Salary Range:

36.700,00 € - 68.100,00 €

 

Job Description Summary

Priority will be given to candidates whose positions are impacted by the harmonization process.

To ensure specialist end-to-end oversight of the dedicated operational model in Italy, with direct responsibility for coordinating order and delivery flows, managing clinical and administrative urgencies, monitoring logistics, and ensuring proper execution of the related regulatory and documentary processes. The role also contributes to ensuring operational continuity, organizational stability, and knowledge transfer. The position is further complemented by the operational coordination of the team in the field.

 

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure oversight of the end-to-end order management process for the product, coordinating priorities, operational timelines, and interfaces with Customer Service, EMEA logistics, Customer Service Italy, and prescribing/treating centres.

• Guarantee autonomous management of time-critical cases, particularly those related to newborn screening (NBS), ensuring timely decision-making, alignment among the stakeholders involved, and continuity of the order-to-delivery flow.

• Oversee the monitoring of shipments, logistical exceptions, and potential delays relating to a product of high clinical and economic value, promoting proactive risk-mitigation actions.

• Oversee the administrative processes related to the product, including documentary checks, verification of access prerequisites, management of incoming and outgoing invoicing, and alignment with AIFA registries and related requirements.

• Support the preparation and follow-up of third-party contracts, purchase orders, and approval workflows, ensuring execution accuracy, administrative traceability, and procedural compliance.

• Serve as an operational reference point for the team, fostering cross-functional coordination, exception management, and continuity of organizational activities in support of the business.

• Contribute to the preparation of the operational model by providing experience, process logic, and controls.

Essential requirements

• Experience in operational management and distribution models.

• Ability to oversee complex, time-critical processes with high reputational exposure, ensuring high standards of accuracy even in urgent situations.

• Willingness to ensure continuity of operational coverage and timely activation in light of the time-critical nature of the activities and business needs.

• Proven experience in daily coordination with internal and external stakeholders in multilayered and international environments, including EMEA teams and treatment centres.

• High level of administrative accuracy in managing orders, contracts, invoices, purchase orders, and supporting documentation for regulatory processes.

• Knowledge of the Italian regulatory environment, AIFA registries, and compliance requirements applicable to innovative products with high management complexity.

• Operational autonomy, problem-solving ability, and the aptitude to make timely and appropriate decisions in the presence of operational exceptions or logistical issues.

• Strong interpersonal, organizational, and cross-functional collaboration skills, together with a good command of professional English and digital tools for operational management.

Why Novartis? Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here: https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture 

At Novartis we’re committed to reimagining medicine together – and rewarding the people who make it happen.

Expected annual Salary Base Range for the role:  EUR 36.700,00 - 68.100,00

Benefits and rewards: Read our handbook to learn about all the ways we’ll help you thrive personally and professionally: https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.

People and culture

 

Skills Desired

Accounts Receivable (AR), Calls Handling (Inactive), Customer Care, Customer Experience (CX), Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software, Customer Requirements, Customer Service, Installations (Computer Programs) (Inactive), Microsoft Access, Operational Efficiency, Relationship Building, Sales, Salesforce (Software)