Sandoz Posted November 11, 2026

Head Commercial Excellence (m/f/d)

Holzkirchen (Non-Sales Force) (Hexal AG), Germany Full time
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About this opportunity

Job Description Summary

Responsible for the oversight, strategy and management of Commercial

Excellence in Germany, including the areas of Data management, Field Force

Excellence, Market Analytics and Insights, Customer Engagement, Training,

Congress & Events and data-and operations-related strategic and global and

regional projects. In addition this role is required to manage the multiple

stakeholders in order to ensure that the right support and governance is given

in the context of the importance of the market.

Job Description

Sandoz continues to go through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Biosimilar and Generic medicines. As we continue down this new and ambitious path, unique opportunities will present themselves, both professionally and personally. Join us, the future is ours to shape!

Your Key Responsibilities:

Ensures alignment with regional and global functions to meet the German Commercial Excellence agenda; managing multiplicity of above-country and in-country stakeholders, ensure agreed and impactful priorities and best-practice sharing towards building the best-in-class commercial organization.

Leverage above-country support, set-up of effective utilization of above-country Hubs, managing Hub service, quality and securing seamless processes and outcomes across Hubs and internal structures. All activities and processes are derived in maximizing effectiveness and productivity of commercial teams.

Ensures data procurement, governance and management, data analytics and data-driven insights generation as well as business partnering for implementing conclusions. Secures high-quality yet efficient and Commercial excellence data landscape for Germany. Always proactively seeks to work with the GCO in India to drive efficiencies and simplification of the analytical landscape.

Ensures high standards of Field Force excellence/ operations through continuous assessment/monitoring of organizational sales process productivity, effectiveness and quality vs defined standards. Directs all launch-related activities from a sales operation’s perspective.

Leads the development of market insights, works with BU Heads to translate them  into actionable plans, with aligned performance objectives and measurements.

Lead the CRM Operations team in operating the Customer Relationship Management System and the management of corresponding data. Key interface for emerging technology landscape and how Germany can lead in productivity gains in future solutions through the most meaningful channels ie RTE, Order Management etc (i.e. STEP)

Lead projects such as Customer Engagement Program and initiatives to optimize customer experience or customer relationship development.

Enhance the various competencies via centralized capability agenda across sales, marketing, medical & Market Access Training and build a robust Sales & Marketing organization.

Reporting of technical complaints / adverse events / special case scenarios within 24 hours of receipt.

What you’ll bring to the role:

8+ Experience in Commercial Experience or similar data-and-insights driven position

Expertise in Data management, insights generation

Superior communication and collaboration capabilities with a multiplicity of diverse stakeholders

Experience in outsourcing activities into global Hubs

Experience in leading larger (multidisciplinary) teams, ideally 2nd line leadership experience

Knowledge of German and English languages

Compensation Structure & Criteria:   

Sandoz compensation is determined by job level, qualifications, niche skills, experience, and location within company salary ranges. Fully proficient and highly effective employees can expect a starting salary around market median, with those new to the level or with less functional depth at the lower end of the range and those with sustained superior or niche skills towards the higher end of the range. Internal equity and external market data inform our range placement. Annual salary reviews consider performance outcomes, market alignment, and business needs.

Job location: Holzkirchen

Starting pay range: 109,200 - 202,800 EUR

Variable compensation: 20% performance-based bonus, long term incentive

Additional benefits include: 30 vacation days per year (in full time), 1.200€ vacation payment (in full time), €40/month in capital-forming benefits (in full time), company pension, eligibility for a company car, flex-hybrid working 50% per week in the office, access to our learning & development platforms Skillsoft & Learnlight, Access to our employee share program “OurShare”

Pay frequency: Monthly

Expected weekly working hours: 40 hours

Contract type: full time

Why Sandoz? 

Sandoz is the global leader in Biosimilar and Generic medicines, a segment of the healthcare industry that delivers 80% of the world’s medicines at 30% of the cost, touching the lives of more than 1 billion people across 100+ countries! While we are proud of our achievements, we have an ambition to do more so that everyone can achieve the basic human right of good health.

With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help even more people gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.

Our momentum is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills, experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful careers, where diversity of thought is welcomed and where personal growth is supported!

Join us, help us make healthcare fairer and faster.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

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

Hiring decisions are only based on the qualification for the position, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age and disability.Hiring decisions are only based on the qualification for the position, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age and disability.

The law provides for severely disabled / equal applicants the opportunity to involve the local representative body for disabled employees (SBV) in the application process. If you would like to request this, please let us know in advance as a note on your CV.

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Skills Desired

Business Partners, Business Planning, Business Reviews, Crm (Customer Relationship Management), Customer Requirements, Customer Service, Effectiveness, Employee Onboarding, Finance, Influencing Skills, Microsoft Access, Operations, Problem Solving Skills, Resource Allocation, Sales, Sales Operations, Sales Targets, Selling Skills, Strategic Planning, Technical Skills

Job details

Seniority
Not listed
Function
Sales
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Holzkirchen (Non-Sales Force) (Hexal AG), Germany
Employment type
Full time

How this role compares

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We currently track 5204 comparable Sales roles across 216 biopharma companies.

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4796Currently active
216Companies hiring similar roles
81Countries represented

Salary context

807 of 5204 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function. This posting doesn't list a seniority level, so peers aren't narrowed by seniority either -- the range below may span more levels than usual.

This roleSubject $109,200/yr – $202,800/yr
Lowest disclosed · Pharmaceutical Sales Associate - Salt Lake City, UT · IQVIA $55/yr – $63,000/yr
Highest disclosed · Vice President, Integrated Medicines Business, East · Pfizer $300,100/yr – $500,100/yr
Peer group range $31,528 – $400,100 (median $145,550)

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United States1932
China1532
Germany244
India190
Japan80
Poland79

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Seniority mix

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Manager1196
Senior583
Director92
Associate59
Intern/Fellow/Postdoc35
Associate Director17
Senior Director5
Executive/VP5
Principal1

Therapeutic area mix

1070 of 5204 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology297
Neuroscience184
Rare Disease138
Cardiovascular / CVRM123
Dermatology & Aesthetics108
Immunology78
Vaccines & Infectious Disease63
Respiratory38
Gastroenterology33
Ophthalmology8

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