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Zorana Subasic is all about people. She heads up procurement for Hemofarm<\/a>, the largest Serbian exporter of medicinal products, with a share of more than 70% of the total pharmaceutical. It sells pharmaceutical products on four continents in 34 states and, since 2006, has been part of the multi-national pharmaceutical giant STADA <\/a>Group. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zorana explains that her priority is focusing on people, both within her team and in the wider company, a priority that has been even more important during the last few challenging years and has impacted her leadership style.  \u201dThese are areas that were new for me \u2013 managing people in \u2018business as usual\u2019 times is completely different to what we\u2019ve been through in the last two or three years. It has affected people, and how it was for me to manage people in difficult times \u2013 understanding the challenges around us and making sure that people also understand the challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overcoming challenges<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The difficult times Zorana is referring to are, of course, the global coronavirus pandemic. She also recognises that individual team members will have their own experience of these challenges, influenced by their own lives. Zorana explains: \u201cI cannot neglect the fact that every single person goes through some personal challenges during these times, managing the lockdown and the family, added to the pressure at work to deliver results and to make sure that business continues to deliver and grow. It meant keeping people motivated, whilst there is a complete uncertainty in terms of life, in terms of what\u2019s everything\u2019s going to look like. I think that was something that we didn\u2019t face in the last twenty or thirty years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Managing teams based across several territories means that Zorana was probably more prepared than most to embrace the Zoom culture forced on us all by the pandemic, but she says lockdowns and remote working still had a huge impact. \u201cI love that face-to-face contact because it gives you much more about the person than just communicating over any app. And I think in that sense it was more challenging in terms of mentality and different ways of working. You have to understand how people are and what\u2019s important to them. Throughout my career I was always working with people in different countries, but I would say this technological aspect and not being able to spend time with them face-to-face was a bigger challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zorana Subasic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Building strong partnerships<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

“I am a firm believer that building strong partnerships in business is, in some aspects, the same as building a relationship in life. You have to be prepared to dedicate your time, willingness to learn and understand all aspects of their business and to support when needed. When you have that kind of relationship then managing business in difficult circumstances becomes slightly easier. One of the great examples of that kind of relationship we have with our long-term partner Palladio Group.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zorana says integrity is very important to her \u2013 and it is one of the company\u2019s values, alongside agility and entrepreneurship. There is also a culture to, as Zorana describes it, \u201cplay as one team\u201d, which is a tendency to recognise talent wherever it is in the company and give those people the chance to shine.  She explains: \u201cThis is ONE STADA where the aim is to play as one team regardless of the fact that we\u2019re different people and different regions, it\u2019s making us look at the whole work as one team. This is actually really special because it gives opportunity to people from different regions \u2013 if they\u2019re good at what they\u2019re doing they have a space to be visible. It\u2019s not just about the headquarters, it\u2019s not just about people leading the company or upper management.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the full story here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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