Operations Manager (all genders)

• Project-manage the UK licensing applications end to end — including controlled-drugs licensing and the wholesale dealer's authorisation — with external advisers and authorities.
• Stand up a compliant distribution and supply-chain setup, from group suppliers through to UK pharmacies.
• Select, coordinate and manage external consultants and third-party partners — regulatory and legal advisers, logistics and 3PL, storage, quality and finance providers.
• Write the SOPs, quality and compliance processes the UK entity runs on.
• Set up the practicalities — the co-working space, tools, systems and day-to-day operations.
• Own operational budgets, timelines and risk tracking, and keep the launch plan honest.

• Operations experience in pharma, healthcare, regulated logistics or a comparable controlled environment.
• Working knowledge of Good Distribution Practice, controlled-drugs handling and MHRA / Home Office requirements is a strong advantage — or the proven ability to get up to speed fast.
• A process-builder who is genuinely hands-on — happy to write the SOP and also book the courier.
• Strong project management: you keep multiple workstreams, advisers and deadlines moving at once.

This is the rare operations job where you design the machine instead of maintaining it. Every process, partner and licence in the UK business will have your fingerprints on it — with a German group's quality systems and expertise to draw on.