Associate Director, R&D Business Partner - Sourcing & Procurement
About The Position
Join AstraZeneca, a global pharmaceutical leader, as an integral member of the Research & Development (R&D) Procurement team. This role has a global remit and accountability for a category in the R&D space. The Associate Director, R&D Business Partner - Sourcing & Procurement focuses on developing and deploying global category strategies and initiatives, leading major supplier relationships, fostering deeper stakeholder relationships through effective business partnering, and ensuring procurement activities deliver expected business value. You will develop long-term strategic plans for spend categories, manage stakeholder and supplier relationships to align category strategies with business needs, and lead project initiatives to deliver value. You will also lead the implementation of sustainability initiatives with vendors and conduct complex contractual and commercial negotiations. Collaboration with key stakeholders and Global Procurement Services (GPS) is essential, as is a data-driven approach to category management with high-quality analytics.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
- 7+ years of experience in a procurement environment
- Significant experience of Category Management (preferably in R&D/Pharma)
- 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
Nice To Haves
- #CellTherapy
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 Global Procurement Services (GPS) 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
- qualified retirement programs
- paid time off (i.e., vacation, holiday, and leaves)
- health, dental, and vision coverage
- eligibility for various incentives
- opportunity to receive short-term incentive bonuses
- equity-based awards for salaried roles
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
