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Healthcare Operations Senior Manager/ Director

Job type: Employee
Time type: Full-time
Location: Brussels OR Ewing (New Jersey) (Hybrid)
Post date: 15 January 2025

Position Summary:

GS1 develops and maintains the most widely used supply chain standards that are fundamental to numerous enterprises around the world. The best-known symbol of GS1 standards is the barcode, named by the BBC as one of “the 50 things that made the world economy”. Four decades ago, we started by helping food retailers do business more efficiently and reduce consumer prices. Today, GS1 standards improve the efficiency, safety and visibility of supply chains across physical and digital channels in 25 sectors, including retail omni-channel and e-commerce, healthcare, transport and logistics, food service, technical industries and humanitarian logistics. Our scale and reach – local Member Organisations (MO) in 118 countries, 1.5 million user companies and 6 billion transactions every day – help ensure that GS1 standards create a common language that supports systems and processes across the globe.

GS1 Healthcare 
GS1 Healthcare is a global, voluntary user community bringing together all healthcare supply chain stakeholders, including manufacturers, distributors, healthcare providers, solution providers, regulatory bodies and industry associations.  Our role is to facilitate a neutral and open environment to lead the successful development and implementation of global GS1 standards enhancing patient safety, operational and supply chain efficiencies.

As such, GS1 Healthcare envisions a future in which the healthcare sector achieves harmonised implementation of global standards in business and clinical processes enabling interoperability, optimal quality and efficiency of healthcare delivery to benefit patients.

 

The Healthcare Operations Director/Senior Manager will work as a part of the globally diverse healthcare team. The successful candidate will be required to drive a range of activities relating to healthcare operations, including business planning, budgeting, and industry engagement relating to use of GS1 standards.  This role is responsible for coordinating matrixed team members to ensure project deliverables according to expertise and timeframe. The role will also involve engagement with stakeholders from all healthcare functions across the globe as well as GS1 Member Organisation staff from 118 countries and other departments within the GS1 Global Office organisation.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead annual business planning.
  • Develop and implement multi-year GS1 Healthcare global strategy, including GS1 UDI strategy and policy.
  • Budget management and reporting.
  • Project management and team leadership.
  • Industry engagement for standards implementation in specific projects (e.g.  Global Forum plenary, end of the year reporting).
  • Represent GS1 in industry committees and/or internal meetings.
  • Oversee the GS1 Healthcare training program contents.

Education/Experience:

  • Mandatory: undergraduate or master’s degree in a business- or an analytical-related discipline (e.g., economy, science).

Experience with the following is required:

  • Strategy, business planning and budgeting.
  • Successful communication with senior executives.
  • Working with strict timelines with absolute attention to detail.
  • Providing reporting and analysis related to detailed content.
  • Working in a multicultural environment.
  • Experience with the following is preferred:
  • Knowledge of the GS1 standards.
  • A passion for healthcare is a plus.

Skills required:

  • Fluent in English, both oral and written, is mandatory.
  • Must be customer-focused and results-oriented.
  • Mature political sensitivity to work across a diverse community of interests and cultures.
  • Operates in a manner that demonstrates honesty; keeps promises, and honours commitments (“walks the talk”); behaves in a consistent manner.
  • Ability to work with globally distributed teams.
  • Organisational, analytical, verbal and written communication skills.
  • Excellent time management skills.
  • Strong attention to detail.
  • Proficient use of Microsoft Office Suite and Zoom.
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.

Additional Information:

Travel: This job may require up to 5% global travel.

GS1 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We will never unlawfully discriminate on the grounds of race, religion, belief, ethnic origin, colour, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, age, disability, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity or political opinions.

How to apply:

Send your application with CV to:

  • E-mail: jobs@gs1.org 

Responses will be treated quickly and with strict confidentiality.