Global Procurement Manager

4 days ago

Macclesfield, United Kingdom AstraZeneca Full time

Role: Global Procurement Manager

Role Type: Temporary – 8 Months

Location: Macclesfield – 3 days on-site / 2 working remote



Your New Role


Reporting to the Associate Director of External Manufacturing Procurement Business Operations, the Global Procurement Manager (GPM) role will lead sourcing & procurement activities for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API), and Formulation & Packaging (F&P) categories of external manufacturing, for both small molecule and biologics businesses.

Will lead commercial procurement activities with assigned Suppliers, and for assigned Brands within a therapy area in support of Therapy Area Directors within the team.


In conjunction with other team members, develops long term strategies on two dimensions: for brands, working with Therapy Leads to drive end-to-end supply chain value, as well as full product lifecycle value; for technologies, developing API and F&P category strategies. Ultimately ensuring that the external supply base can support these strategies well into the future.



Key Accountabilities:


  • Contributing to implementation of Therapy Area and Category plans to ensure that the underpinning process improvement and procurement activities deliver the expected business value in accordance with the strategic plans.
  • Supporting strategic relationship management (internal business partner and supplier) - to ensure that Category Strategies are highly aligned to current and future Business needs and that the supply base is capable of supporting these strategies.
  • Working alongside our Global Procurement Services (central procurement services organization) in advising on and driving procurement strategies to make decisions necessary to purchase products and services in congruence with organisational objectives.
  • Executing Master Supply Agreements, and/or individual product contracts for assigned Suppliers or Brands.
  • Supporting risk assessment processes for suppliers.
  • Delivering on AZ Procurement Value Proposition
  • Developing excellent relationships & influence with internal stakeholders
  • Foster trusted relationships with vendors to achieve competitive value and quality of services.
  • Support AZ’s industry-leading Sustainability agenda with suppliers



Required Skills & Knowledge


  • Minimum 7 years in Procurement ideally in Pharmaceutical space – in one or more of the following areas Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) / Bio drug substances / Formulation & Packaging (F&P), clinical manufacturing.
  • Experience of sourcing contract manufacturing services advantageous
  • Strong experience in Supplier selection & strong negotiation strategy
  • Stakeholder Management – Stakeholder Negotiation / advisory / Influencing.
  • Comfort with risk and ambiguous situations. Ability to work in fast paced moving environment managing multiple scenarios.
  • Commercial, Procurement experience, negotiating large, complex deals.
  • Experience of working on global basis.
  • Analytical and Systems acumen, working with Procure-to-pay systems, SAP, Microsoft Suite
  • Sound understanding of Safety, Health and Environment
  • Project management, change management and strong collaboration skills.
  • Excellent collaborator
  • Degree level or equivalent qualifications


Desirable Skills & Knowledge


  • Excellent working knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry
  • Sustainability platform requirements of CDMOs
  • Knowledge of the CDMO supply base across our technology areas
  • Demonstrated capability of leading and developing commercial partnerships of significant scale



WHY ASTRAZENECA?


It's an exciting time to join AstraZeneca, a global business that's rapidly growing - there's a lot happening and even more to come. And we are a valued part of this journey. Respected partners across the business, we provide the platform that's going to power us to achieve more.


So, what's next?


Are you ready to bring new insights and fresh thinking to the table? Brilliant We have one seat available, and we hope it's yours. Please apply with a copy of your CV.

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