P&O Business Partner at Novartis Nigeria

Novartis provides healthcare solutions that improve and extend people’s lives. We use science-based innovation to address some of society’s most challenging healthcare issues. We discover and develop breakthrough treatments and find new ways to deliver them to as many people as possible. Our company is focused on industry-leading divisions with innovation power and global scale: pharmaceuticals, eye care and generic medicines

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: P&O Business Partner - Nigeria

Requisition ID.: 339723BR
Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full Time
Employment Type: Regular
Division: Pharma
Business Unit: Global Health PH
Shift Work: No
Functional Area: Human Resources

Job Description

• 5.6 Million patients were reached through our innovative medicines and access brands in 2020.
• This was made possible because we had the right people on our teams.
• Our aspiration is to double our patient reach by year 2022 and raise this by five times more at year end 2025.
• Novartis believes that providing the right environment for the right people will help them fully apply their talent and energy to drive our aspiration and create value for the company, our stakeholders and above all the patients whose lives we strive to improve.
• This role will ensure the communicable diseases brands reach the patients in Kumasi and Tamale regions of Ghana and also be accountable for achieving agreed sales, productivity and performance targets within agreed budgets and timescales, develop business plans and implement related activities like customer events, sales and marketing campaigns, sales presentations necessary to achieve agreed objectives; and provide Key account/hospital network support, market access support; including referral networks.
• The role will contribute positively to the Sales and Marketing team through co-operative relationships & collaborative efforts to achieve team and company objectives.
• Successful candidate will have the opportunity to provide input into effective use of promotional funds and territory sales forecasting, have the opportunity for career growth and development through diverse learning platforms as well as mentoring and coaching required to succeed in current role and also be set up for success in future aspirations within the organization.

Responsibilities
This role will be responsible to:

• Ensure the operational conversion of the P&O strategic goals within a dedicated client group.
• Coordinate and support the implementation of various P&O processes such as recruitment, compensation and benefits, performance management, talent management, succession planning and OTR to achieve the Unit’s goals, in close cooperation with the respective process expert(s).
• Implement manpower plans in alignment with the client’s Business plan.
• Compile specified P&O Key Performance Indicator (KPI) data and format for reporting.
• Communicate learning needs to appropriate specialist unit and deliver trainings to dedicated client groups.
• Support personnel cost planning, performing periodic cost and productivity analyses.
• Support the budget planning discussions.
• Supervise the performance and development of a small team.
• Participate or lead P&O Projects at country or BU level.
• Reporting of technical complaints / adverse events / special case scenarios related to Novartis products within 24 hours of receipt.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors Degree.
• 3 - 5 years relevant experience in human resources and business partnering
• Ability to work and lead (a cross-functional team) in a matrix environment
• Collaborating across boundaries.
• People Leadership.
• Strong negotiation and analytical skills.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.