Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (India) / Torrent Pharma GmbH (Germany)

Torrent Pharma GmbH is a wholly owned subsidiary of Torrent pharmaceuticals Limited (TPL) which is a flagship company of ca. EUR 870 million Torrent group in Ahmedabad India. Torrent group is diversified into electrical power and pharmaceuticals.

TPL is a branded generic company manufacturing and selling pharmaceutical products achieving an annual turnover of around EUR 250 million.

R&D capabilities: Invested over EUR 35 million in a modern well equipped state of art research center housing over 600 scientists working on the below mentioned areas of research.
o New Drug Discovery Research (discovering new molecules in niche therapeutic areas)
o New Drug Delivery Systems (proprietary technologies to make value added super generics)
o Generic development (Formulation development and API synthesis, Proven capability to develop non-infringing route and non-infringing formulation)
o BE Centre (state of art Bio-Equivalence centre with 56 beds approved by ANVISA (Brazil) and soon expected to be approved by USFDA and European Health authorities)

Registration capabilities: Highly experienced regulatory team in Germany to support our customers in EU with their dossier registrations strongly backed by an extensive team in India; also providing the flexibility to audit the registration dossiers within EU (Nürnberg, Germany)

Manufacturing capabilities: Our manufacturing facilities (API and formulation), located near Ahmedabad (India), are approved by USFDA and cGMP certified by various authorities including Germany, MHRA (UK), Hungary, Latvia, Australia, South Africa, Brazil and so on.

Marketing Presence in Indian Market: Branded Generics company manufacturing and selling pharmaceutical products, achieving an annual turnover of ca. EUR 150 million. Ranked 7th in domestic Rx market; with a field force of over 2200 medical representatives covering over 200,000 doctors. We have a dominant position in therapeutic areas of CNS, CVS (including metabolic disorder), GI, Anti-Microbial, Anti-diabetics, Analgesics and Anti-Inflammatory.

Marketing Presence in International Markets: Exports to more than 70 countries around the world with over 1000 product registrations world wide; wholly owned subsidiaries in USA, Germany, Brazil, Philippines and Russia; own field operations in Germany, Russia & CIS, Lithuania, Brazil, Africa and south east Asia.

We offer:
(1) Product Licensing Co-operation:
- EU CTD registration dossiers with BE studies conducted against EU originator reference, in GCP-GLP certified labs
- Marketing authorizations in key EU countries via national, MRP, DCP procedures
- Supply of products from EU approved (API + Formulation) facilities; vertical integration for most products
- Attractive basket of products in CNS, CVS, GI, GU etc…

(2) New Drug Delivery Systems (NDDS) for value added generics
- Developed unique NDDS platforms which would help to extend the lifespan of existing products.
- Proprietary technology platforms like DuReIn tech, ComTab tech, Gastro Retentive System
- Non Proprietary technology platforms like Taste masking particles, Bi-layered tablets, Mouth dissolving tablets to address needs of patients.
- Novel, Attractive solutions like LAM disp OD formulation – first time in world

(3) Manufacturing Capabilities (Contract Manufacturing)
- Manufacturing facilities (API and formulation) approved by USFDA and cGMP certified by various authorities including Germany, MHRA(UK), Hungary, Latvia, Australia, South Africa, Brazil and so on.
- Available capacity of 6 billion tabs / caps / vials per annum

(4) API development and production
- Proven Skills in Medicinal Chemistry, development of non-infringing routes and preparation / submission of DMFs
- R&D Centre well equipped for process development, scale-up and transfer to plant scale production
- Expertise in developing niche APIs, Specially high value, low volume products
- EU approved API manufacturing facilities; capacities being further expanded

Hence in short, we offer you a “one stop shop” for all your needs (Development / Registration Dossier / Registrations / Product Manufacturing and Supplies).

We are interested in:
• Out licensing: Partners interested to augment their product portfolios by in licensing our registration dossiers / registrations
• NDDS: Partners looking to increase the life cycle of their existing products with new drug delivery systems
• Contract Manufacturing: Partners looking to get their formulations and API contract manufactured for regulated markets






 British Nationality Individual Preferred.
 Male/Female;
 Likely 30-45 years old, but the search may not be restricted by this range;
 Fluent English would be an pre-requisite :
 University degree, MBA is a benefit;
 Minimum 5 years experience within a top management position within the pharmaceutical industry; established contacts in the industry;
 Working experience in U.K Pharmaceutical industry will be added advantage
 Experienced in working in an international company environment, the person should have a business strategic approach and proven results in building up teams and developing the operations. He/she should be able to identify and assess present and future market developments;
 Entrepreneurial spirit, business sense, drive and self-motivation;
 The person should have outstanding interpersonal skills. It is highly essential that the person is independent, self-starter, hands-on, pragmatic, goal and results oriented and a good business developer.
 Willing to travel frequently
Working knowledge of Computers (MS office- word, excel, PPT, etc) for presentation, calculations, etc



Country Manager – United Kingdom

Department
INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT – TORRENT PHARMCEUTICALS LTD.

Reports to : Vice President – International Operations
Job Purpose
• To set up Greenfield operations of the Company in U.K. To direct and co-ordinate overall effort of the company in order to achieve company objectives.
Territories:
United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Ireland)
Main Accountabilities
1) Sales & Marketing:
• Overall Accountability and Achievement of agreed annual Budget of United Kingdom.
• Overall company sales plans - short/medium term, e.g. territory plans, targets (individual/region)
• Develop and Implementation of marketing plans/strategy.
• Identification and development of major key account customers, e.g. distributors, hospitals, etc.
• New product Planning/ Launches.

2) Human Resources:
• Recruitment, development and management of a team of successful people in U.K
• Monitoring activity of the team working with them to improve performance and capabilities.
• Setting the targets for the regions/countries and monitor the achievement on a constant basis against set targets.
• Management and Training of other staff - recruitment, target setting, training, etc. Overall HR planning to ensure optimum use of organization structure, sales training strategy, Management performance’s systems, etc.
3) Commercial:
• To develop a cohesive and robust distribution structure facilitating product supplies.
• Maintenance of stocks at optimum level to ensure customer demand is covered
• Participation in stock level management, creditors/debtors handling.

4) Legal:
• Complying with all the legal liabilities.
• Payment of taxes; legal fees etc

5) Product Pipeline decision and Registration:
• Designing product pipeline for future launches.
• Registering the products with NAM and MoH.
• First Hand Knowledge of Registration and Regulatory guidelines.

6) New Market:
• Setting up overall operations
• Product Registration, Sales, Distribution and Marketing.
• Business development in the new markets.

Overall responsibility/accountability (Budget, Sales, HR, Logistics, Commercial, etc) of entire operation for United Kingdom.

Work Relations

The Job Holder must be able to work effectively with colleagues in all departments within Torrent and with external contacts.

Internal Contacts:
 Key internal contacts are – Entire team of other SBUs, Finance Team, Supply Chain Department, R&D centre, Plant and HR Dept to define and monitor strategic direction as well as the implementation of company plans.

External Contacts:
 Regional Key Customers, Key Opinion Leaders, etc.
Others external contacts may be included