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Operations Group Manager (Budapest KÖKI, Kecskemét, Szeged)

Budapest, Budapest
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As a trusted global leader and industry partner who is reimagining plasma and exploring its untapped potential, Takeda’s Plasma-Derived Therapies (PDT) Business Unit is dedicated to transforming the lives of patients worldwide who rely on these lifesaving and life-sustaining therapies.

With an 80-year legacy of developing treatments for rare and complex chronic diseases, we thrive on innovation, offering a broad, differentiated portfolio of more than 20 plasma medicines with integrated care solutions to patients in more than 80 countries.

Powered by ~ 17,000 Takeda employees, our ~230 high-quality BioLife donation centers, a dedicated R&D team, and eight world-class plasma manufacturing facilities, we are unleashing data, digital and technology to transform our end-to-end operations and set new industry standards.

This enables us to innovatively and sustainably meet the growing and changing needs of patients, our people, and our planet, today and in the future.

Job ID R0142542 Date posted 01/15/2025 Location Budapest, Budapest

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Job Description

BioLife plasma centers are part of the Takeda biopharmaceutical company. Our business is the collection and freezing of blood plasma from donors in Hungary for the production of pharmaceuticals.

We’re looking for a full time Operations Group Manager for the plasmapheresis center in Hungary – Budapest KÖKI, Kecskemét, Szeged centers

In this challenging position, you will be responsible for leading and motivating a team of 50 nurses and physicians located in 3 plasma centers (Budapest KÖKI, Kecskemét, Szeged).

At the same time, you will act as Center Manager for one of the centers (Budapest KÖKI center).

Your tasks in detail:

  • As the Center Manager of KÖKI, you will have the following administrative tasks, but not limited to

    • Monitoring and management of technical tasks in the plasma center

    • Active administrative support for marketing processes (local organization, implementation and analysis of marketing campaigns)

    • Active administrative support of HR processes (performance appraisal, employee experience survey support, interviewing, management of personnel files)

    • Administrative support for monthly closing processes (financial, HR, operational) – reporting

    • Archiving related tasks

    • Management of purchase requisitions in SAP

    • Petty cash and voucher management

    • Monthly KPI monitoring, reporting

    • Comprehensive knowledge and use of the Plasma Collection process and associated process management system (software)

    • Complaints management

    • Active use of software supporting the quality system

    • Participate in the yearly GMP related fixed assets maintenance

    • Logistical organization tasks

    • Dangerous waste management

    • Liaison with other departments

    • Delegation of processes according to competencies

  • As the Group Manager, you will have the following tasks, but not limited to

    • Organizational and administrative management of 3 plasma centers in cooperation with the Lead Physician(s) and the Quality Management Representative

    • Leading a team of 50 nurses and physicians – support, develop, motivate, provide regular training

    • Motivating and developing employees to grow their abilities (providing clear objectives, conducting regular performance conversations, etc.)

    • Ensuring a safe working environment and compliance with internal, national and international regulations to guarantee product quality

    • Preparation, implementation as well as ensuring compliance of budget and investment planning

    • Assembling and securing personnel, spatial and technical conditions for the proper execution of requirements placed on the area

    • Implementation and active participation in regular Management Meetings

    • Developing a continuous improvement mindset in your plasma centers as well as initiation and coordination of improvement projects

    • Official representative of your plasma centers to external partners, e.g. local organizations, media and inspections/audits

    • Defining and implementing an expedient center strategy

Skills you need:

  • Completed university degree and/or training in business administration or corresponding professional experience

  • Strong interpersonal, communication and problem-solving skills

  • Experience in leading larger teams, ideally in a corporate environment

  • Empathic, proactive and flexible leader with a passion for working with people from various backgrounds

  • Profound knowledge of financial procedures in an operational environment

  • Fluent skills and IT user knowledge

  • Ability to quickly understand and simplify complex correlations

  • Ability to build trust and make decisions even with incomplete information

  • Willingness to travel (Szeged-Kecskemét)

What we offer:

  • Outstanding working conditions

  • Long-term professional perspective in a stable and innovative environment

  • Competitive salary

  • Laptop, phone, company car

  • After 3 months’ probation period net 25,000 HUF OTP SZÉP card, Medicover Health Care Insurance

As a leading global biopharmaceutical company, we have one mission every day: to lastingly improve the lives of people living with rare diseases. Crucial to our mission are our employees – our biggest asset – who enjoy a range of benefits and career opportunities.

For more insights into Takeda click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXGvhwALf2A&list=PLdEbUoUDW_52FKhxHXjm5nkfnKpRfKVoP&index=2

We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our global teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world. Gender, age, skin color, background or sexual orientation play no role in this as we actively promote diversity! We equally address people with disabilities. In the course of a recruitment process which is as free of barriers as possible, we encourage you to mention all relevant information in this context in your application.

Interested candidates should send a cover letter briefly summarizing the relevant experience, a detailed CV to hu.biolife.hr@takeda.com

Locations

HUN - Budapest KÖKI

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time
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Success profile

What makes a successful team member within PDT at Takeda?

  • Bold thinker
  • Systematic
  • Innovative
  • Collaborator
  • Agile
  • Tenacious
At the iHUB, we focus on disruptive innovation within our patient ecosystem that not only focuses on the patients of today, but creates the pathway to meet the patients of tomorrow.

Nat Arlander - Head of the Plasma Innovation Hub in PDT

Our dedicated and specialized PDT R&D organization is uniquely positioned to support the entire patient experience. By challenging decades of established thinking and driving patient-centric innovations, we have the opportunity to have a tremendous impact on those who rely on plasma-derived therapies today and those who can benefit from them in the future.

Kristina Allikmets - Head of PDT, R&D

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