Asso. Dir., Business Excellence BP Lead

Job Description

Essential function(s) includes, but is not limited to:

• →The PSBU Business Excellence Business Partner (BEBP) Lead serves as a trusted business partner to PSBU leadership, driving business performance through disciplined planning, execution excellence, performance management, and operational governance.
• →The role is responsible for translating business priorities into actionable plans, ensuring effective resource deployment, rigorous performance tracking, and fact-based decision making to deliver sustainable business results.
• →As the primary Business Excellence partner for PSBU, the role enables cross-functional alignment, operational effectiveness, and continuous improvement across the commercial organization.

Essential function(s) includes, but is not limited to:

• Drive PSBU business performance through disciplined forecasting, performance tracking, and action planning.

• Identify business risks and opportunities and recommend actions to improve business outcomes.

• Support leadership decision-making with fact-based analysis and business performance insights.

• Ensure accountability and follow-through on key business priorities and commitments.

• Lead annual and quarterly business planning processes, ensuring alignment between strategy, resource deployment, territory design, Performance Goal setting, and execution priorities.

• Optimize resource allocation and deployment decisions through data-driven business impact assessment.

• Support launch, growth, and mature brands with fit-for-purpose planning frameworks and performance management approaches.

• Ensure business plans are actionable, measurable, and aligned with enterprise priorities.

• Serve as the primary Business Excellence interface for PSBU and ensure effective collaboration across Marketing, Business, Finance, Customer Excellence, Insights & Analytics, and other functions.

• Ensure compliance with planning, Performance Goal setting, territory management, incentive, and performance governance processes.

• Drive continuous improvement, simplification, and operational excellence initiatives to improve organizational effectiveness.

4. Leadership

• Develop a high-performing team culture through coaching, talent development, feedback, and knowledge sharing.

• Foster ownership, collaboration, execution discipline, and continuous improvement within the team.

• Serve as a role model for business partnership, accountability, and results-oriented leadership.

• Bachelor’s degree or above.
• Minimum 8+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, with strong exposure to business planning, analytics, or commercial operations.
• Demonstrated experience in customer segmentation, targeting, resource deployment, forecasting, SFE, and performance management.
• Experience partnering with senior business leaders in a matrix environment

• Strong business acumen with the ability to connect strategy to execution.
• Proven analytical and problem‑solving capabilities.
• Strong project and stakeholder management skills
• Capable of influencing senior stakeholders and driving alignment across functions
• High level of ownership, resilience, adaptability, and execution discipline
• Strong communication skills in both Chinese and English

• Business acumen
• Performance management and execution excellence
• Strategic thinking with operational discipline
• Data-driven decision making and structured problem solving
• Cross-functional leadership and stakeholder influence
• Change management and continuous improvement
• Ownership, accountability, and resilience
• Talent development and team leadership

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