Business Support Lead – Healthcare & Medical Devices

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  • Salary
  • Experience 8 Years Experience

Business Support Lead – Healthcare & Medical Devices

  • Sri Lanka

Key Responsibilities

Business Planning Coordination & Performance Analysis

  • Bring together business plans, reports and explanations prepared by the relevant teams and organize them for management review.

  • Check that agreed inputs have been received and follow up with responsible teams where information is missing or unclear.

  • Following management reviews, record agreed decisions, action owners and deadlines, monitor progress, and escalate delays.

  • Coordinate the planning and performance review process while ensuring that operational decisions, corrective actions and business results remain the responsibility of the relevant leaders and functional heads.

Marketing & Business Development Support

  • Support product launches, exhibitions, conferences, market research, competitor analysis and business development initiatives.

Management Meetings, Minutes & Action Tracking

  • Attend management, sales, commercial, operational and other applicable meetings.

  • Prepare and circulate meeting minutes and maintain the Management Action Tracker.

  • Follow up with action owners on agreed deadlines, flag overdue actions and escalate delays.

Management Reporting & Analysis

  • Prepare agreed dashboards and reports using information provided by the relevant functions.

  • Highlight performance variances, trends, risks and decisions requiring management attention.

  • Contribute to the wider Business Intelligence (BI) function within an agreed scope.

Business Travel Preparation

  • Coordinate with relevant teams to establish business objectives, meeting requirements and briefing materials.

  • Communicate travel and logistical requirements to secretarial staff for necessary arrangements.

Foreign Principal & Business Partner Meeting Coordination

  • Coordinate visits by foreign principals, suppliers and strategic business partners, including itineraries, meetings, site and customer visits, accommodation, transportation, hospitality and follow-up actions.

  • Work with relevant teams to establish visit objectives, identify participants, agree on agendas and determine the information to be shared.

  • Prepare briefing materials, record meeting decisions and follow up on agreed actions.

Official Correspondence & Letter Drafting

  • Draft and track official correspondence using input provided by the relevant functions.

  • Coordinate with the responsible functions to ensure the accuracy of technical and commercial content.

  • Ensure correspondence is issued only after approval by the authorized approver or signatory.

Cross-Functional Coordination

  • Facilitate information sharing between teams, address handover gaps and coordinate agreed actions.

  • Maintain and improve existing reports and trackers, creating new ones where necessary.

  • Support effective coordination while ensuring that functional heads retain responsibility for their respective functions and decisions.

Process Improvement & Digitalization

  • Identify gaps in existing processes and support agreed reporting automation and process improvement initiatives.

  • Coordinate with Projects/Process Development teams and system owners to ensure alignment and avoid duplication of initiatives.

 

 Required Qualifications & Experience

  • Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Business Administration, Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain, Healthcare Management or a related discipline.

  • A professional qualification in Business, Management, Marketing, Finance or a related field will be an advantage.

  • Strong analytical, commercial and communication capabilities.

  • Strong proficiency in Microsoft tools, AI tools and business productivity tools.

Required Experience

  • Minimum 5–8 years of relevant experience in business support, commercial operations, business analysis, sales operations or management coordination.

  • Experience within the Healthcare, Pharmaceutical, Medical Device or Surgical Products industry will be strongly preferred.

  • Proven experience in management reporting, business analysis and cross-functional coordination.

  • Experience in coordinating management meetings, preparing minutes and tracking action items.

  • Experience in drafting formal business correspondence.

  • Experience in preparing business agendas, briefing materials and follow-up arrangements for meetings or visits.

  • Exposure to foreign principals, suppliers or international business partners will be an advantage.

  • Demonstrated ability to work with senior management and multiple internal and external stakeholders.

 

 Ideal Competency Profile

 

  • Strong business acumen, commercial awareness, financial understanding and analytical thinking.

  • Good planning, forecasting, problem-solving and execution skills.

  • Strong cross-functional coordination, stakeholder management and follow-up discipline.

  • Excellent written communication, professional letter drafting and presentation skills.

  • Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills, along with dashboard development experience. Knowledge of ERP, CRM or Power BI will be an advantage.

  • High attention to detail, professionalism, confidentiality, reliability and results orientation.

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