Graduate Global Operations (m/f/d)

Department: Global Operations & Production

Job ID: 44753

Graduate|Temporary|Full-time|Hybrid

Our Corporate Functions teams make sure everything at Grünenthal runs smoothly by bringing together people with a wide range of skills – from experts in finance, IT, HR, law and compliance through to business strategists and creative media minds. If you’re a great collaborator and a strong communicator, you’ll feel right at home here. Join our team and join forces with colleagues across our business to maximise our company’s positive impact on patients and their families.

For our Global Graduate Programme, we are looking for you – a proactive and innovative thinker, a team player and creative problem‑solver with a global mindset, ready to take ownership of your career path, starting by February 2026!

Our 24‑month Global Graduate Programme offers a unique and personalized journey within Global Operations. You’ll gain hands‑on experience through high‑impact projects, benefit from exposure to top management, and receive dedicated mentorship from a senior leader who will support your development every step of the way.

What you can look forward to

• You will dive into different functions and areas within Global Operations (GO), such as GO Strategy, our Production Sites, the Site Controlling, Supply Chain Excellence, Procurement, or many other areas of Global Operations and learn about our operating model and key processes.
• Your projects and tasks will be diverse and mostly with global impact, and you will have plenty of chances to present your results to the senior leaders of Global Operations. Project examples include creating a dashboard with a productivity analysis for all production sites as part of your rotation in Global Operations Strategy or identifying areas and reasons for scrap losses within the production site and transferring dashboards from Qlik to Power
  BI during a rotation in the Aachen Site Controlling team.
• You will actively work on your development and your own career path, while being guided and supported by your mentor.
• You will participate in global trainings for all graduates as well as customized ones per individual programme.
• Additionally, you will be part of our Global Graduate Network.

What makes you a great fit

• An excellent degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences or a related field of studies.
• First professional experience in operations or in a pharmaceutical company (e. g. , through internships) with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Strong communication, intercultural, and social skills as well as an enthusiastic can‑do attitude and the drive to shape your processes every day.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Fluency in English.
• And the strong motivation to learn and grow as a future leader in our company.

Come on board and look forward to

• Attractive compensation and extensive social benefits.
• Wide range of company benefits such as health initiatives & sports activities.
• Top modern international working environment.

Grünenthal is a global leader in pain management and related diseases. As a science‑based, privately‑owned pharmaceutical company, we have a long track record of bringing innovative treatments and state‑of‑the‑art technologies to patients worldwide. Our purpose is to change lives for the better – and innovation is our passion. We are focusing all of our activities and efforts on working towards our vision of a world free of pain.

Grünenthal is headquartered in Aachen, Germany, and has affiliates in 28 countries across Europe, Latin America and the US. Our products are available in more than 100 countries. In 2024, Grünenthal employed around 4, 300 people and achieved sales of €1. 8 billion.