Be part of shaping the future of Operations here at AstraZeneca

Be part of shaping the next phase of Operations’ journey towards the 2025 strategy. Build on our foundations of dedication through agility, responsiveness, reliability and efficiency to deliver our new modalities and complex pipeline to market at speed. Backed by a supportive team, be part of accelerating our operational excellence with innovations in ground-breaking science, Lean ways of working and constantly evolving digital technologies.

External Supply and Manufacturing (ESM) supports the Operations strategy by establishing and managing suppliers across the world that meet our global standards. Through external suppliers, the team manages approximately one third of AstraZeneca’s value of production. ESM plays a key role in ensuring the external supply chains are robust and deliver value to AstraZeneca through driving continuous improvement.

The team also supports New Product Introduction through external supply, plays a pivotal role in integrating companies and products that AstraZeneca acquires and bringing innovation through supply chain programmes e.g. Market Access.

The role:

The Digital, Data & Systems (DDS) team is leading the digital transformation for ESM to achieve our aspiration of building a digital organisation with integrated systems and processes enabling seamless and efficient connection to supplier to deliver overall ESM Strategy. Digital will be driven by simplified and improved tools, E2E accurate data from one Source of Truth and analytics to give better insights and faster decision making.

The role of the Process & Analytics Lead is a key member of the DDS leadership team and is to lead the implementation of the analytics strategy as well as ensure process governance across ESM in line with DDS strategy.

Main Accountabilities:

• Delivering agreed ESM analytics strategy through your team in line with DDS strategy and you'll be an active member of the DDS leadership team.

• Develop processes to support the DDS plan and develop a governance structure to ensure adherence to these standards across ESM.

• Accountable for leading a team of analytics managers and process experts to support the ESM organisation.

• Collaborate with and influence stakeholders in and out of ESM to deliver agreed plans in their area.

Essential skills & experience

• Education requirements: a BS degree or equivalent in Business, Logistics, Sciences or Engineering is preferred, equivalent experience will be taken in to account

• Experience of operating in a global environment

• Change management and problem solving

• Significant supply chain understanding and knowledge

• Experience in leading cross functional and cross-cultural teams

• Line management experience with a track record of coaching and developing people

• Experience of managing complexity and high levels of change

• Issue management skills

• Compliance awareness (SOX, Quality, Product security, etc).

• Good communication skills

• Lean experience demonstrated continuous improvement and proficient in using key Lean Tools: VSM, PPS

Desirable:

• Strong Project management skills

• Experience of contract manufacturing organizations

• Experience of developing business cases

• Experience of Pharmaceutical industry

• ERP / Planning systems (e.g SAP ECC, S4/HANA, APO, APS etc)

• Analytics tools e.g PowerApps, PowerBI, QlikSense, Snowflake etc

Date Posted

Closing Date

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.