Assistant to Board Member 50%

Lachen, CH

Do you want to combine the opportunities that a global company provides with the benefits of a family-owned business? Headquartered in Lachen near Zurich, Switzerland, the Octapharma Group is a leading company in the worldwide market for therapeutic human proteins. Working at Octapharma means to have an opportunity to contribute to our common goal – developing lifesaving therapies to improve patients’ lives.

What's the best thing about working with us?

• You help save lives - Every day is meaningful as we produce life-saving medicines
• Family values - Long-term perspective for employees and relationships
• Be rewarded with an attractive salary and benefits package
• You will have a high level of influence where you can make a difference and leave your footprint
• Work with skilled and fun colleagues in a relatively informal organization
• Skills development - We offer various internal and external employee and leadership trainings, trainee programs and digital solutions

What will you be doing as an assistant to a board member?

• Provide administrative support with a high degree of independent decision making to drive initiatives forward
• Assist with agendas, reports, consolidating presentations, action items and sending follow-up communications
• Obtain signatures, organize shipping and follow-up on business contracts in a timely manner
• Coordinate and schedule cross-functional business meetings of senior management, internal colleagues and external partners
• Develop and maintain highly useful administrative systems, reports and formats
• Responsible for the organization and execution of an international business meeting (requirement: travel abroad twice a year for about 4 days)

Who are you?

• Commercial Degree
• Minimum 3 plus years of related professional experience supporting senior-level management
• Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communications skills within the organization and with external partners
• High proficiency with Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, Power Point)
• Ability to multitask and flexibility with work assignments
• Must be able to travel locally and worldwide for up to one week twice per year

The International Business Unit Department

• The International Business Unit department (IBU) is divided into three Business Units: IBU Haematology, IBU Critical Care and IBU Immunotherapy plus an IBU Project Management team
• The overall responsibility of the IBU department is to ensure long-term strategic development by enabling intelligent business decisions
• We specialize in global medical marketing, strategic and business development, as well as pipeline project management
• The department consists of 25 people and you will support the Board Member (Head of Octapharma's International Business Units)

Apply Today!

Please apply in English. If you have questions about the position, contact Ms. Claudia Vignau, Recruiter; +41 55 451 21 35.

“Join a qualified and dynamic team where your contribution can make a real difference for patients and health care providers worldwide.”

If you proceed in the process

• We will endeavor to review your profile as quickly as possible and provide you with feedback
• The next step is to conduct a phone interview, which takes about 30 minutes.

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