Retail Team Assistant 12 months FTC

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Job Description

Retail Team Assistant 12months FTC, Sandoz, UK.

Job Summary
Would you like to work for a Global Generics and Biosimilars company and contribute to our mission to extend and improve people’s lives?
Look no further, apply today.

Sandoz is currently recruiting for a Team Assistant to join Sandoz on a 12 months Fixed Term Contract.

Responsible for general administration within Retail department as well as providing support for retail sales force enquiries. Administrative support to assigned Leadership Team members.

Job purpose

The role will involve being responsible for general administration within the Retail department as well as providing support for retail sales force enquiries. Administrative support to assigned Leadership Team members.

Key Responsibilities
• Retail department support: Travel/hotel arrangements for all Retail associates
• Taking minutes of meetings and booking attendance at meetings
• Process purchase orders and invoices, vendor set up, arranging for CAF forms and contracts signatures and archiving, rebate contracts and letters preparation
• Assist with organisation of Pharmacy events, such as London Pharmacy Awards and Scottish Pharmacy Awards, assisting with organisation of Pharmacy Show and liasing with organisers of events and other events as agreed
• IGM Coordinator for Retail. Support local business and administrative processes with respect to ISEC and Records Management procedures. Assist in providing ISEC awareness training. Support associates in the risk management process (IGM Inventories, Classifications, ISEC Risk Assessments ). Identify projects and processes that should be supported by IGM
• Administrative support for Retail activities as required Support to the respective Leadership Team members such as: Diary management, Expenses management and Generall Administration

About Sandoz:

Sandoz is a global leader in generic pharmaceuticals and biosimilar medicines. As a division of the Novartis Group, our purpose is to discover new ways to improve and extend people’s lives. We contribute to society’s ability to support growing healthcare needs by pioneering novel approaches to help people around the world access high-quality medicine. Our portfolio of approximately 1000 molecules, covering all major therapeutic areas, accounted for sales of USD 10.1 billion in 2016. In the same year, our products reached well over 500 million patients, and we aspire to reach one billion. Sandoz is headquartered in Holzkirchen, in Germany’s Greater Munich area.

Our single greatest differentiator is our entrepreneurial culture and the quality and commitment of our associates. We combine the resources and long-term visions of a global pharmaceutical leader with the energy, drive and flexibility of a start-up. Many of our top leaders cite this deep-rooted entrepreneurial culture are some of the main reasons they choose to work at Sandoz.

The group-wide Novartis Values & Behaviours are key to creating a culture that is performance oriented but still focussed on collaboration, inclusive leadership and innovation, whilst safeguarding quality and integrity. Our company values are integrated into our Performance Management system to incentivize and reward a ‘values driven’ performance.

Sandoz has been certified as Top Employer Europe 2017 by the Top Employers Institute for its exceptional employee offerings!

Benefits of Working for Sandoz
• Competitive salary
• Performance based annual bonus
• Work/life balance
• Pension scheme
• Life insurance
• Single Medical Health Insurance
• 24 days annual leave
• Flex Benefits
• Subsidised on-site cafeteria
• Free shuttle bus between Sandoz and Farnborough station
• Additional benefits

‘I came for the job, I stay for the culture’

Desired profile

Minimum requirements

The ideal candidate will have
• Educated to A Level standard, preferably including English and a business related subject
• Grade A-C at GCSE in Maths or equivalent Engish
• Previous administration experience, preferably within a sales or marketing environment
• Experience of working in a fast paced, goal orientated environment
• Experience of working with senior managers
• Preferably previous SAP experience
• Experience of providing good electronic record keeping
• Experience of raising purchase orders and collating expense claims

We focus on creating an inclusive organisation and welcome people who have different knowledge, perspectives, experience and working styles from across the global population.