Head of Portfolio Pharma Ingredients

Head of Portfolio - Pharma Ingredients

Croda is a FTSE100 organisationwhere we truly believe our people are our difference and this along with ourvalues of Innovative Responsible and Together create our Purpose Smart scienceto improve lives. With over 5000 employees globally we specialise in theresearch and development of innovative ingredients for the Life Science andConsumer Care markets.

We are seeking a passionateand commercially driven Head of Portfolio to join Croda Pharma within our ingredientsbusiness focussed on oral and topical pharmaceutical formulations. This is ahigh-impact leadership role responsible for leading the strategic management ofthe product portfolio to maximise market impact and business growth.

The successful candidate willcombine analytical rigour with strong leadership and collaboration skills todrive sustainable growth across the Pharma Ingredients portfolio.

Who Were Looking For:

• Proven experience in a similar role with strategic planning and execution capability preferably within pharma speciality chemicals or related sectors
• Experience developing and implementing global portfolio or product strategies
• Demonstrated ability to make strategic investment decisions prioritise growth opportunities and optimise portfolio performance
• Ability to translate market insights into portfolio innovation or commercial strategies
• Experience working closely with R&D and innovation teams to shape product
• An inspiring and motivating leader with the ability to engage and successfully work in a highly matrix organisation with cross functional and culturally diverse teams
• Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills to build effective working relationships and networks
• Strong communication and presentation skills capable of translating complex data into clear business recommendations
• Degree in a scientific pharmaceutical chemical business or related discipline.
• Fluent in written and spoken English

What Youll Be Doing:

• Responsible for shaping and managing our topical and oral excipient portfolios taking commercially focused decisions to maximise business execution and profitability
• Analysis of financial data and leading indicators to guide strategic portfolio decisions to prioritise high growth areas and act on underperforming products
• Work closely with the Head of Strategic Marketing to understand and leverage future market trends insights and voice of customer in your focus markets. Build into portfolio strategies and roadmaps aligning with and influencing global stakeholders
• Ensure portfolio strategy is market led and customer-centric
• Define pricing corridors that set boundaries for our key portfolios
• Work with regional commercial teams to develop regionals execution plans in alignment with the global strategy and marketing plan for your portfolios
• Manage cross-functional teams across marketing R&T commercial teams to define portfolio strategies and translate them into actionable plans and initiatives
• Track and report portfolio performance with a focus on profitability and impact of recent activities. Provide insights and recommendations to marketing and leadership
• Collaborate with regional teams providing portfolio insights and strategy direction to help identify market opportunities customer unmet needs and competitor threats

Additional Information

Thisrole can be based at any of our sites across Europe we will expect travel tothe office site and our HQ in Cowick East Yorkshire (UK).

If you require any reasonable adjustments during the hiring process or experience any issueswith our online application process please email

Why Croda

At Croda we believe our people areour difference. We are people-led driven by the desire to do good and delivervalue a unifying principle shaped by all the great people that havetravelled through Croda since our beginning in 1925. We pride ourselves on bringing togetherdiverse teams and talents from across the globe and guided by our values ofResponsible Innovative and Together we are passionate about building aninclusive collaborative and diverse organisation with innovation and customerfocus underpinning all that we do.

Croda is anequal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications fromsuitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex race disabilityage sexual orientation marriage or civil partnership pregnancy or maternityreligion or belief.

Required Experience:

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