Transfer & Portfolio Optimization Responsible at Opella · Budapest

Salary Range: Ft11,680,000.00 - Ft15,573,333.33 All Compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience.

‎ You’ve built experience, now use it where bold ideas meet real impact. At Opella, we’re challenging how self-care works for millions of people and need leaders and experts ready to shape what’s next. As an Transfer & Portfolio Optimization Responsible, you’ll bring your skill, your curiosity and your drive to make health simpler, smarter and more human.

About the job: The position holder will lead Transfer and Technical Projects with external partners in given time and budget to ensure Opella´s continues supply of products to the markets. Step into a role that offers international exposure, high visibility, and real ownership of impactful projects. As a Transfer & Portfolio Optimization Responsible, you’ll lead European and LATAM transfer initiatives and drive portfolio optimization for Opella products, working closely with supportive colleagues and trusted external partners. With a wide variety of galenic forms and manufacturing processes, the technical scope is as diverse as the people you’ll collaborate with. Add to that the horizontal and vertical transversal work approach, which includes some politics as well, and you´ll find an opportunity that’s as rewarding as it is engaging!

Main responsibilities:

Leading and managing of complex product transfers of medicinal products, medical devices, food supplement and cosmetics from and to contract external manufacturers or internal manufacturing sites

Steering independently respective international and inter-disciplinary teams within an internal and external matrix structure

Ensuring project delivery in-time and under consideration of quality, GMP and regulatory aspects as well as cost and supply chain effectivity

Evaluating of detailed technical and financial assessments of product transfer ideas, resulting in transfer proposals

Developing of comprehensive project plans including resource planning and budget

Monitoring and reporting of project progress to all levels of management and stakeholders

Ensuring of Opella’s interests in contract negotiations with contract manufacturers and preparation and negotiation of Transfer Agreements

Provide profound technical expertise on final product production processes on all galenical forms for own projects, and act as technical expert consultant in case of need for the T&PO group members, as well as other EM functions

Continuously improvement of the EM CHC transfer processes in close cooperation with corporate functions

About you:

University degree in natural sciences, pharmacy, engineering or similar relevant education with minimum 6 years of expertise in pharmaceutical industry

Very advanced project management skills and transfer project management expertise

Very strong knowledge and experience of/in pharmaceutical product manufacturing processes

Very strong negotiation and communication skills as well as conflict management skills

Business acumen

Excellent cross functional collaboration skills, ability to work in an international environment

Assertive in complex team structures, persistent, pragmatic and result orientated

Ability to work independently in a continuously changing environment, proactive with can-do-attitude, looking for solutions and opportunities

Preferably knowledge of international GMP and regulatory requirements, Drug acts; medical device guidelines and regulations

Full command of English language (both written and spoken)

Willingness to travel abroad

Location: Budapest, Vaci. Hybrid Working Policy: 2 days per week remote working.

This is more than the next step in your career, it’s a chance to lead change and help reinvent self-care for the world. If you’re ready to challenge, inspire and deliver impact that matters, we’re ready for you. We are challengers. We are Opella.

About Us: Opella is the self-care challenger with the purest and third-largest portfolio in the Over The Counter (OTC) & Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements (VMS) market globally.
Our mission is to bring health in people’s hands by making self-care as simple as it should be. For half a billion consumers worldwide – and counting. At the core of this mission is our 100 loved brands, our 11,000-strong global team, our 13 best-in-class manufacturing sites and 4 specialized science and innovation development centers. Headquartered in France, Opella is the proud maker of many of the world’s most loved brands, including Allegra, Buscopan, Doliprane, Dulcolax, Enterogermina, Essentiale and Mucosolvan. As a globally certified B Corp company, we are active players in the journey towards healthier people and planet. Find out more about our mission at www.opella.com.

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