Associate Director, Global Cell Therapy Procurement
About The Position
AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious diseases. Join us at AstraZeneca, a place that champions knowledge-sharing, ambitious thinking, and innovation. We are looking for an integral member to join our Cell Therapy Supply Chain team. This role has a global remit and you will have accountability for some categories. The Associate Director, Cell Therapy Sourcing & Procurement role focuses on the development and deployment of global category strategies and initiatives, leading our major supplier relationships, developing deeper relationships with the various stakeholder groups through effective business partnering, and ensuring that the underpinning process improvement and procurement activities deliver the expected business value. In this role, you will be responsible for developing long-term strategic plans for an entire spend category within AstraZeneca. You will manage stakeholder and supplier relationships to ensure that category strategies are highly aligned to current and future business needs and that the supply base can support these strategies. You will lead project initiatives tied to the category strategies to deliver value to the business, lead the implementation of sustainability initiatives with vendors, and lead complex contractual and commercial negotiations. You will work alongside key stakeholders. You will ensure a data-driven approach to category management and high-quality analytics to deliver insights, capabilities, and results.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
- 7+ years' experience in a procurement environment
- Significant experience of Category Management (preferably in Cell Therapy)
- Strong project management, change management and people leadership skills
- Good solid understanding of the pharmaceutical industry
- Strong communication skills and ability to influence others
- Comfort with risk and ambiguous situations
Responsibilities
- Lead implementation of category plans to ensure that the underpinning process improvement and procurement activities deliver business value in accordance with the strategic plan and help towards our Sustainability targets.
- Develop long term strategic plans for agreed scope of spend area, with a focus on delivering broader value, innovation, and savings.
- Support the team in strategic relationship management (customer and supplier) - ensuring Category Strategies are fully aligned to current and future Business need, and we maintain a supply base capable of supporting these strategies.
- Work alongside key stakeholders advising on and driving procurement strategies to make decisions necessary to make purchases in congruence with organizational objectives.
- Advise on contracts and agreements for the supply of sophisticated products and services with new and existing suppliers.
- Cross functionally support Global procurement colleagues and collaborate on setting and completing the strategy.
Benefits
- Eligibility for various incentives
- Opportunity to receive short-term incentive bonuses
- Equity-based awards for salaried roles
- Commissions for sales roles
- Qualified retirement programs
- Paid time off (i.e., vacation, holiday, and leaves)
- Health coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
