Global Head of Transport

**Global Head of Transport & Warehousing Excellence - Cold Chain**

**Macclesfield (UK) Gaithersburg, Wilmington (USA)**

Lead Global Excellence in Logistics: Drive Innovation, Sustainability, and Performance at AstraZeneca.

**About the role**

You will lead the Centre of Excellence for Global Logistics, setting the global standards and processes for the performance of the Global Logistics Function. The Global Logistics Function is accountable for the transportation of all commercial pharmaceutical product, at all stages of manufacture throughout the AZ supply network, from manufacturing plant to in-market first-paying customer. This role will head up a newly created function within Global Logistics and, as such, has the opportunity to shape the roles and goals for the organisation. Accountability includes transportation and distribution centre storage & handling of all AstraZeneca pharmaceutical product, to product label temperature requirements, as defined by GDP. The job holder will also lead Freight supplier strategy & Supplier management, Logistics Planning, Operational Excellence, and Green Logistics as part of the AZ Sustainability programme. You will report into the AZ Global Head of Logistics within Global Operations, sits on the Global Logistics leadership team and leads an organisation to manage & report the operational implementation and governance of these standards, processes & the network performance around the world.

**Key Accountabilities**
- You will partner with Logistics Quality to develop and implement Global Logistics controlled transportation & storage strategy, standards & operating procedures that cover primary and secondary transportation lanes, as well as warehousing, and that align with and support the organisation's current and long-term business objectives
- Accountable for AstraZeneca’s Process Controlled Transportation Processes (Business Process Owner) in primary and secondary distribution & logistics

**Oversees development, deployment and maintenance of**:

- GDP Temperature-Controlled Transportation standards & procedures
- GDP Temperature Monitoring & Management standards & procedures (including temperature, humidity, pressure, light, shock & vibration, and real-time and location tracking)
- Lane Risk Assessment (LRA) standards & procedures
- Change control process for containers, carriers, lanes, and modes
- Container, Lane and Carrier Qualification standards & procedures
- Defines the commercial and operating delivery structure for all aspects of process-controlled warehousing & transportation logistics within a large and complex environment, ensuring full integration of supply services and supporting systems and technology
- Qualification of temperature protection solutions, from containers to small parcels, often through outsourced suppliers or in collaboration with our Logistics Service Providers
- Ownership of all in-transit temperature failures and investigation of temperature excursions on distribution lanes, includes managing 3rd party investigations, driving corrective &preventative actions and continuous process improvements
- Defines and monitors Warehousing & Transportation temperature performance targets for GLF, setting key performance indicators, measuring progress and activity taking remedial action to deliver against agreed service standards. Acts as primary contact for customers and coordinates arbitration when required
- Manages the suppliers of temperature monitoring solutions & the in-transit temperature monitoring global budget. Accountable for temperature logger (& GPS tracking) system associated processes and provider(s) performance / management
- Leads the Supplier management process for the function and through the Supplier Director manages the global freight forwarder network, working closely with Regional Freight leads and Procurement to develop & implement our Freight Supplier strategy
- Conducts due diligence activity for external parties, e.g. 3rd party Packaging Qualification Testing Labs, determining requirements for third party support, developing and negotiating key commercial terms and undertaking ongoing service level and contract management
- Accountable for the Green Logistics Sustainability programme for Operations including the setting of targets, monitoring performance and leading performance improvement. Requires Senior Executive engagement to agree & report on progress vs goals
- Leads Logistics Planning working closely with Global Planning Function & Manufacturing sites to optimise pack & pallet design, to identify / activate Air-to-Sea conversion and shipping consolidation opportunities to support the Green Logistics programme
- Accountable for the Logistics Operational Excellence team and assigned Lean experts to implement good Lean practice across the Global Logistics Function, leading Root Cause investigations & identification of CAPAs, and coaching staff on Lean methods. Through this team the job holder will design and