saudi Country President
• Saudi Commercial Team
• Regulatory Team
• Supply Chain Team
• Legal Team
• Compliance Team
• Therapeutic area leads.

Job Specific Technical/Functional/Professional Competencies:

• Project Management
• Trade development & trade compliance
• Business operations
• Contract management
• Business & Finance acumen
• Strong negotiation skills
• Oral and written communication skills
• Microsoft Office efficiency, especially MS Excel and PowerPoint
• Leading change
• Acts Decisively
• Seizes Accountability
• Holds People Accountable
• Self-Awareness

Experience and Knowledge 

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, engineering, science, finance, or similar discipline
• Minimum of 5 years in managerial level in commercial, procurement, contracting and finance roles.
• At least 3 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry 
• Demonstrated success managing project teams.
• Expertise in drafting, concluding, and negotiating different types of business agreements.
• Expertise in commercial trade terms & rules.
• Strong project management experience.
• Ability to explore, evaluate and support implementation of key business development strategies.
• Proficient in written and spoken English, Arabic is preferred add-on.

Geographic Scope: Saudi 
Work Location Assignment: Riyadh

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