Head of Healthcare and Life Sciences

Head of Healthcare and Life Sciences  

Would you like to join one of the fastest growing Independent UK freight forwarders? Are you looking for a change and want to be part of our exciting expansion plans? Our client is searching for a Head of Healthcare & Life Sciences to build on our current healthcare operations. If you are flexible, innovative, make decisions quickly and are ambitious then we should talk.

Please note – we welcome applications from across the UK for this exciting new role. This is a hybrid role with some requirements to attend meeting at Head Office.  

Key Responsibilities 

You will be accountable for building our offering and shaping the team. Your key responsibility is to build a strategy and budget to ensure the business is both operationally capable and regulated to service customers in the healthcare sector within the first 6 months. Engaging with business leaders across the group on the strategy will be critical in gaining support and momentum in taking our proposition to market.

Skills Knowledge and Expertise 

• Identifying and supporting the training requirements through the business on compliance, responsible people and operational staff & constantly promote best in class service delivery in conjunction with business leaders. 
• Identifying a pipeline of potential customers and build a strategy to market to and prospect, in conjunction with the business development teams. Acting as sponsor to provide related customer information and the expertise to close opportunities. This pipeline should lead with medical devices in the first 6 months to start to deliver some return on investment whilst building full capability. 
• Building tailored operating procedures with customers and the business units to successfully implement new traffic. 
• Leading customer reviews and KPI monitoring on accounts, based on agreements made on implementation. 
• Growing the return in excess of investment at 12 months and increasing revenue and profitability by 24 months 
• Investing time in maintaining your position as industry expert through research and networking, sharing that knowledge with potential & established customer and the business. 
• Providing feedback to Senior Managers and Directors on market information, competitor activity and industry trends which may impact the strategy.