Launch Manager

• Global Pharmaceutical company, role located in Barcelona
• New Product Launches across Europe

Global pharmaceutical company, focused on Active Ingredients and Generic Products, is looking for a Launch Manager to lead and drive New Product Launches across new and expansion markets of Europe to ensure that all filed/approved products are launched in timely manner in the respective regions. This position will be located in Barcelona.

The Launch Manager will have the followingresponsabilities:

• Drive and coordinate all portfolio and launch related activities in accordance with the internal and external regulations, compliance, good practices and business objectives, to ensure product availability and commercialization.

• Ensure listing of products in respective market platforms.

• Act as a primary point of contact and also enable product forecasting for international customers/distributors in Europe.

• Oversee the logistics of the new launches in Europe.

• Optimisation and rapid day to day communication of change to production and deployment to best meet customer service and inventory objectives.

• Optimise system capability through reporting, planning and transactional systems to deliver objectives, maintaining accurate master data and inventory requirements.

• Monitor the availability of products, identify and report the shortages and overstock risks.

• Oversee Sales order management, monthly reporting of supply chain performance indicators.

• Handle routine tasks in the absence of Supply Planner - New Markets (raising and tracking of purchase orders on outsourced providers, providing forecast outsourced providers taking into account demand projections and supply capacities).

• Coordinate activities between internal departments such as regulatory affairs and quality as well as external agencies.

• Drive digitisation of all Launch activities to move away reliance on manual and excel related tasks to ensure sustainable Launch processes.

• Career opportunities and professional development in a multinational company.


• Stable employment contract.

The Launch Manager must meet the following requirements:

• University degree in science and/or business, advanced degree in business, bio-science.


• Must have a relevant experience in the range of 7-12 Years in Generic pharmaceuticals industry, whole sale markets, pharma-related logistics services or similar.


• Strong MS Excel skills are a must.


• Experience in project management and SAP is desirable.


• Fluent in English is essential, additional language skills (Spanish, French, Italian, Czech, Dutch or Scandinavian language) would be advantageous.


• Customer focus, excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills to interface with internal functions and external distributors.


• Process minded and analytical mind set. Eye for details as well as accuracy is critical.


• Ability to thrive and seek solutions in a highly matrix, ambiguous environment.


• Prioritisation of tasks on daily and weekly basis.


• Self-motivated, well-organized and collaborative.