Finance Lean Leader jobs at Ge Healthcare in Japan, Minato

Roles and Responsibilities

• Using market research to identify market and adjacent opportunities, integrate competitive intelligence into marketing planning

• Work with product & global Marketing to supply regional sales forces with product positioning, training materials, brochures and other tools required for execution of growth objectives adapting these to local market needs as necessary

• Contribute to market forecasts and business case for product/upgrades that are at concept stage and develop price-value map trends

• Understand customer’s needs as well as values and benefits sought for the product/service offering

• Help assess modality portfolio competitiveness and drive clear product positioning via the execution of marketing communications plans

• Support the development of global marketing plan and value proposition

• Implement regional segmentation strategy. Manage processes and programs to increase customer awareness, preference and purchase intent (e.g., lead generation campaigns)

• Contribute to the Growth Playbook and support activity of regional/operational marketing teams and ensure alignment with global marketing plan

• Monitor metrics and operating mechanisms to ensure achievement of business objectives (e.g., lead generation programs, trade show management, etc)

• Contribute to the growth of MR business as Japan's MR marketing.

Required Qualifications

1. Excellent oral and written English communications skills

2. Strong analytical and process skills

3. Healthcare product/industry acumen

5. Innovation – ability to develop/execute on new ideas through collaboration

Desired Characteristics

1. MBA or Master’s degree in Marketing, Business Administration or related field

2. 5+ years experience in marketing, product marketing or related field

3. Marketing experience in market & customer insights, product commercialization and branding

Our total rewards are designed to unlock your ambition by giving you the boost and flexibility you need to turn your ideas into world-changing realities. Our salary and benefits are everything you’d expect from an organization with global strength and scale, and you’ll be surrounded by career opportunities in a culture that fosters care, collaboration and support.

Business partnering:

• Maintain an understanding of key compliance risks relevant to the assigned businesses and partner with the relevant business leaders to support development of risk mitigation strategies and tactics.
• Develop an advanced business acumen aiming at providing actionable, proactive, and compliant business solutions.
• Partner closely with regional and local business leaders to advance and promote a culture of integrity and compliance throughout the assigned PDx and NMP business teams and organizations.

Compliance Program Management:

• Facilitate the NMP Compliance integration roadmap.
• Partner and ensure alignment with the GE Healthcare Compliance team to develop, and/or manage key compliance programs, policies and local procedures applying specifically to GEHC PDx and NMP in Japan.
• Implement and facilitate implementation of company-wide Compliance initiatives.
• Maintain and/or create comprehensive compliance metrics for operational reviews. Lead various compliance governance forums and committees including compliance review boards to address key compliance matters together and aiming at continuous improvement.
• Support business groups in engagement and partnership with third parties to identify, assess, and mitigate compliance risks. Attend all relevant IRBs.
• While partnering with the GE Healthcare Compliance team, ensure execution of the key elements of the company’s compliance auditing and monitoring program, including:
  • Defining the relevant monitoring plan to ensure business activities comply with established policies, procedures, and legal requirements.
  • Tracking and reporting results of the auditing and monitoring activities and the corrective actions taken to Compliance leadership and other internal key stakeholders as needed

Employee Education & Communication:

• Facilitate, create, and conduct when needed compliance trainings on Pharma compliance, relevant laws and Company policies and procedures in coordination and alignment with the GE Healthcare Compliance team.
• With the support of senior business leaders, develop Compliance awareness communication and campaign aiming at anchoring a culture of integrity

Other:

• Partner with Global compliance colleagues on key projects and share best practices.
• Be an active member of the PDx Legal and Compliance team and support GEHC PDX-wide initiatives.

Qualifications

• University degree in law, finance, business, or other professional areas. Master’s and above degree preferred.
• A minimum of 5/6 years professional experience with a pharmaceutical company in Compliance, risk mitigation, investigations, or audit in Japan.
• Excellent drafting, writing and oral communication in English and Japanese
• In-depth understanding of regulations/Code/ laws potentially applying to PDx/NMP operations in Japan.
• Knowledge of internationalcompliance/regulatorylaw and enforcement, including US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), UK Bribery Act, global anti-corruption laws, national health care fraud and abuse laws, drug pricing and reporting laws, trade compliance, and anti-competition laws.
• Proven track record of advanced leadership, influencing and collaboration skills.
• Strong business acumen, ability to detect emerging compliance trends and develop appropriate responses.
• Ability to lead the change, be self-motivated to manage sensitive issues, and be accountable for the results.
• Ability to have a strategic vision but also to own and develop hands on initiatives when needed
• Highly proficient using Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Strong analytical, organizational, and strategic thinking skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a global environment and good at managing work under a matrix organization structure and comparably complicated environment.
• Unquestioned integrity and ethics in business and personal conduct
• Ability to manage highly confidential information.
• Able to travel within Japan or internationally as required.

We expect all employees to live and breathe our behaviors: to act with humility and build trust; lead with transparency; deliver with focus, and drive ownership – always with unyielding integrity.

Our total rewards are designed to unlock your ambition by giving you the boost and flexibility you need to turn your ideas into world-changing realities. Our salary and benefits are everything you’d expect from an organization with global strength and scale, and you’ll be surrounded by career opportunities in a culture that fosters care, collaboration and support.

Essential Responsibilities

• Own the QA process under, e.g., Product Release, Complaint Handling, Investigations, CAPA, Warehouse Operations and/or 3PLs, APR/PQR, Stability Data Review, Validation, Change Control Management, Training, Distribution, SOP and documentation management, etc.
• Function as Hinseki to support the Sanyaku organization within the Japan office, with eventual progression to Sokatsu
• Lead the preparation and execution of Quality Management Reviews for the region
• Manage quality evaluation of warehouse operations, manufacturing sites, and external laboratories
• Provide support to routine activities, projects, development and training relevant to area of expertise where required
• Support continuous improvement activities regarding areas of responsibility
• Support local business growth in line with global quality practices and local commercial priorities
• Engaging assessment regulatory impact on product and manufacturing processes.
• Analyze & communicate proposed, new or changing requirements & devise strategies for their implementation, ensuring business goals are met. Includes liaison with other GEHC functions, industry bodies or regulators as required
• Identify, assess and manage regulatory risk proactively and provide senior management with key data to help drive decisions
• Engaging site inspections, preparing audits observations response as necessary
• Own compliance assessment and remediation plans while influencing execution, communications and training for Quality matters
• Support Global supplier quality audit activities
• Working with local CMOs and global manufacturing to maintain continuous product quality excellence
• Key quality support for regulatory product-specific inspections
• Correspondence with PMDA and Tokyo Metropolitan Office Health Authority

Quality Specific Goals

- Aware of and comply with the GEHC Quality Manual, Quality Management System, Quality Management Policy, Quality Goals , and applicable laws and regulations (GQP ministry ordinance) as they apply to this job type/position

- Complete all planned Quality & Compliance training within the defined deadlines

- Identify and report any quality or compliance concerns and take immediate corrective action as required

- Ensure on-time reporting of the metrics for quality management reviews.

- B.S. Degree in bioscience, chemistry, pharmaceutical, or technical field

- At least 7 years of experience in pharmaceutical and/or healthcare products industry or other regulated industry

- At least 3-5 years of QA experience in a pharmaceutical and/or healthcare products manufacturing environment and/or country office affiliate operations environment (at least 3 years in a supervisory or managerial role)

- Proficient with MS Office word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and database applications

- Proficient with ERP/WMS systems such as SAP

- Ability to identify root cause of problem and creatively problem solve to gain resolution.

- Ability to work independently in fast-paced environment with little supervision.

- Quality-focused, attentive to detail and results-oriented

- Strong managerial, people guidance, project management and time-management skills

- Strong analytical, logical and critical thinking skills and abilities

Desired Characteristics

- Pharmacist (preferred but not mandatory for Hinseki track, mandatory for Sokatsu track)

- Experience being in Hinseki and/or Sokatsu roles

- People leading/managing experience

- Working experience in MNC pharmaceutical/healthcare product organizations

- Experiences with CA/PA systems (GEHC electronic QA system)

- Experiences applying regulations (GMP, GDP, GQP)

- QC testing experience for sterile products

- Technical transfer experience for QC test or manufacturing process for sterile products

Our total rewards are designed to unlock your ambition by giving you the boost and flexibility you need to turn your ideas into world-changing realities. Our salary and benefits are everything you’d expect from an organization with global strength and scale, and you’ll be surrounded by career opportunities in a culture that fosters care, collaboration and support.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Senior Leader of a P&L. Not functional specific. (eg.: CEO, COO).
• Developing specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise in own job discipline or field. Serves as best practice/quality resource. Has awareness of latest functional developments in own area. Contributes towards strategy and policy development, and ensures delivery within area of responsibility.
• Skilled influencer, able to communicate complex messages to others. Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience. May lead small projects with moderate risks and resource requirements. Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus. Developing persuasion skills required to influence others on topics within field.
• Impacts approaches, projects and programs in the functional area or affected business organization and ways of working. Impacts quality, efficiency and effectiveness of own team. These jobs have significant input into their priorities. Jobs at this level tend to be covered by professional practices and policies but these are shaped by the role. Working within broad guidelines and policies, roles at this level have moderate autonomy, requiring high levels of evaluative judgment.
• Uses judgment to make decisions or solve moderately complex tasks or problems that impact the function. Takes new perspective on existing solutions. Uses technical experience and expertise for data analysis to support recommendations. Uses multiple internal and limited external sources outside of own function to arrive at decisions.

Required Qualifications

• For roles outside of the USA- This role requires significant experience in the Business Management & Business Operations. Knowledge level is comparable to a Master's degree from an accredited university or college ( or a high school diploma with relevant experience).
• For roles in USA - Master's degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED with at least 6 years of experience in Job Family Group(s)/Function(s)).

Desired Characteristics

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  Strong oral and written communication skills. Strong interpersonal and leadership skills. Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems. Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects. Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs. Established project management skills.
  

  Note:

  
  To comply with US immigration and other legal requirements, it is necessary to specify the minimum number of years' experience required for any role based within the USA. For roles outside of the USA, to ensure compliance with applicable legislation, the JDs should focus on the substantive level of experience required for the role and a minimum number of years should NOT be used.

Required Qualifications

- Ability to work under tight deadlines and to prioritize under pressure; accelerate pacing of actions; collaborate for a dynamic daily management system.
- Adaptable/Flexible: being open to change in response to new information, different or unexpected circumstances, and/or to work in ambiguous situations.
- Experience working in a matrixed environment and a multi-cultural environment is a plus.

Our total rewards are designed to unlock your ambition by giving you the boost and flexibility you need to turn your ideas into world-changing realities. Our salary and benefits are everything you’d expect from an organization with global strength and scale, and you’ll be surrounded by career opportunities in a culture that fosters care, collaboration, and support.

Required Qualifications

- Ability to work under tight deadlines and to prioritize under pressure; accelerate pacing of actions; collaborate for a dynamic daily management system.
- Adaptable/Flexible: being open to change in response to new information, different or unexpected circumstances, and/or to work in ambiguous situations.
- Experience working in a matrixed environment and a multi-cultural environment is a plus.

Our total rewards are designed to unlock your ambition by giving you the boost and flexibility you need to turn your ideas into world-changing realities. Our salary and benefits are everything you’d expect from an organization with global strength and scale, and you’ll be surrounded by career opportunities in a culture that fosters care, collaboration, and support.

Key Responsibilities

• Partners with the financial leadership to define the FP&A, Commercial Finance, Product Finance, Service & Cash Finance functions standard work & roadmap to future state.
• Collaborates with the entire Japan Finance team as well as key stakeholders in International Finance teams to streamline finance operations and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

• In addition to the Finance Transformation and Standardization efforts, she/he may also lead business or operational projects / initiatives in the area of Commercial Finance / FP&A / Accounting & Controllership.

• Utilizes advanced analytics to monitor financial statements, identify vulnerabilities, and mitigate risks, thereby enhancing operational efficiency. Additionally, leverages financial statement analysis to support strategic decisions, improving cash flow management and enhancing liquidity.
• Drives significant cost savings and process improvements with in the Finance department.

• Communicates complex financial strategies to stakeholders, gaining buy-in for process improvement initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• Min of 5 years in Accounting or FP&A (If you feel strongly for 6, please let me know but 5 seems to be the norm)
• Familiarity with financial data analysis tools and software

• Experience in leading cross functional projects / change management

Preferred / Desired

• Over 8 years in Accounting or FP&A
• PMP or similar certification
• Six Sigma Certification (black belt)

Our total rewards are designed to unlock your ambition by giving you the boost and flexibility you need to turn your ideas into world-changing realities. Our salary and benefits are everything you’d expect from an organization with global strength and scale, and you’ll be surrounded by career opportunities in a culture that fosters care, collaboration and support.