Job Description

This is a 12-month contract opportunity working from our Mississauga office. We follow a hybrid working model with employees coming together at our office 3 days per week.

At AstraZeneca, we pride ourselves on crafting a collaborative culture that champions knowledge-sharing, ambitious thinking and innovation \xe2\x80\x93 ultimately providing employees with the opportunity to work across teams, functions and even the globe.

Recognizing the importance of individualized flexibility, our ways of working allow employees to balance personal and work commitments while ensuring we continue to build a strong culture of collaboration and partnership by engaging face-to-face in our offices 3 days a week. Our head office and BlueSky Hub in downtown Toronto are purposely designed with collaboration in mind, providing space where teams can come together to strategize, brainstorm and connect on key projects.

Our dedication to sustainability is also central to our culture and part of what makes AstraZeneca a great place to work. We know the health of people, the planet and our business are interconnected which is why we\xe2\x80\x99re taking ambitious action to tackle some of the biggest challenges of our time, from climate change to access to healthcare and disease prevention.

Do you have expertise in, and have a passion for Procurement? Would you like to be part of a successful R&D procurement team passionate about delivering real value to AstraZeneca\xe2\x80\x99s R&D units to ensure we optimally deliver our strong and ambition R&D pipeline? Are you ready to be part of a company that has set bold sustainability targets, is data driven, follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines? If so, then AstraZeneca might be the one for you!

Our Position

This role is accountable for either leading a cluster of categories or a complex category within R&D Procurement and may include line managing a group of Global Procurement Managers. The role reports to the Director Procurement R&D Clinical trials and is also expected to take on functional level leadership activities.

Strategy:

Accountable for designing, and implementation of category, region or market strategies to optimize business efficiency.

Accountable for category management either globally, regionally or locally including strategic sourcing, SC&I, contract and risk management.

Accountable for developing and maintaining expert knowledge of respective global supply markets, competitors and product innovations.

Works with Procurement in understanding the global spend and seeking opportunities to increase quality and improve value for money. Facilitate implementation of procurement change initiatives within category to improve business performance.

Leadership:

Accountable for leading the team, resources, and meeting category targets through team performance. Manage overall portfolio and all team members performance globally.

Leads, coaches, empowers and builds capabilities of Procurement team members

Establishing and developing a team by attracting high calibre talent from within and outside the organization and providing appropriate opportunities and support

Business & Supplier Engagement:

Develop an extensive understanding of customer needs and the business environment. Build strong relationship with customers and ensure customer satisfaction.

Work with the Strategic Intelligence team to perform procurement reporting and analysis of management information to review new insights identify potential improvement opportunities as well as identification of innovative procurement solutions that provide cashable savings and process efficiencies for the organization.

Address Supplier issues to ensure the highest level of service delivery. Maintains contractual and business relationships with Suppliers to AstraZeneca\'s standards.

Fosters trusted relationships with vendors to achieve better pricing and quality of services

Conduct annual peer reviews of procurement activities

Plans and reviews the performance of Procurement and other function teams within area of responsibility

Directs new initiatives and improvement programmes aimed at ensuring compliance, continuous improvement, technical excellence and improving cost-effectiveness

Leads, defines and gains approval of business needs and translates these needs into specific resource requirements

Develops senior level relationships in order to resolve issues, optimise business performance and develop future improvement opportunities

Instill the highest standards of compliance and ethics consistently across AZ

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE

Bachelors Degree

Thorough knowledge of pharmaceutical industry, specifically clinical development

Expertise in at least one area of Procurement or relevant R&D experience.

Proven leadership experience

Communication skills and ability to influence others

Comfort with risk and ambiguous situations

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AstraZeneca is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion and providing a workplace that is free from discrimination. AstraZeneca is committed to accommodating persons with disabilities. Such accommodation is available on request in respect of all aspects of the recruitment, assessment and selection process and may be requested by emailing .

Date Posted 21-Jun-2023

Closing Date 30-Jun-2023

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.

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