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knoell is one of the leading global service providers in offering regulatory registration, clinical development and product development support to clients. Our team of scientific and regulatory experts and extensive network of partners ensures that all the different regulatory requirements are right from the project outset to support our client’s global business. People are at the heart of our family-owned business and our values guide the way to our success. Team spirit and mutual support are very important to us. Our culture is characterised by strong international co-operation, can-do attitude, focus on quality and a growth mindset.

Our strength is to be where it matters - think globally, act locally! 

YOUR TASKS

  • Develops and executes division‘s business strategy in line with the global company’s strategy
  • Provides the Board with the strategic inputs regarding the market and the business trends, and hence contributes to developing knoell’s global strategy
  • Identifies new opportunities, observes the competition and the market and makes recommendations to implement new solutions (services) accordingly
  • Monitors division’s financial performance and assures the operational goals are in line with the company global strategy
  • Manages the annual budget of the division and prudently manage organization's resources within the budget guidelines, in line with current laws and regulations
  • Works closely with the Sales Team on acquiring new clients, developing existing clients and the growth strategy
  • Contributes to developing the company pricing strategy
  • Communicates and maintains trusted relationships with business partners and authorities
  • Continuously checks and adapts process flows and working methods to make them efficiently serving business needs
  • Navigates creating proposals for the respective services (in connection with Internal Sales)
  • Manages and develops the team: takes an active part in hiring, employees’ performance and development management, and team integration
  • Assures a high quality of knowledge and regulatory expertise in the division

YOUR PROFILE

  • Master’s degree in agricultural science, chemistry, human or environmental sciences or any other relevant discipline
  • Strong general business management skills with exposure to finance, operations, project management, and/or business development
  • Several years of experience in regulatory affairs
  • Ability to think strategically while energizing/aligning people to achieve vision
  • Experienced leader with the ability to inspire, coach, motivate and cultivate a highly dynamic team
  • Must be a team player, independent thinker, and able to multitask
  • Ability to work under pressure, plan personal workload effectively, and delegate
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills in English, with a high level of comfort in communicating effectively across internal and external organizations across hierarchies

WHAT WE OFFER

  • Work in a dynamic family-owned business environment with an international team in which new ideas, creative approaches, and collaboration are valued.
  • You will have the opportunity to work with market leaders in our industry.
  • Development is core, and at knoell we offer various opportunities to support your personal, leadership and technical development, including English language courses to help you effectively communicate in our business language.
  • knoell offers a flexible working policy and is a remote-first company, where you have the flexibility to work from home, at our headquarters in Mannheim or at one of our local offices based in your location. 
  • Part-time work options are generally supported on request subject to meeting business requirements.
  •  It is important to us that you have both a career and personal life – we celebrate the work-life balance of our colleagues.
  • At knoell we have a global employee referral program as part of the recruitment process where you can actively participate and get rewarded for referring talent to knoell.

We look forward to receiving your application!