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Director, North America Biopharma

Brenntag
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 8 Aug 2025

About the role

Your Role

Commercial Leadership and Support

  • Implement and drive strategic direction for North America biopharma vertical
  • Carryout customer site visits with team members, Sales and Regulatory persons if required to ensure all commercial opportunities are sufficiently supported.
  • Identify training needs and develop training resources for the wider Brenntag group in collaboration with relevant departments

Value Added Service Infrastructure Management

  • Build and maintain the Value Added Services (Biopharma) business strategy and plan. Set objectives, key KPIs, prioritize, delegate, and monitor work to ensure the optimization of resources to deliver first-class service to customers both internally and externally.
  • Conduct strategic overview of our key product and service offerings. Ensure alignment of market opportunities and customer needs with our internal capabilities as well as external partnerships
  • Assess all Brenntag and 3rd party sites to identify optimal sites, ensure project compliance and that all customer metrics are met.
  • Oversee strategic biopharma projects and supplier approval processes ensuring product quality and compliance is met

Portfolio and Market Analysis

  • Work cross functionally and globally to support and execute on global biopharma portfolio strategies.
  • Conduct detailed market assessments, including pricing, positioning, and sales performance, to optimize global strategy and positioning of portfolio.
  • Drive innovation by identifying unmet needs with customers and connecting with our internal manufacturing and R&D network to position and leverage our internal capabilities.
  • Stay abreast of market trends, competitor products, and technological advancements to inform portfolio decisions.
  • Conduct detailed market assessments, including pricing, positioning, and sales performance, to optimize local and global strategy and position

Your Profile

Skills

  • A Strategic thinker who has demonstrated ability to build a bioproduction business
  • Ability to travel up to 50% of the time within NA
  • Ability to adapt and operate effectively in an ambiguous or rapidly changing environment
  • Strong leader with excellent communication, time-management and organizational skills
  • Effective relationship builder
  • Superior negotiation and influencing skills
  • Self-motivated and task oriented
  • Ability to work in a matrix environment

Education & Experience

  • Degree in Science or equivalent
  • Minimum of 15 years of professional and leadership experience with at least 5 years within the biopharma industry

Our Offer 

  • We aim to create an environment where the best people want to work, where they can turn their passion into their job and realize their full potential.
  • Individual development, on-the-job training, and development programs designed to help our employees grow in their careers.
  • Paid parental leave
  • Education assistance program
  • Employee assistance program
  • Various healthcare plan options as well as 401(k)

Brenntag and its subsidiary companies will provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to any category protected by federal, state or local law, including as applicable, applicant’s actual or perceived race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation and related medical condition), genetic information, military service, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, veteran status, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable federal, state or local law, political affiliation, marital status, membership in an employee organization, parental status, expunged juvenile record, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. Brenntag will provide reasonable accommodations to allow an applicant to participate in the hiring process (e.g., accommodations for a test or job interview) if so requested. When completing this application, you may exclude information that would disclose or otherwise reference your race, religion, age, sex, genetic, veteran status, disability or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. This application is considered current for sixty (60) days only. At the end of this period, if you are still interested in employment, it will be necessary for you to reapply by completing a new application.

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