Operations Network Design Manager

Location:
London, UK
Salary:
£62-80k
Employment type:
Permanent
Experience level:
5-8 years
About
the
company
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Simple Pharma Group is an investment group dedicated to allowing stranded innovation to exist and thrive within the life sciences industry. The group’s purpose is to improve patient access to medicines globally by providing the best home for proven pharma products. The group is formed of two sister companies with distinct strategies: Androlabs and Simple Pharma.
Androlabs is a group portfolio company that aims to build a globally significant pharmaceutical company solely dedicated to men’s health. Established in February 2021 with the acquisition of Testavan® and Vitaros®, Androlabs has developed a deep expertise in men’s health. It markets and promotes the two products across 20 countries and has two development products scheduled to launch in 2024 and 2026.
With Simple Pharma, we are building the first end-to-end operations partner to pharma companies who wish to focus on their core business. Given the highly regulated environment in which pharma companies operate, operations are specialised and complex, meaning that product owners often default to risk-averse, manual ways of working. By channelling our core purpose into these activities, we relieve pharma companies of these obligations and deliver a better service than they could manage for themselves.
We have grown our team to around 30 people across 5 countries. We are EBITDA profitable, growing, and are participating in a market that is ripe for new thinking. Our diverse team has a range of top academic and professional experience from institutions such as Oxford, INSEAD, Imperial, UCL, McKinsey, Latham & Watkins, PwC, EY, Johnson & Johnson, Accenture, Entrepreneur First, and others.
Please make an application promptly if you are a good match for this role due to high levels of interest.
The role
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We are looking for a Network Design Manager to grow and optimise our network to enable future client growth. You will work closely with operations, client operations and finance teams.
This is a highly entrepreneurial role in an exciting, early-stage business where you will be encouraged to contribute ideas and help shape the company’s trajectory.
What
you
will
be
doing
Reviewing the existing Simple Pharma supply chain and logistics worldwide network, from the CMO (manufacturer) all the way through to the end customer, seeking for opportunities to improve cost and quality.
Owning the creation of evaluation of the requirements of an alteration or extension of the network for new products or clients onboarded to the platform.
Identifying supply chain solutions for entry into new markets, providing opportunities based around the scale of current and future business. Seeking alternative options to those that are currently provided in the pharamaceutical industry.
Work with operations team to understand current bottlenecks and challenges within the operational model, seeking out opportunities to leverage automation and delivering scalability.
Supporting, and at times leading, the operational execution of network design transition.
Providing direction and guidance to operational team to support a high bar of operational execution.
Who you are
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Experience in supply chain or logistics network design and optimisation
Proven record of carrying out procurement functions in forming and maintaining logistics and supply chain partnerships
Track record of 3P contractual and/or commercial management
Experience with corporate finance processes
Able to be comfortable in an ambiguous operational environment, and using “out of the box” thinking.
Problem-solver with high attention to detail
A can-do, no excuses attitude
Someone who can take ownership of tasks and drive them to completion
A love of lean, well-oiled processes and operational efficiency
Motivation to join an early stage, high-growth business
Benefits
Competitive salary £62-80k based on experience, please note that your salary may vary if you are not based in the UK)
Employee stock option award on joining
Private health and dental insurance (UK benefit only)
Work from anywhere for the month of August
Use 7 get 3 free holiday days in August
2pm Friday finishes in July & August
Regular team events
A high performance, ambitious roster of colleagues
Ample training and investment in the team
The chance for rapid professional and personal development, and a springboard into several career paths
The Simple Pharma Group is a meritocracy - we hire based on people's skills, experiences, and potential to contribute to our success.