Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
21 hours ago
Senior Specialist, Strategy Expert

Job Description

Our company is a biopharmaceutical company with a mission of discovering, developing, and delivering innovative medicines and vaccines which save and improve peoples’ lives.

 

[About the role - Strategy Experts]
Within our company in Japan, the Strategy Experts team is responsible for developing and supporting the realization of our company's long-term strategy by working collaboratively with senior leadership and colleagues across the enterprise, mainly locally but also globally. 

Formulate strategy

Be a thought partner to senior management across the enterprise as an independent presence.Develop our long-term strategy and plan as a Japan market, which includes assessment of current environment, defining key objectives, identifying success factors, and comprehending constraints related to the organizational challenges.Orchestrate the realization of our long-term strategy and plan, including profitability analysis, process redesign, operational efficiencies, growth strategy, strategic planning, data collection, qualitative analysis, etc. Drive annual / quarterly prioritization processes by digesting long-term strategy into mid-term strategy/immediate priorities and visualize company’s overall status and monitor the progress by managing KPIs 

 

Drive cross-functional initiatives

Support various types of transformation and initiatives within the subsidiary - commercial-related topics and otherwise - and play a lead role in driving changes.Examples of previously supported projects include but not limited to agile transformation, go to market strategy, digital capability assessment, customer engagement vision building, demand planning automation, workplace vaccination, etc.

 

[Competencies Required]

Strategic Thinking: Visualizes the way forward, identifying opportunities that add value to the work, to the business and to our customers.Project Management: Develops project plan based on scope defined with Strategy Expert Lead and stakeholders, drives project collaborating with members across the business, escalates issues to relevant leaders and sponsors.Problem Solving: Gathers and analyzes data and effectively responds to new, complex or problematic situations; creates solutions that drive value for our company and our customers, incorporating innovative approaches where relevant.Business & Financial Acumen: Understands and intelligently applies economic, financial and industry data to make business decisionsProductive Communication: Plans and delivers ideas and information to others in a clear and impactful manner at high level of engagement.English: Business-level proficiency required to drive discussions within a Japan-market contextNote: Pharmaceutical and healthcare industry knowledge is not mandatory. 

 

[Our Ways of Working]
At our company, we will achieve our long-term strategy and near-term priorities through evolved behaviors for how we work. It is our shared responsibility to embrace and model these through Our Ways of Working in all that we do.

Win as One Team: We act with a company-first mindset inspired by unified goals; communicate, participate and collaborate as one team; winning and losing together.Focus on What Matters: We simplify our work and prioritize our resources on what matters the most to create the greatest value for human and animal patients, and in turn all stakeholders.Act with Urgency: We work with speed, rigor, and determination to deliver our medicines and vaccines around the world.Experiment, Learn, & Adapt: We balance our expertise with curiosity, continuous learning, adaptability and a commitment to never give up, whether we succeed or fail.Embrace Diversity & Inclusion: We create fully diverse teams to deliver our best innovations and cultivate an inclusive environment where everyone is able to contribute their best ideas.Speak Up and Be Open-Minded: We voice our opinions, engage in healthy debate and encourage curiosity to improve ideas and decisions to achieve better outcomes

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Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company.  No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails. 

Employee Status:

Regular

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Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

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Job Posting End Date:

01/15/2025

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Requisition ID:R330407

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