{"id":16151,"date":"2022-03-31T11:43:59","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T11:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eim.com\/cee\/?page_id=16151"},"modified":"2022-04-11T09:56:59","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T09:56:59","slug":"pharma-life-science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eim.com\/cee\/pharma-life-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Market Insight – Pharma Sector"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Market Insight<\/span><\/h2>\n

Pharmaceutical and Life Science Industry <\/span><\/h2>\n

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Introduction<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Implications of the war in Ukraine<\/span><\/h2>\n

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With multiple of the content in every corner of social, hard and digital media most of us are following the news on War in Ukraine. How does this translate into the backstage of the Pharmaceutical and Life Science industry<\/strong> World Wide and in particular in EU and CEE who are the closest geographically and infrastructure wise to the boarders with Ukraine and Russia\/CIS?<\/span><\/p>\n

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What is happening at the backstage and in the meeting rooms of the HQs<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

in Switzerland, Denmark, Germany, UK, France, Austria, Czech and many other EMEA headquarters of the Life Science, Medical Device and Medical Disposable companies?<\/span><\/p>\n

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What are the scenarios and short term, midterm and long term implications of the decisions which are made today?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

We tried to filter some of the elements of the possible answers to the above mentioned questions through the realm of the Interim Management algorithms and methodologies with <\/span>Mr. Anton Leschenko, Senior Advisor EIM Executive Interim Management CEE.<\/span><\/p>\n

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About Anton<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anton Leshchenko brings more than 20 years of experience as senior professional and consultant within the sector of Life Science, Biotech, Medical Disposables\/Devices. <\/span><\/p>\n

He lived in three continents and worked with Big, Middle Pharma and Start-ups, where he covered<\/span>\u00a0the Global, EMEA, and emerging markets.<\/span><\/p>\n

He is a father of two and prefers nature to the urban environment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Leave Russia<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

Help Ukraine<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

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Without making any judgment let\u2019s have a look at companies from Big and Middle Pharma who have made announcements related to their operations in Russia for the past 4 weeks since the start of the war:<\/p>\n

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  • Big pharmaceutical companies have massive operations in Russia, from manufacturing to running clinical trials and selling drugs<\/li>\n
  • Several hundreds of global companies have pulled out of Russia but for the pharmaceutical industry, the leaving has been noticeably slower<\/li>\n
  • According to some sources, companies have pulled some nonlifesaving products, like Cialis and Botox<\/li>\n
  • A key player in the pharmaceutical industry confirmed, it is refocusing its operations on helping people with cancer and diabetes<\/li>\n
  • Some of the companies, that manufacture in Russia said they\u2019re donating profits from Russia to humanitarian efforts<\/li>\n
  • A global player has suspended marketing in Russia but is continuing to manufacture at a facility in St. Petersburg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    \u00a0Some critics say the industry should pull out of Russia entirely. Some practical CEOs, explain a balanced position:<\/p>\n

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    We have decided to make our own investigation to better understand the situation and use these data to foresee key geopolitical scenarios in the Regions of CEE, Ukraine and CIS\/Russia as separate markets<\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    For that, we have used our global network of the top 20 Big and Middle pharma Board level managers in all the Regions on a vertical scale and went deeper to understand what is happening at the meeting rooms and senior level of the same companies in the headquarters on the horizontal scale, again using the network and the EIM Community who work there, to better understand through the eyes of the Interim Management the immediate implications to the existing infrastructures in those geographies in terms of:<\/p>\n

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      • Human Resources<\/li>\n
      • Sales Channels and Demand<\/li>\n
      • Supply Chain and Logistics<\/li>\n
      • Business Models and Risk Mitigation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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        Human Resources<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

        There are >10 mln Ukrainians outside of the country at the moment. Mostly they are ~2 mln who have being working outside of Ukraine before war and are not able to return and made a decision to stay and support. The rest are mostly women, children and elderly people above 60+.<\/span><\/p>\n

        Among the millions of people who flee Ukraine after war are highly educated professional from different spheres. Not all of them speak English or any other European language but a lot do. Poland, Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Georgia, Moldova and Baltics have the highest distribution of the war refugees from Ukraine.<\/span><\/p>\n

        Among the most popular professionals who were welcomed by their companies are IT specialists as they are most universal in terms of the immediate value addition due to the specifics of work. Other popular professionals from Pharma are manufacturing specialists, Medical Liaisons, QA and Marketing. It is more challenging for the country specific roles without knowledge of the local environment and local healthcare systems to park themselves within the industry.<\/span><\/p>\n

        As for Russia and CIS, the situation is controversial. >1.5 mln Russians spontaneously left the country based on the unofficial numbers. The trend will continue with the multiplication factor if the war will have a more prolonged scenario OR the iron fence will shut with not that far familiar sound and boarders will be completely closed. As of now most popular destinations for the Russians who are leaving: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, Armenia, Baltics, Turkey, Serbia, other CIS countries in Central Asia, Mongolia.<\/span><\/p>\n

        CEE professionals are less visibly impacted now but it is a matter of leaving through the Q2 2022 when Q3 can start to be impacted. We do not know a single Pharma company who did not have to review their forecast foe 2022 already to flag the risks. If 2021 was hit and mitigated by the extra burden of the COVID-19 accumulated impact in both direct labor execution limitations as well as the budgets scrutiny and issues with the reimbursement, the 2022 war that started in East of Europe with the direct Boarders with EU and millions of Refugees ending up in CEE has a direct impact on the budgets as most of the refugee population will require access to medicines and healthcare as those are most vulnerable members of the society (children, women, elderly) but also labor market will be more crowded. There are not so many open discussions on this topic \u2013 but those are already the realities. <\/span><\/p>\n

        Several regional CEOs, and HR professionals are already engaging interim HR Managers to support them in coping with this<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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        Regional CEOs, and HR professionals are already engaging Interim HR Managers to support their organizations in coping with the onboarding and the integration of this huge workforce.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

        The return to offices after Covid was alone a transitional challenge that required much effort and attention to cope with. The ongoing integration of 2+ mln people from Ukraine all over Europe, but mainly in the CEE region represents additional challenges, that can not be simply overcome with the capacity and know-how that many companies have available. Experienced Interim HR Managers know exactly how to build and integrate cross cultural teams.<\/span><\/p>\n

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        Sales Channels and Demand<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

        For some companies and countries with less limited financial resources, the above mentioned factors might bring short term gain, but for the majority of the economies, forecasting the key direct impact on food and energy commodities, as well as domino effect on the financial ratios (increased cost of capital, inflation etc.) the picture does not look optimistic.<\/span><\/p>\n

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        • Donation and full financial support will be needed. If you had Ukraine in your scorecard \u2013 whatever sales plans were there I would take them out of the scorecard until at least 2025. <\/span><\/li>\n
        • Whatever costs were planned for Ukraine we would re-distribute to the CEE countries with the highest numbers of the refugees (Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary).<\/span><\/li>\n
        • CEE \u2013 require zoom in but definitely for general Rx medicines it will be a combination of the upside and downside. For special medicines and orphan drugs I would zoom in country by country with regards to the reimbursement and Market Access plans to be reviewed and adjusted. Immunology and COVID \u2013 same as above mentioned for the budgets re-allocation.<\/span><\/li>\n
        • CIS\/Russia \u2013 from some of the discussions we expect to see higher numbers re-located to Kazakhstan and economic union and Russian SoM from EU and USA companies taken over by Chinese and Indian manufacturers.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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          As a globally operating firm, w<\/span>e already have several interim missions running, where experienced “localized” interim managers are supporting our clients. Some of the examples:<\/span><\/p>\n

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          • Business development & market entry Africa, performed by an interim manager from UK who moved to Kenya 10 years ago, after finishing his career as business development director for a global player<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
          • Definition and implementation of a complete sales organization and sales channels after a Carve-out from a global player in Europe<\/span><\/li>\n
          • Market Study and preparation of a suitable Market Entry for a Private Equity considering entering a new market<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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            Supply Chain and Logistics<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

            From the analysis given above and for the country specific pack, if the re-forecasting was not yet done, it is high time to do it not only for Ukraine and Russia, but for the CEE countries hosting Ukrainian refugees. Same as the manufacturing plans and demand forecast to be adjusted for Russia\/CIS accordingly.<\/span><\/p>\n

            With the layouts in Russia and daily increasing pressure coming from the economic sanctions and companies leaving Russia, in parallel there is a hidden and less visible trend for the \u201cmasking\u2019 the routes through neighbor countries of the Economic and Trade Union between Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan. The same as it happened after 2014 when Belarus all of a sudden became the key logistic supplier of all the counter-sanctions goods which were implemented on both sides. With the ban of Belarus, Kazakhstan is taking the leading position following by Kyrgyzstan, and Armenia.<\/span><\/p>\n

            As for the less visible Baltics, Moldova and Georgia, those who have those markets on the P&L will have to review them on the level of contingency even though the numbers are not usually high, for the consistency and fairness, it has to be done right away.<\/span><\/p>\n

            This topic will require more regular zoom in, collecting market insights and making the updates, but it is already happening while we speak.<\/span><\/p>\n

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            Interim Supply Chain Managers<\/strong> covering all the aspects of <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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            • Strategic purchasing, supplier selection, negotiations with supplier, <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
            • Relocation of complete supply chains from Asia\/ Russia to Europe, or from USA to Mexico, <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
            • Inbound\/ Outbound Logistics <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
            • Warehouse Operations<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
            • ERP implementation of SCM models<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              are currently in highest demand of all functions. We currently have several projects relocating the supply chain from India, China to the CEE Region Our interim manager from Poland is optimizing the warehouse operations in the USA; Interim Supply Chain Manager from the Czech Republic is redefining the European Supply Chain footprint of an automotive producer, Interim Project Managers are finding new premises (warehouses) to stock additional raw materials, and the list could go on an on….<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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              Business Model and Risk Mitigation<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

              From the conversations which we had, majority of the senior management responsible for the CEE and CIS Region confessed that they were not expecting this invasion and war to be started until the moment first news and pictures from February 24th<\/sup> coming from Ukraine with the Russian tanks, military jets and missiles. Not many at the level of the CEE Affiliates and individual countries had contingency plan, except few based in Ukraine. Some of the Big Pharma started to work on the contingency in January-February 2022 while evacuating their GMs and some other foreign management out of Russia and Ukraine. The rest did not believe in the worst case scenario until the last moment.<\/span><\/p>\n

              It is only now when Executive Committees meet several times a week, review the plans and make projections. So what are the most common trends for the solutions?<\/span><\/p>\n

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              Review the risks on the top line and make contingency at the level of cost<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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              Classy P&L. Wait and be ready to cut. Most of the Big Pharma approach. Headcount freeze, look at Q1 and be ready with the next level.<\/span><\/p>\n

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              Review your Portfolio<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

              Consider outsourcing. Specialty and Orphan Drugs, slim portfolios mid-size pharma, and recently entered startups are considering this option as well. This creates more opportunities and we expect more deals coming from the front line service companies, as well as in some markets delegating business to Distributors on a pure logistics in a small markets. <\/span><\/p>\n

              \n

              Hiring Interim Managers\/Consultants instead of own headcounts<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

              Interim managers and consultants do not increase your headcounts, are very variable in terms of costs, and present no long term burden to your P&L.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

              \n

              Review the Structure and Composition of your Regions<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

              Group, regroup, merge countries as part of the optimization. Be ready to emove regional layers, or rework your matrix structure.<\/span><\/p>\n

              \n

              Switch to digital tools in both B2B as well as B2C.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

              <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

              The trend boomed with COVID, and now it only becomes a must be.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

              \n

              Re-working logistics and warehousing<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

              Create extra stock, have a backup contingency suppliers, rent new warehouses; have contingency plans for logistics<\/span><\/p>\n

              <\/span><\/p>\n

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              Rework of market positioning and product portfolio, Overall adjustment of the companies operate and communicate, and Strategic projects in general are the domain of #oneEIM. <\/span><\/p>\n

              With 30 fully integrated offices, we cover the world and are ready to support clients in any transitional challenge with one of our 30.000 senior interim managers.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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              Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n

              Ukraine for sure will require full support for a couple of years without asking anything back. Even with the war being over, reparations from Russia secured, and financial aid provided, it will take several years to get back on track from the infrastructure and economical point of view on the level of the demand generation before war.<\/p>\n

              For the rest of the Region and for Pharma\/Medical Disposables in particular, the most Agile structures and companies have higher chance to adopt and even benefit from the current situation on the short term. The long term impact is still difficult to calculate and it will depend on the duration of the war.<\/p>\n

              Key elements of the Risk Management which are used relate to the cost analysis and reduction\/optimization of the fixed costs mostly related to the headcounts, overheads, logistics and increase in COGs. There is no control over the inflation and overall plans for 2022 require immediate adjustment.<\/p>\n

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              Let us discuss you transformation challenges<\/span><\/h3>\n

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              Bohuslav Lipovsky,\u00a0Managing Partner
              EIM Executive Interim Management CEE
              <\/span>Together we can find the solution you are looking for<\/span><\/p>\n

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              [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”About Bohuslav” open_toggle_text_color=”#e09900″ open_toggle_background_color=”#002c3e” closed_toggle_background_color=”#002c3e” _builder_version=”4.4.7″ title_text_color=”#e09900″ body_text_color=”#e09900″ body_font_size=”16px” width=”90%” module_alignment=”center” border_color_all=”#e09900″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

              Bohuslav leads companies and their managers through complex changes resulting from crisis, restructuring or post-merger integration. He focuses on working with private equity firms and international corporations. His strength lies in developing a transformation strategy and leading of multi-cultural teams.<\/p>\n

              Bohuslav has international experience, he has been active in interim management for several years, speaks several languages, and has extensive experience from numerous projects.<\/p>\n

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              How does the war in Ukraine translate into the Pharmaceutical and Life Science industry World Wide and in particular in the EU and CEE?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":16155,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"[et_pb_section fb_built=\"1\" disabled_on=\"off|off|off\" admin_label=\"Hero Section\" _builder_version=\"4.14.6\" use_background_color_gradient=\"on\" background_color_gradient_start=\"rgba(0,0,0,0.4)\" background_color_gradient_end=\"rgba(0,0,0,0.4)\" background_color_gradient_overlays_image=\"on\" background_image=\"https:\/\/www.eim.com\/cee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/int.jpg\" height=\"850px\" custom_padding=\"204px||||false|false\" bottom_divider_style=\"slant\" bottom_divider_color=\"#E8E8E8\" bottom_divider_height=\"150px\" bottom_divider_flip=\"horizontal\" animation_style=\"slide\" animation_direction=\"top\" animation_duration=\"2000ms\" saved_tabs=\"all\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" background_color_gradient_direction__hover=\"180deg\" background_color_gradient_direction__hover_enabled=\"180deg\" background_color_gradient_start_position__hover=\"0%\" background_color_gradient_start_position__hover_enabled=\"0%\" background_color_gradient_end_position__hover=\"100%\" background_color_gradient_end_position__hover_enabled=\"100%\"][et_pb_row _builder_version=\"4.4.7\" width=\"100%\" module_alignment=\"center\" min_height=\"112px\" custom_margin=\"0%||||false|false\" custom_padding=\"||||false|false\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_column type=\"4_4\" _builder_version=\"3.27.4\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.14.6\" header_font=\"Montserrat|700|||||||\" header_text_color=\"#ffffff\" header_font_size=\"50px\" header_2_font=\"Montserrat|800|||||||\" header_2_text_align=\"center\" header_2_text_color=\"#ffffff\" header_2_font_size=\"55px\" width=\"90%\" module_alignment=\"center\" custom_margin=\"||||false|false\" custom_padding=\"||||false|false\" header_text_shadow_style=\"preset1\" header_text_shadow_horizontal_length=\"0.1em\" header_2_text_shadow_style=\"preset1\" header_2_text_shadow_horizontal_length=\"0.1em\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"]

              How to identify the right
              Interim Manager<\/span><\/h2>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=\"1\" _builder_version=\"4.14.6\" background_color=\"#E8E8E8\" custom_margin=\"||0%||false|false\" custom_padding=\"0%||0%||true|false\" saved_tabs=\"all\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_row admin_label=\"Title Area\" _builder_version=\"3.27.4\" background_color=\"rgba(0,0,0,0)\" width=\"100%\" module_alignment=\"center\" custom_margin=\"||||false|false\" custom_padding=\"0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_column type=\"4_4\" _builder_version=\"3.25\" custom_padding=\"|||\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" custom_padding__hover=\"|||\"][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.14.6\" _module_preset=\"default\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"]

              Introduction<\/strong><\/h2>\n

              3 Massive Disruptions in the recent 3 years<\/span><\/h2>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=\"1\" _builder_version=\"4.14.6\" _module_preset=\"default\" background_color=\"#E8E8E8\" custom_padding=\"||||false|false\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_row _builder_version=\"4.14.6\" _module_preset=\"default\" custom_padding=\"||5%||false|false\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_column type=\"4_4\" _builder_version=\"4.7.0\" _module_preset=\"default\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.14.6\" _module_preset=\"default\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"]

              The world of senior C-Level positions has gone through massive changes over the last 3 years. The expected economic crisis during 2019 started a change in the \u201ctraditional\u201d expectations from the Board Members. Soon after, the pandemic crisis shifted the requirements to a completely different level. New positions have come into existence within organizations, and we all learned to work in a completely different way. Today, the current situation in Ukraine, economic sanctions on Russia, and the resulting reshoring wave, will lead to a business environment, that is far different from the one we knew 3 years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n

              The world of management and leadership has become complicated and new positions have come into existence within organizations. Within a short time, interim managers also became a standard management tool to lead companies through changes.<\/span><\/p>\n

              The idea is to get a senior manager with a solid track record and experience to immediately join an organization that:<\/span><\/p>\n

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              • is undergoing a massive change, due to internal or external factors (productivity or quality issues, raw material price increase, relocation, offshoring, reshoring, market shift, etc)<\/span><\/li>\n
              • has a hard to fill top-level vacancy, or an unexpected vacancy<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                The interim managers bring stability to the business and are always overqualified for the role. They possess a wide range of skills, sector, and function experience, so there is no training or onboarding necessary. They simply \u201chit the ground running\u201d<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=\"1\" prev_background_color=\"#E8E8E8\" next_background_color=\"#ffffff\" _builder_version=\"4.14.6\" _module_preset=\"default\" background_color=\"#E8E8E8\" background_color_gradient_start=\"#002c3e\" background_color_gradient_end=\"rgba(255,255,255,0)\" background_color_gradient_direction=\"90deg\" background_image=\"https:\/\/www.eim.com\/cee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/zach-lucero-qAriosuB-lY-unsplash-scaled.jpg\" min_height=\"500px\" top_divider_style=\"slant\" bottom_divider_style=\"slant\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_row _builder_version=\"4.14.6\" _module_preset=\"default\" max_width=\"2560px\" custom_padding=\"8%||||false|false\" animation_style=\"slide\" animation_direction=\"right\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_column type=\"4_4\" _builder_version=\"4.14.6\" _module_preset=\"default\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.14.6\" _module_preset=\"default\" header_text_color=\"#FFFFFF\" header_2_text_color=\"#FFFFFF\" max_width=\"600px\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"]

                How to identify the right
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                1. Seniority and Maturity<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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                An interim manager is not trying to land a new job, he\/she is very comfortable in his\/her skin and he is always in a comfort zone during the hiring process.
                <\/span>They know well their added value, and they are discussing their business contribution, not asking for service fee or a salary. <\/span><\/p>\n

                Be sure to understand the difference between a senior interim manager and a freelancer offering you his services.<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_2\" _builder_version=\"4.14.6\" _module_preset=\"default\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.14.6\" _module_preset=\"default\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"]

                2. Team player without too much Ego<\/strong><\/h3>\n

                Though an interim manager is known for his\/her experience and expertise, many times gained in crisis situations, there should be zero ego element present. An executive interim manager already achieved his\/her C-Level\/ Board Room positions during his permanent career. An interim manager must be a team player to \u201cwin the crowd\u201d in order to be successful. And it does not make any difference if it is a crisis management, insolvency or a business development, growth mission. If your gut tells you there is too much ego, you should look for another interim manager.<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=\"1\" next_background_color=\"#E09900\" _builder_version=\"4.14.6\" _module_preset=\"default\" background_color=\"#E8E8E8\" min_height=\"582.2px\" top_divider_style=\"slant\" top_divider_color=\"#FFFFFF\" top_divider_flip=\"horizontal\" top_divider_color_tablet=\"#E09900\" top_divider_color_phone=\"#E09900\" top_divider_color_last_edited=\"on|desktop\" bottom_divider_style=\"slant\" animation_style=\"flip\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_row column_structure=\"1_2,1_2\" _builder_version=\"4.14.6\" _module_preset=\"default\" custom_padding=\"7%||||false|false\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_column type=\"1_2\" _builder_version=\"4.14.6\" _module_preset=\"default\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.14.6\" _module_preset=\"default\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"]

                3. High Adaptability<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

                \u00a0Interim projects come with different types of requirements. There are never two identical post-merger integrations or two identical relocations of businesses. An interim manager must have the ability to face and align with the specific business situation. If an (interim) candidate starts to elaborate about \u201cthe only right solution, or teaches you how to proceed in your current challenge, you should look for somebody different than a narrowly focused consultant.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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                4. Action-based, hands-on<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

                \u00a0It is important that an interim manager should be inspired to work hard and set an example for others. Rather than asking others to fulfill a task, he\/she should take the initiative to complete it. A hands-on approach is the main sign of a professional interim manager. The implementation is what differentiates interim managers from typical consultants. Always focus on the ability of the interim manager to hit the ground running, take over responsibility and act accordingly. Being fit in shopfloor management, gemba walks, or preparation of a visual report from the obtained data are all signs that an interim manager is able to deliver the necessary change.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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                5. Solution orientation<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

                \u00a0An interim should have high levels of energy in order to initiate the disruption, keep the momentum in a business transformation and achieve the agreed goals. It is the job of an interim manager to support others in their development, and let them grow in their respective career. He\/she should motivate other people to bring the best of their abilities. Always be sure you are hiring an interim manager = someone who comes, delivers, and leaves. If your candidate is happy to stay on board after the project is finished (as a permanent employee), you are not talking to an interim manager, rather to an unemployed person happy and ready to accept any job to secure monetary income.<\/span><\/p>\n

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                Conclusion<\/span><\/h2>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.14.6\" text_font=\"||||||||\" text_text_color=\"#ffffff\" text_font_size=\"16px\" text_line_height=\"1.9em\" header_font=\"||||||||\" text_orientation=\"justified\" width=\"90%\" max_width=\"600px\" module_alignment=\"center\" custom_margin=\"||5%||false|false\" custom_padding=\"|5%|||false|false\" animation_style=\"flip\" animation_direction=\"left\" animation_intensity_flip=\"30%\" animation_starting_opacity=\"100%\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"]

                Hiring an executive senior interim manager is a very different process than hiring of a permanent employee. There are different expectations, time frames, legal setups, and many other factors.<\/p>\n

                In many cases the best permanent managers, or managers in between jobs, would fail after a few weeks in an interim assignment, and vice versa, there are interim managers who would not fit any permanent job anymore.<\/p>\n

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                Bohuslav Lipovsky,\u00a0Managing Partner
                EIM Executive Interim Management CEE
                <\/span>Together we can find the solution you are looking for<\/span><\/p>\n

                <\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=\"About Bohuslav\" open_toggle_text_color=\"#e09900\" open_toggle_background_color=\"#002c3e\" closed_toggle_background_color=\"#002c3e\" _builder_version=\"4.4.7\" title_text_color=\"#e09900\" body_text_color=\"#e09900\" body_font_size=\"16px\" width=\"90%\" module_alignment=\"center\" border_color_all=\"#e09900\" locked=\"off\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"]

                Bohuslav leads companies and their managers through complex changes resulting from crisis, restructuring or post-merger integration. He focuses on working with private equity firms and international corporations. His strength lies in developing a transformation strategy and leading of multi-cultural teams.<\/p>\n

                Bohuslav has international experience, he has been active in interim management for several years, speaks several languages, and has extensive experience from numerous projects.<\/p>[\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16151","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nEIM CEE | Pharma and Life Science | Ukraine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"How does the war in Ukraine translate into the Pharmaceutical and Life Science industry World Wide and in particular in the EU and CEE?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eim.com\/cee\/pharma-life-science\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Market Insight - Pharma Sector\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"How does the war in Ukraine translate into the Pharmaceutical and Life Science industry World Wide and in particular in the EU and CEE?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.eim.com\/cee\/pharma-life-science\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"We are the Inventors of Executive Interim Management\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-04-11T09:56:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.eim.com\/cee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/2000.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1333\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"13 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eim.com\\\/cee\\\/pharma-life-science\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eim.com\\\/cee\\\/pharma-life-science\\\/\",\"name\":\"EIM CEE | Pharma and Life Science | Ukraine\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eim.com\\\/cee\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eim.com\\\/cee\\\/pharma-life-science\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eim.com\\\/cee\\\/pharma-life-science\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eim.com\\\/cee\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/12\\\/2022\\\/03\\\/2000.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-31T11:43:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-11T09:56:59+00:00\",\"description\":\"How does the war in Ukraine translate into the Pharmaceutical and Life Science industry World Wide and in particular in the EU and CEE?\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eim.com\\\/cee\\\/pharma-life-science\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eim.com\\\/cee\\\/pharma-life-science\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eim.com\\\/cee\\\/pharma-life-science\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eim.com\\\/cee\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/12\\\/2022\\\/03\\\/2000.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eim.com\\\/cee\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/12\\\/2022\\\/03\\\/2000.jpg\",\"width\":2000,\"height\":1333,\"caption\":\"Interim Pharma\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eim.com\\\/cee\\\/pharma-life-science\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eim.com\\\/cee\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Market Insight – Pharma Sector\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eim.com\\\/cee\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eim.com\\\/cee\\\/\",\"name\":\"We are the Inventors of Executive Interim Management\",\"description\":\"We provide Senior Interim Executives from our nurtured knowledge community. 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