Regional Director · Dr.Max Pharmacy Chain
Jan Bureš leads regional operations at Dr.Max, one of Europe's largest pharmacy chains — and safeguards the medicine supply chain as Qualified Person at ViaPharma. From the laboratory bench to the pharmacy counter to the distribution network, he has worked every link of the pharmaceutical value chain.
Expertise
Few operations leaders have dispensed medicines themselves. Fewer still hold legal responsibility for how those medicines move through the supply chain. Jan does both. On top of that, he combines brick-and-mortar and e-commerce expertise.
As Regional Director at Dr.Max, Jan drives the performance of pharmacies across the whole region — people, processes, and P&L. His playbook was forged as an Operational Excellence Project Manager, turning lean methodology into measurable results on the pharmacy floor.
Operational excellence · Network leadershipA graduate of the Faculty of Pharmacy at Charles University and a former bioanalytical scientist, Jan practiced as a pharmacist at Dr.Max before moving into leadership. Every operational decision he makes is grounded in the reality of patient care at the counter.
Licensed pharmacist · Bioanalytical scienceAs Qualified Person for pharmaceutical distribution at ViaPharma, Jan carries personal regulatory responsibility for Good Distribution Practice — ensuring every medicine travels from manufacturer to pharmacy shelf safely, traceably, and on time.
GDP compliance · Pharmaceutical distributionAs Sales Manager at DocSimon, Jan ran the commercial side of one of Czechia's online pharmacies. He blends brick-and-mortar pharmacy operations with digital retail — assortment, demand, and the customer economics of selling online.
Online pharmacy · Digital retailCareer journey
A deliberate path through every layer of the pharmaceutical value chain — science, patient care, commerce, process, and distribution.
Scientific rigor first: analytical methods, laboratory discipline, and an evidence-based mindset that still anchors his decision-making today.
At the counter, face to face with patients — learning what pharmacy operations look like where they matter most.
Commercial leadership in online pharmacy — demand, assortment, and the customer economics behind every shelf.
Translating frontline insight into systems: lean process design, performance metrics, and change management across the chain.
Personal regulatory accountability for Good Distribution Practice across a national pharmaceutical logistics operation.
Leading a regional pharmacy network end to end — uniting clinical credibility, operational discipline, and supply-chain mastery.
“Tempora mutantur, et nos mutamur in illis.”
Times change, and we change with them.
Credentials
One of Europe's oldest universities, founded 1348. Pharmaceutical education, research and bioanalytical science — the foundation of his evidence-first approach to operations.
A legally designated role under EU pharmaceutical law. The Qualified Person personally guarantees that distribution complies with Good Distribution Practice — a mark of regulatory trust held by few.
Dr.Max operates thousands of pharmacies across Central and Southern Europe. Jan's region runs on the operational excellence methods he helped engineer.
Based in Prague and Liberec, Czechia. Open to professional connections and conversations.