Aspen

With a 160-year heritage, Aspen is a global specialty and branded multinational pharmaceutical company with a presence in both emerging and developed markets. We have approximately 9100 employees at 69 established offices in over 50 countries and we improve the health of patients in more than 150 countries through our high quality, affordable medicines.

Aspen Europe is an entrepreneurial business dedicated to providing high quality pharmaceutical products at competitive and affordable prices for customers and patients. The company has state-of-the-art manufacturing sites in Europe based in Bad Oldesloe (Germany), Notre-Dame de Bondeville (France), Oss (Netherlands). Aspen Nordic region covers Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Sweden.

The role

We are looking for Commercial Manager to set, lead, and execute commercial strategies, budget responsibility, and business operations in the Finnish market.

Your role in Finland is independent but located in the Aspen Nordic team where you find your nearest colleagues. You will work home-based, but the job requires occasional traveling in the Nordis, most often to Copenhagen. You will report to Head of Commercial, Nordics.

You will for example;

• Develop strategies for pricing and market access to support existing business and launch of new SKU/brands in Finland
• Implement and lead local OTC strategies and leveraging marketing experience into OTC brand performance
• Support local tender management and pricing
• Lead analysis with the team for globally and locally driven pricing initiatives
• Execute on market access strategies locally through customer interactions with key stakeholders
• Collaborate with national and local payers to ensure timely and fair feedback on market access strategies and apply data in decision making
• Lead commercial activities locally and engage with decision makers

Who you are

To thrive in this position, you have several years of experience in a similar role in Commercial in the pharmaceutical industry. It is essential to have an understanding of healthcare delivery, reimbursement and payment systems in the Finnish and Nordic markets and direct experience of working with pricing and reimbursement in Finland.

Ideal profile:

• Education such as BSc, MSc, PhD or a related area
• Results and performance driven
• Accountability and ownership – deciding and initiating actions
• Sense of urgency – responding to issues and opportunities in a timely manner
• Flexible mindeset and solution-oriented working style
• Excellent attention to detail
• Intellectual curiosity – willing to suggest and try new ideas
• Positive and pro-active approach to business, also to tasks outside your job description when needed
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills
• Enthusiasm and drive to take ownership and drive process initiatives
• Customer focused
• Being a good team player but able to work autonomously
• Good problem-solving skills
• Honest and trustworthy
• Possess cultural awareness and sensitivity
• Very good Finnish and English language skills (fluency in Swedish is an advantage)

Why join us?

We have well established, successful business and known brands in the Finnish market. In addition, we offer you;

• a dynamic working environment, centered around our Anesthesia portfolio with well-known brands
• opportunities to learn every day
• a job that allows you to shape things and to be influential. You are not only a tiny wheel in the gear
• a corporate culture which is characterized by fast decision-making and an entrepreneurial style
• a respectful and collaborative way how people interact with each other
• corporate values that are not only on a nicely designed website but truly lived
• career development opportunities that consider your ambitions
• fair and market-competitive compensation
• being part of a company, which employs more than 9100 people worldwide

Find out more about Aspen Pharma and what it’s like to work with us at Aspen

Did you get interested? In this process Aspen is working together with AW Executive Search, if you have any questions please contact: Sini Kalalahti at sini.kalalahti@awexecutivesearch.fi.

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