Managing Director EU – Global Sourcing

Company: Uniphar Group

Division: Global Sourcing

Role: Managing Director EU - Global Sourcing

Reporting line: Trading Director, Global Sourcing

Primary Location: Netherlands

Company Background

Uniphar Group is a rapidly expanding diversified healthcare services business with a global footprint and a proud heritage in Ireland. Since Uniphar became a publicly listed company in 2019, the Group has grown organically and through a series of strategic acquisitions, which continue to strengthen Uniphar’s international reach. With a workforce of more than 3,700 spread across Ireland, United Kingdom, Mainland Europe, MENA, and the USA, Uniphar is a trusted global partner to pharma and Medtech suppliers, working to improve patient access to medicines and treatments around the world.

Uniphar provides outsourced and specialised services to its clients, leveraging the strong relationships with 200+ of the world’s best known pharmaco-medical manufacturers across multiple geographies, enabled by our cutting-edge digital technology and our expert teams. Uniphar is organised into three key divisions: Uniphar Supply Chain & Retail, Uniphar Global Sourcing and Uniphar Pharma.

Our ambition is to grow to achieve €200m EBITDA by 2028 with 80% of growth delivered through organic growth.

Uniphar Global Sourcing

At Uniphar Global Sourcing we are focused on improving patient access to pharmaco-medical products by providing solutions around difficult to source or hard to find medicines globally in a cost effective and efficient way

At Uniphar Global Sourcing our mission is to improve patient access to pharmaco-medical products and by building a truly Global platform to deliver this vision

Our North Star ambition is to be the leading player in the Global Unlicensed Medicines market and to build this platform to be a €100m EBITDA business by 2032.

Role Summary

This Managing Director, Global Sourcing Europe role is responsible for leading Uniphar’s Global Sourcing Business in the EU which today is focussed on the Dutch, German and Austrian markets. Our ambition is to expand and grow this regional footprint by building a bigger presence in existing markets by adding new service lines and becoming more relevant to our customers and also expanding our EU platform beyond today’s footprint into new markets such as the Nordics and Eastern Europe.

Working in a matrix structure, the role holder will provide strategic and operational leadership across the group’s activities in Unlicensed Medicines, Parallel Imports, Strategic Sourcing, Speciality Distribution , and Product ownership .

As a strategic leader, the role will be accountable for delivering growth, profitability, compliance, and integration of our European business portfolio while ensuring alignment with Uniphar Group’s global strategy. The role holder will work in a matrix environment and will partner closely with the global and group functions of Uniphar group.

Key Accountabilities

EU P&L and Commercial Performance

• Full accountability for the profit and loss of the European business, delivering sustainable revenue growth, margin performance and cash outcomes while proactively identifying and mitigating commercial risk.
• Monitor performance against KPIs and implement corrective actions where necessary to ensure financial targets are met.

People - Leadership, Talent & Succession

• Build, lead and develop a high‑performing EU leadership team, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration and innovation, with clear succession planning for critical roles.
• Lead, coach, and enable local leaders to deliver strategic and commercial objectives, ensuring they have the direction and capability required for high‑quality execution and continuous improvement.
• Support and drive the implementation of Group HR