Divestment Lead

**About** the role**:

- Driving the evaluation and executing due diligence (DD) activities for all GMS relevant business development (BD) divestment deals from manufacturing and supply perspectives in global, regional and local in close alignment / collaboration with stakeholders within GMS / GQ and across Takeda.
- Managing supply agreements in collaboration with all stakeholders within GMS / GQ.
- Design procedures to streamline the Due Diligence and deal execution process.

**How you will contribute**:

- Engage with key stakeholders within GMS and its relative functions to ensure the creation of MSA and TSA for divestment deals
- Responsible and/or participant in BD divestment evaluation activities relevant to GMS and provide leadership / coordination / relation management (both for internal functions and external partner) capability as needed.
- Ensure efficiency and professionalism in evaluations of BD divestment deals and follow up activities to be executed as planned.
- Report on BD deals and ensure timely and appropriate reporting on progress and status of on-going evaluation activities including proper closure.
- Lead and Example Takeda’s Leadership Behaviors, values and competencies including Patient-Trust-Reputation-Business with excellence.

**_ DIMENSIONS AND ASPECTS _**

**Technical/Functional (Line) Expertise**
- Understanding of and insight on financial evaluations in deal making
- Experience with developing and managing manufacturing supply agreements
- Proven Commercial knowledge and negotiation skills
- Knowledge and experience from technical operations, supply chain management and GMP
- Knowledge and experience in cost accounting and deals financial modeling
- Structured in communication and presentation to senior management

**Leadership**
- Ability to influence people and organization through informal leadership
- Strong focus on delivering results as well as services
- Inspiring and building trust
- Successful in building relationships and teamwork

**Decision-making and Autonomy**
- Systematic approach, detailed when need and with an ability to analyses in a systemic and holistic manner
- Experience for financial input to the Business case, including COGS estimate, SC costs other as well as implementation costs

**Interaction**
- Global / enterprise outlook bringing in trends and developments for proper evaluation and decision making
- Experienced in working in an intercultural / global teams
- Experience in working with external parties in the creation and execution of complex deals

**What you bring to Takeda**:

- Business, Scientific or engineering graduate (BSc, MSc), preferably complemented by supply chain management, design and development.
- Pharmaceutical industry knowledge (5 to 15 years) preferably with job experience in pharmaceutical operations, supply chain management, Quality, project management and from working in an international environment.
- Fluent in written and spoken English. Additionally, Japanese is desired.
- Patient and Customer centric with service-orientation.
- Good communicator
- Experienced in negotiating and resolving conflicts/problems

**More about us**:
At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and best in class patient support programs. Takeda is a patient-focused company that will inspire and empower you to grow through life-changing work.

Certified as a Global Top Employer, Takeda offers stimulating careers, encourages innovation, and strives for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.

**Empowering our people to shine**:

- Takeda is proud in its commitment to creating a diverse workforce and providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, genetic information or characteristics, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law._

**Locations**:
Zurich, Switzerland

**Worker Type**:
Employee

**Worker Sub-Type**:
Regular

**Time Type**:
Full time