Senior Manager
21 hours ago
The Senior Director, External Manufacturing Procurement, leads AstraZeneca’s procurement strategy and execution for outsourced contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs). This role is accountable for performance across multiple sites and countries, driving commercial excellence, robust governance, and reliable supply while meeting Safety, Health & Environment standards and all applicable regulations. The leader will manage and develop a team of Procurement professionals, build executive-level supplier relationships, and serve as a trusted partner to senior stakeholders across Operations and R&D.
Strategic Leadership: Define the Procurement strategy for External Manufacturing and contribute expert input to broader Procurement strategy development.
Delivery Management: Ensure objectives are met across all sites within remit, with disciplined value tracking and measurable financial and operational outcomes.
Resource Planning: Partner with Line Managers to identify resource needs; Team Leadership: Manage, motivate, coach, and set goals for Procurement leads; build a culture of leadership, creativity, collaboration, and high performance.
oversee commercial governance and executive supplier relationships.
Risk & Contingency Planning: Develop and manage contingency risk plans to assure on-site availability, quality, and budget adherence; escalate issues to protect patients and business reputation.
Best Practice & Compliance: establish and oversee processes ensuring compliance with Safety, Health & Environment standards, AstraZeneca policies, and applicable laws.
Talent Development: Support senior staff in coaching and developing talent to maintain a healthy pipeline and succession for senior Procurement roles.
External Manufacturing Expertise: Extensive leadership experience within external manufacturing and CMO environments.
~10-15 years of industry experience with Supply Chain or Manufacturing
~ Category Strategy & Value Delivery: Proven track record in setting category strategies and delivering multi-year improvement plans with measurable financial and operational outcomes.
~ Performance Management: Demonstrated success holding teams and suppliers to account; Commercial Governance: Demonstrated success leading executive supplier relationships, negotiating large and complex agreements, and driving commercial governance.
~ Change Leadership: Strong record leading complex change programs with high adoption; experience deploying governance models and business process frameworks.
~ Financial Acumen: Strong cost modelling, benchmarking, and P&L impact understanding; significant management experience in Procurement; excellent people management and motivational skills; proven priority-setting and resource management in global/regional environments; budgetary and resource planning experience; willingness to travel; Internal: Senior Procurement staff; executive-level supplier stakeholders.
Join a company driven by science and innovation, dedicated to improving patient outcomes worldwide. You will shape external manufacturing strategies, lead high-impact teams, and forge strategic supplier partnerships that enable reliable, efficient, and compliant supply.
We want people to feel they belong at AstraZeneca and Alexion, starting with our recruitment process. We offer reasonable adjustments/accommodations to help all candidates to perform at their best. If you have a need for any adjustments/accommodations, please complete the section in the application form.
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