Senior Procurement Manager

2 days ago


Macclesfield Cheshire, United Kingdom AstraZeneca Full time

Role: Global Procurement Manager Role Type: Temporary – 8 Months
Macclesfield – 3 days on-site / 2 working remote


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; 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.
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
Foster trusted relationships with vendors to achieve competitive value and quality of services.
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
Comfort with risk and ambiguous situations. Commercial, Procurement experience, negotiating large, complex deals.
Analytical and Systems acumen, working with Procure-to-pay systems, SAP, Microsoft Suite
Project management, change management and strong collaboration skills.
Excellent working knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry
Demonstrated capability of leading and developing commercial partnerships of significant scale


Are you ready to bring new insights and fresh thinking to the table?


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